What Over 1500 Volunteer Managers are Saying About Our Field For the last four years, VolunteerPro has conducted an extensive survey of volunteer managers, coordinators, directors, and administrators from all over the world. In this year’s state-of-the-industry volunteer management survey, we set out to learn top challenges, job salaries and number of volunteers engaged compared [...]
Chinese New Year display a the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore If you haven’t heard, the voluntary sector in Singapore is on fire -- they’re in the midst of a full-scale effort to reach the ambitious goal of 70% volunteer participation across their citizenry. And, they’re already making headway. A few years ago, [...]
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Representative John Lewis of Georgia (February 2010) | Lawrence Jackson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This post originally appeared in our weekly update [...]
This article was originally featured on TobiJohnson.com Now, more than ever, volunteer administrators are called upon to strengthen their model for leading volunteers and others. The ability to inspire and influence — whether it be volunteers, community partners, executive management, or co-workers — is at the very core of the job and critical to success. [...]
When you think of what your agency’s volunteers will achieve this year, have you decided how you will measure volunteer impact? You’re probably already tracking volunteer hours, and perhaps even using the Independent Sector’s Value of Volunteer Time to calculate the equivalent in wages that volunteers contribute. This is certainly a start, but this [...]
January Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Welcome to a New Year Volunteer Coordinators! The end of the year naturally brings on both reflection of the past and planning for the future. What did we do well with our volunteer program? What did we accomplish? What did we learn? What could we improve? What opportunities [...]
How to Build a Powerful Nonprofit Leadership Philosophy If you’re ready to take your skills up a notch, consider taking a few moments to craft a nonprofit leadership philosophy for the coming year. Often we take our leadership approach for granted. After all, we know what we believe, right? But, what about our followers [...]
One Simple Goal-Setting Strategy Busy Volunteer Managers Will Love Over the past four weeks we’ve been sharing planning strategies and tools to help volunteer managers and volunteer coordinators get a jump start building their strategy. In this mini-series for leaders of volunteers, we’ve shared how to map out your roles for volunteers and how [...]
