Member Spotlight: Sweat Equity & Service Learning When thinking about college spring break, a beach party might be the first thing that comes to mind. However, college and university students across the country who partner with (HFHI) Habitat for Humanity International think about an alternative spring break, a "Sweat Break" if you will. In this VolunteerPro [...]
16 Smart Questions to Ask Volunteers Before They Start During recruitment and screening, there are helpful questions to ask volunteers that can determine whether a volunteer is a good match and set them up for a successful experience. The questions to ask volunteers listed below can be asked at outreach events, on applications, in [...]
Five Free Copywriting Tools to Improve Your Digital Content The Top Line Here are five free copywriting tools to help you level up your digital content, grab the attention of your readers, and reach a larger potential audience with your message. Most of these resources require you to set up a free account to start [...]
Member Spotlight: Leading the Leaders in a Statewide Service Enterprise Meet VolunteerPro member Christine Small, Program Manager of the Friends Groups and Volunteer Program for Florida State Parks. In this VolPro Member Spotlight, Christine shares the important work that volunteers do every day in state parks across Florida and how a small but mighty team [...]
How To Automate Emails, Save Time, AND Engage Your Community The Top Line These days, many volunteer programs are running very lean, with a small paid staff serving the needs of many. Volunteer leaders can quickly feel overwhelmed trying to build relationships with every current volunteer and prospects while meaningfully communicating important information timely. And [...]
make , Engaging Volunteers Online and Building Community: How We Do It The Top Line One surefire way to improve your volunteer program is to build connection by engaging volunteers online. As a leader of volunteers, you’ve probably met most, if not all, of your current volunteer team. You make time to connect, check in [...]
Member Spotlight: One Member’s Creative Recruitment Ideas To Grow Program Capacity In this member spotlight, we sit down with Kari Siverhus, Volunteer Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity La Cross Area, to talk about some creative recruitment ideas that she’s implemented to attract new supporters for her organization and build her program’s capacity to impact the [...]
Your Complete Guide to Superior Word-of-Mouth Volunteer Recruitment The Top Line A thoughtful word-of-mouth volunteer recruitment campaign has a better chance of getting traction than relying on random moments of enthusiasm or a few superstars. Therefore, get everyone involved – both volunteers and employees – in helping raise awareness about opportunities to support your organization’s [...]
