How to Build a Strategic Volunteer Engagement Plan (and Why You Should!) Every week, I hear from volunteer managers who are struggling to build (or rebuild) a strategic volunteer engagement plan for their organizations. After all the recent disruption in the sector, they’ve come to realize that a fresh look is both important and necessary [...]
Training Volunteers with a Community Focus The dynamic duo, Tracee Patterson and Sarah Hartley, from Holden Forests & Gardens joined our VolPro Community Manager, Chelsey, to talk about their new project of building a connected community among their volunteer supporters. Chelsey: Welcome! Tell me a little bit about Holden Forests & Gardens. Tracee: At Holden [...]
Volunteer Screening: How to Strengthen Bonds from First Touch Many leaders of volunteers think of volunteer screening primarily as a risk management strategy or as a way to keep unsuitable people out of your organization. While that may be partially true, I think it’s time we went beyond treating volunteers as people we might meet [...]
12 Innovative Volunteer Engagement Strategies for the New “Normal” - Part 2 In part 1 of this two-part post, I discussed what might be getting in the way of implementing innovative volunteer engagement strategies as nonprofits build back from COVID. This week, I want to offer solutions to the challenges I mentioned in Part 1. [...]
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. You'll find Part 2 HERE >> 12 Innovative Volunteer Engagement Strategies for the New “Normal” - Part 1 As nonprofits build back from limited community involvement due to COVID, many still struggle to adjust their volunteer engagement strategies to meet new realities. If you’re in this boat, [...]
Believing in the Mission of Helping Senior Volunteers After serving the country for twenty-two years in the United States Coast Guard, VolunteerPro member Rick Houchin retired and set a new course for leading volunteers. Rick currently serves in dual roles as the Project Director for an AmeriCorps Senior Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at a [...]
For many volunteer organizations, the slow(er) season of late summer/early fall is approaching. This is always a great time to get back to basics and review the overall volunteer strategy and processes for your organization. It's an opportunity to take a breath and think the big thoughts about your department that there simply isn’t time [...]
Nonprofit Leadership and Volunteers: Skills, Competencies and Models Now, more than ever, volunteer administrators are called upon to strengthen their nonprofit leadership skills. The ability to inspire and influence is critical to a volunteer coordinator's success on the job. Whether they work with volunteers, community partners, executive management, or colleagues, a coordinator must have skills [...]
