How to Plot Your Volunteer Roles Like a Champion If you are a leader of volunteers, the fastest way to get a jump on each year is to plot out your agency’s volunteer roles for the coming year. Proactively. Ahead of time. That is, BEFORE they are needed. This goes for everyone, but is particularly [...]
1 Really Big Way to Gain Respect for Volunteer Services When seeking respect and understanding for the important role of volunteer services, it’s critical that you first are able to speak the language of the rest of your organization. What language is that? What’s the overarching language of nonprofits and public sector organizations? The [...]
25 Ways to Kill Procrastination for Volunteer Coordinators We all want to follow volunteer management best practices. But, most volunteer coordinators have a million and one urgent things that get in the way of planning for the future and getting important tasks done. You have agency roles that need filled, partnership meetings that need [...]
Your Mindset is Your #1 Volunteer Management Superpower We've put together a free mini-series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to help you develop your best volunteer program ever. Each focuses on a different volunteer management skills and comes with a free tool to help you master it. First off, we're starting with your mindset, which [...]
How to Train Volunteers Leaders Who Make an Impact “I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” ― Jana Stanfield Kindness is the act of being considerate, compassionate and empathetic towards other people and living beings. It's the reason we have so many volunteers in the [...]
In the past three years, over 3,000 leaders of volunteers in 18 countries have taken the annual Volunteer Management Progress Report survey. Now in its fourth year, researchers have the opportunity to share new trends for professionals who lead, manage, and coordinate volunteers. If you work with volunteers, don’t miss your chance to participate in [...]
How to Assess Your Nonprofit's Digital Maturity As we find ourselves more and more firmly rooted in the digital age, it makes sense to consider a nonprofit technology assessment. These can help us see digital maturity levels in our volunteer programs. With rapidly evolving public preferences, there's clearly increased stress on nonprofits to compete. Without [...]
Last week, during our masterclass on measuring volunteer impact, I asked participants to consider a shift in thinking about volunteer human resources. Defining volunteers as human resources is, of course, a traditional way of looking at things in volunteer administration. And, it’s not without merit. It tends to align with the way we think of [...]
