How to Skyrocket Your Team's Success Using Volunteer Mentors On our blog, we’ve shared some of the distinct advantages of volunteer teams; today, we want to expand on ways peer-to-peer volunteer mentors can expand your team’s skills and knowledge. Mentoring doesn’t just help volunteers, it can help staff save time by cultivating independent, thoughtful volunteer [...]
Boost Volunteer Commitment Without All the Nagging Lack of volunteer commitment and follow through was a common pain point we heard from respondents in our Volunteer Management Progress Report survey. For many, it feels like finding dependable volunteers is an uphill battle that’s getting worse. But, without committed volunteers showing up as planned, how can [...]
Teen Volunteering: How to Actually Engage Young People There’s a lot to like about teen volunteering, and since Global Youth Service Day was last weekend, now’s a great time to explore how to engage more youth in service. With a little bit of effort, everyone can win. Nonprofits can benefit from the enthusiasm of teenagers, [...]
10 Free, Last Minute Ways to Celebrate National Volunteer Week This year’s National Volunteer Week starts in two days! The theme is Celebrate Service. In the hustle and bustle of new-year strategic planning and onboarding new recruits, you may not have had time to think about National Volunteer Week. That’s why we’re here, two days [...]
What I Learned From 10 Wonderful Years in Nonprofit Consulting This month marks my tenth anniversary as a business owner in the field of nonprofit consulting and training. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. A decade! To be clear … When I started my business, I really had no clue what I was [...]
How to Recruit Volunteers by Appealing to the Emotions Now, more than ever, our messages occupy a crowded landscape, and recruitment of volunteers is more difficult. Even if your volunteer/potential volunteer has opted into your communication, you’ll still be competing with all the other information they are interested in receiving via email, text, social, [...]
How to Make Volunteer Recruitment Simple by Writing Better Headlines Confession: I spent over an hour writing the headline for this blog post. Wanna know how many titles I drafted before I settled on the one you clicked? 28. Yep, I wrote 28 different headlines about how to recruit volunteers effectively using headlines… Sure, this [...]
All You Need to Know for Successful Volunteer Leadership Development We’ve all heard the term natural-born leader, but research suggests only one-third of leadership traits are genetic. This is good news for volunteer managers looking to harness volunteer passion to lead projects and move your nonprofit forward. While most leadership skills are learned gradually [...]
