A Guide to Promoting Inclusive Volunteering: It’s About Power People Last month, I began a conversation about promoting inclusive volunteering in this blog. I noted that, volunteerism can be a powerful vehicle for change. I believe that now, more than ever. As leaders in the nonprofit space, we have a unique opportunity to break down barriers and [...]
Make these Volunteer Recruitment Methods Work for You I recently asked members in our VolunteerPro Insiders Facebook group which of these is harder for people new to volunteer management: volunteer retention or volunteer recruitment? The results show a clear winner in volunteer retention; however, at VolunteerPro we are constantly suggesting new and innovative ways you can make the most common [...]
How to Set Up a Volunteer Handbook That Fosters Engagement As nonprofits rely on volunteers more and more every day to perform in leadership roles, a volunteer handbook is needed to help guide them through the orientation process and to learn about the organization’s history and goals. If you don’t offer this critical component in [...]
3 Strategies to Follow for a Better Volunteer Onboarding Journey Commitment is a process, not a destination, so you can’t afford to leave your volunteer onboarding journey to chance! To build an effective onboarding process, you should map and analyze your current volunteer onboarding and orientation practices and pinpoint areas that need attention. In [...]
Want to Up your Volunteer Management Game? These are the Volunteer Coordinator Skills You Should Focus On With the myriad of tasks associated with volunteer management, ensuring you cultivate the right volunteer coordinator skills can be quite the challenge. The Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration outlines seven core volunteer management competencies that their organization utilizes as the basis for their certification [...]
Your Weekly Plan for Managing Virtual & Remote Volunteers Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, many creative volunteer organizations have transitioned to engaging remote volunteers. While this is a wonderful way to support a resilient organization, it isn’t always easy. Volunteer strategies have had to be built over from the ground up, [...]
Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators: Online Volunteering and Virtual Team-building Whether you like it or not, much of the world has been forced into remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That also means that you have likely pushed the pause button on in person volunteering and online volunteering has taken its place. Unfortunately, [...]
Volunteers are Important Right Now. Why? Two Words: Nonprofit Sustainability Last weekend, I was reviewing some interesting research on nonprofit executives and the challenges that they face. I realized that healthy volunteer involvement could help solve many of the key issues that plague leaders. Why are Volunteers Important? Some Leaders Still Don’t Know Although the value of volunteers [...]
