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Tobi helps nonprofit organizations improve performance and increase impact through the power of people.

Defining Your Strategy to Recruit Volunteers Successfully

Defining Your Strategy to Recruit Volunteers Successfully  When thinking about how to recruit volunteers successfully, it is vital to review your current efforts, honestly assess how they’re working, and define an appropriate volunteer recruitment strategy that works for your organization.   Strategy is often confused with tactics, and in the midst of all of your daily [...]

By |2023-06-20T17:24:43+00:00May 16th, 2023|Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Recruitment|Comments Off on Defining Your Strategy to Recruit Volunteers Successfully

Pro Round Up: A Year of VolunteerPro Member Spotlights (This is Why We Do What We Do!)

Pro RoundUp: A Year of VolunteerPro Member Spotlights (This is Why We Do What We Do!)  Here at VolunteerPro, we’re honored to provide world-class training and resources to help volunteer-involving organizations around the world engage with their communities more effectively. Each month we feature one of these helpers in our VolunteerPro Member Spotlight, and today [...]

By |2023-05-16T22:23:53+00:00May 9th, 2023|Pro Roundups, Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Recruitment|Comments Off on Pro Round Up: A Year of VolunteerPro Member Spotlights (This is Why We Do What We Do!)

Member Spotlight: Starting a Nonprofit to Support Middle School Extracurriculars

Member Spotlight: Starting a Nonprofit to Support Middle School Extracurriculars In this month’s Member Spotlight, we sit down with VolunteerPro Member Amber Lancaster, founder of Start1Spark, who shares about her experience starting a new nonprofit in the middle of a global pandemic and what inspired her to take the leap.  How Pandemic Shutdowns Highlighted Economic [...]

By |2023-06-20T17:24:04+00:00May 2nd, 2023|Volunteer Impact, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruitment, Volunteer Training|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Starting a Nonprofit to Support Middle School Extracurriculars

3 Ideas to Recruit Volunteers (That You May Not Have Considered)

Pro RoundUp: 3 Ideas to Recruit Volunteers (That You May Not Have Considered)  Volunteer recruitment is always the top priority mentioned by leaders of volunteers in our annual Volunteer Management Progress Report survey, both as a challenge and as the top goal for the coming year.    We know how important it is to recruit volunteers, [...]

By |2023-06-20T17:24:18+00:00April 25th, 2023|Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Recruitment|Comments Off on 3 Ideas to Recruit Volunteers (That You May Not Have Considered)

Pro Round Up: 100 Creative Volunteer Titles for Leaders

Pro RoundUp: 150 Creative Volunteer Titles & Ideas for New Volunteer Roles In our most recent Volunteer Management Progress Report, many respondents shared a common concern.    These leaders of volunteers were happy to see a strong return of willing volunteers to their organizations; however, due to pandemic-related shutdowns, layoffs, and reductions in services, these organizations [...]

By |2023-04-25T22:26:52+00:00April 18th, 2023|Pro Roundups, Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Recruitment|Comments Off on Pro Round Up: 100 Creative Volunteer Titles for Leaders

Pro Round Up: Fresh Volunteer Appreciation Week Ideas

Pro Round Up: Fresh Volunteer Appreciation Week Ideas with New Takes on Old Classics In this week’s blog, we’re taking a look at some volunteer appreciation “classics” and offering fresh ways to approach them. We hope you’ll use these ideas in your own Volunteer Appreciation Week celebrations, but also as ongoing ways to show the priceless [...]

By |2023-04-21T13:16:53+00:00April 11th, 2023|Pro Roundups, Volunteer Appreciation, Volunteer Experience|Comments Off on Pro Round Up: Fresh Volunteer Appreciation Week Ideas

Beyond Volunteer Appreciation Week – How to Show Appreciation For Volunteers Every Day

Beyond Volunteer Appreciation Week – How to Show Appreciation For Volunteers Every Day As organizations all over the world kick of Volunteer Appreciation Week or Volunteer Appreciation Month celebrations, leaders of volunteers are focusing on ways to publicly recognize the incredible individuals who choose to offer their time and talent, and to express to those [...]

By |2023-04-12T16:36:49+00:00April 4th, 2023|Volunteer Appreciation, Volunteer Experience|Comments Off on Beyond Volunteer Appreciation Week – How to Show Appreciation For Volunteers Every Day

16 Smart Questions to Ask Volunteers Before They Start

16 Wise Questions to Ask Volunteers to Encourage Deep Commitment  Throughout the recruitment and screening process, there are helpful questions to ask volunteers that can both decide whether a volunteer is a good match and set them up for a successful experience.   The questions to ask volunteers listed below can be asked at outreach events, [...]

By |2023-04-04T17:15:53+00:00March 28th, 2023|Volunteer Engagement, Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Management|Comments Off on 16 Smart Questions to Ask Volunteers Before They Start
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