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, for college and university students across the country that have partnered with (HFHI) Habitat for Humanity International, those scholars are thinking about an alternative spring break, a "Sweat Break" [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
9 Hot Tips to Build a Stellar Feedback Survey for Volunteers Right now is an excellent time to release a survey for volunteers, and gain insights about how you can better support your team and remove any roadblocks they are facing to full involvement. You can use a feedback questionnaire to [...]
Coordinating Volunteers: How to Set the Stage for Leadership Roles To truly scale their impact, nonprofits must not only focus on coordinating volunteers for general roles. They must also seek to develop volunteers who can lead their peers. However, it isn't always easy, especially in today’s world where volunteers, fatigued from the past two [...]
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 [...]
