Volunteer Teams: Defining Roles to Demonstrate Impact
Volunteer teams, like all things related to leadership, require thoughtful planning and strategy. They require deliberate actions that, when you’re first starting your team, may feel awkward or forced. Though we often think of leadership [...]
July Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators
July is winding down and for many here in the U.S., it's time to start thinking about kids going back to school. So what better time for volunteer coordinators to be thinking about engaging with [...]
How to Recruit Volunteers Online with Powerful Calls to Action
How to Recruit Volunteers Online With Powerful Calls to Action Most volunteer managers know how to recruit volunteers online, but many are leaving talent on the table by not encouraging interested visitors to take a [...]
Volunteer Recruitment Personas: It’s about them, not you.
Volunteer Recruitment Personas: It’s about them, not you. When you imagine your ideal volunteer, what kind of work are they doing in your organization? How do they interact with you, your co-workers, other volunteers, your [...]
Volunteer Recruitment Messaging
Volunteer Recruitment Messaging As a volunteer coordinator, chances are you didn’t get into your profession because you wanted to do marketing. And yet, as you scan the projects your organization does and the volunteer needs [...]
Communicating with the Primitive Brain in Volunteer Recruitment Ads
Communicating with the Primitive Brain in Volunteer Recruitment Ads People have so little “extra” time that now, more than ever, our messages occupy a crowded landscape. Even if your volunteer/potential volunteer has opted into your [...]