How to Get Media Coverage During National Volunteer Week 2022: Part 2 National Volunteer Week 2022 is here (April 17-24, in the US)! This week is the perfect time to attract media attention to your volunteers and to leverage the media to make the public aware of your opportunities, share your volunteer appeals, and [...]
How to Get Media Coverage During National Volunteer Week: Part 1 National Volunteer Week is next week (April 17-24) here in the US, and it’s a fantastic time to get media attention to publicly celebrate of the valuable contributions of volunteers. Because the press is focused on volunteerism during National Volunteer Week in particular, [...]
Pro Roundup: 51 Superhero Volunteer Appreciation Quotes to Celebrate Looking for some great volunteer appreciation quotes to acknowledge the work of volunteers and the power of volunteerism? Look no further! April is Global Volunteer Month and National Volunteer Week is April 17-23, Now is a wonderful time to celebrate the impact of superhero volunteers [...]
Re-designing Volunteer Roles for the Modern World: Part 2 In the modern world, re-designing volunteer roles may be what separates successful nonprofits from those who struggle to connect with the right volunteer talent. The fact is, volunteers are busier than ever, and the current volunteer roles aren’t as attractive as they once were. At [...]
Re-designing Volunteer Roles for the Modern World: Part 1 In my nonprofit training and consulting practice, I often hear a common challenge repeated about volunteer roles. In short, that what's on offer doesn't meet the preferences and needs of today's volunteers. The result? Lackluster volunteer recruitment and high turnover of volunteer talent. The fact is [...]
How to Integrate Volunteer Onboarding for Better Engagement Successful volunteer onboarding and deep volunteer engagement don't happen by chance. It takes a thoughtful, multi-layered strategy to convert joiners to stayers and to set the stage for future leadership. We often think of onboarding as simply training volunteers on policies and procedures, then placing them, job done. But [...]
Preparing Co-Workers to Lead Volunteers Online & On Land Many nonprofit staff are unprepared, and therefore reluctant, to assume the responsibility to lead volunteers. They are often resistant to engaging volunteers in their departments and, even when they do, it’s not always smooth sailing. But you understand what they don’t - that your volunteer corps [...]
Pro Roundup: 7 Years of Volunteer Management Trends & Data People told us we were nuts when we committed to collecting volunteer management trends every year. After all, it’s a LOT of work. People also thought the field would tire of sharing their experiences and would lose interest. But we did it anyway and [...]
