Lately, we've been talking a lot about the role volunteer surveys can play in demonstrating volunteer impact. So, (happy day!) we're providing you with 6 tools to help you measure that impact. :) 6 Freebies to Track, Report, & Improve Volunteer Impact 1) The Ultimate Volunteer Experience Roadmap One way to deepen your understanding [...]
Proven Impact is the Key to Winning Volunteer Grants We often get questions about how to find and secure volunteer grants, funding for volunteer coordinators, and resources for volunteer programming. Often, staff members have high hopes that if they just find the right funder, they can go directly to the source and get funding for [...]
How to Write Volunteer Surveys for Big Impact If you’re like most nonprofits, you probably send out annual volunteer surveys to gauge satisfaction. You may get a small number of responses, not every volunteer participates, and you wonder what you’re missing. You may be able to report volunteer satisfaction levels to leadership -- maybe [...]
This is How to Ask Better Volunteer Survey Questions No matter what you need to learn about volunteers – their satisfaction, their impact on clients, their needs, or the reasons they leave – crafting the right volunteer survey questions can help you make smart management choices. What’s more, the data you gather will allow [...]
How to Create your Volunteer Program Budget It’s always surprising how many volunteer managers either don’t have a dedicated volunteer program budget, or haven’t seen it. In fact, in our 2019 Volunteer Management Progress Report, we found that 23% of volunteer managers don't know their program budget, and 35% are working with a volunteer [...]
We’ve just released the 2018 Volunteer Management Progress Report. This "state-of-the-industry" report provides a rare glimpse into the world of volunteer management resource professionals who lead volunteers in a variety of settings. More than 1,200 leaders of volunteers across 12 different countries participated in the survey, which includes industry research on work, salary, and satisfaction. [...]
We’re pleased to announce that our third annual Volunteer Management Progress Report survey is complete and the final report is ready for download. A total of 1,271 volunteer administrators (paid & volunteer) participated from 12 countries (and one reporting the continent of Africa). The vast majority of respondents (74%) were headquartered in the US, [...]
To all those involved in volunteer management around the world, Happy International Volunteer Managers Day! We are celebrating all week! In keeping with this year’s theme of “be the voice,” we are releasing the 2018 Volunteer Management Progress Report survey this week. We hope you will take a moment to take the survey and become [...]
