March Pro Roundup - How to Create Thumb-stopping Social Media for Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns Of the methods available to draw supporters and volunteers to your cause, perhaps the most easily overlooked is to use social media for volunteer recruitment campaigns. When your zone of genius is focused on volunteer leadership, venturing into social media can [...]
Building Better COVID-Related Volunteer Roles In the VolunteerPro membership community, like others around the world, leaders of volunteers are getting creative about how they design COVID-related volunteer roles. Whether volunteers are working on-site or remotely, there is still plenty to do to move missions forward. And, with no end in sight for the pandemic, and even surges [...]
Make these Volunteer Recruitment Methods Work for You I recently asked members in our VolunteerPro Insiders Facebook group which of these is harder for people new to volunteer management: volunteer retention or volunteer recruitment? The results show a clear winner in volunteer retention; however, at VolunteerPro we are constantly suggesting new and innovative ways you can make the most common [...]
How to Engage Volunteers with a Volunteer Website that Converts The volunteer recruitment or “get involved” page on your nonprofit’s volunteer website is your most important tool to engage your community. So, it makes sense that it is designed purposefully. A well-built page has the power to spark action and convert browsers to inquirers and inquirers to [...]
How to Engage Volunteers That are a Good Fit for Your Nonprofit Engaging volunteers that are the perfect fit for your nonprofit may feel like an impossible dream, but it doesn’t have to be. There are some simple steps you can take to communicate your organization’s needs and attract just the right talent to support [...]
The Top Volunteer Recruitment Challenges for Nonprofits Recently, we asked some of our audience members about their top volunteer recruitment challenges. And, we learned so much. In the end, regardless of organization type or impact area, many volunteer organizations are struggling to connect with volunteer talent. In this case, it turns out these challenges are [...]
Community Service Projects: The Complete Guide for Nonprofits Court-ordered, school-based, scholarship required – it appears that mandatory community service projects are here to stay. In this post, we’ll share what you need to do to smoothly integrate community service into your volunteer offerings (or, decide that it isn’t a fit for you). But, before we [...]
Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators: How to Develop a Digital Marketing Volunteer Recruitment Plan for Your Nonprofit We live in an increasingly digital world, and if you don’t update your volunteer recruitment plan to include a digital marketing arm, you will miss out on building a fanbase of followers who will be willing to jump [...]
