How to Craft Volunteer Newsletters People Actually Want to Read Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Communicating with volunteers can be a challenge, especially when volunteer coordinators are tasked with writing engaging newsletters, without formal training in content marketing. A lot goes into writing a newsletter volunteers can’t wait to read: determining the best layout, crafting [...]
It's finally spring! How's the weather where you live? We cats in Knoxville just got buckets of rain. This month, we share wise resources for more empowered leadership for volunteer coordinators and and tips for improving communication within your team. Check out new ways to address passive aggression, offer meaningful feedback, deal with not knowing [...]
Successful Recruitment = Successful Marketing Happy Almost Valentine’s Day! At the beginning of this month, we released our Volunteer Management Progress Report. As in years past, recruitment is at the top of your biggest challenges list with 33% of you stating it as an obstacle to success. One of the keys to successful recruitment in [...]
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 [...]
October Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Welcome to October, volunteer coordinators! It seems impossible, but in nonprofit world, this month our eyes are already turning toward the end of the year. Maybe you're refreshing your volunteer teams, building new volunteer leadership, or starting to think about your own personal development goals. As you continue to [...]
September Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Welcome to September, volunteer coordinators! Fresh starts abound as the air cools down (maybe?) and kids head back to school. For many of us, volunteer recruitment shifts into a new gear as families move back into familiar routines. For others, our eyes are already focused on the end [...]
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 youth volunteers? For some organizations and volunteer coordinators, engaging with younger volunteers can be a challenge. Just like any group, [...]
Pro Roundup for May - Leadership, Self Care and other things to note Do you hear that loud knocking? It's June. June. How did you get here so soon? May is always a whirlwind so as we close out the month, we thought we'd look back at some of the best articles we ran across [...]
