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 [...]
Feeling Stuck? Help Your Team Pivot to a Growth Mindset The Top Line: The concept of a growth mindset isn’t new, but applying it specifically to nonprofits and volunteer engagement might be. In this post, we explore how to help volunteers, and the co-workers who lead them, ditch the fixed mindsets that hold them back. [...]
Free Nonprofit Tools--With Love, VolPro The Top Line: Ah, it's too bad Valentine's Day only happens once a year. Here at VolunteerPro, we love helping nonprofits and volunteer organizations elevate programs and accelerate growth through our world-class training and professional membership community. We don't need an excuse like Valentine's Day and the loving month of [...]
Diversity and Inclusion in Volunteer Opportunities: What’s the Role of Volunteer Managers? The Top Line: Promoting diversity and inclusion in volunteer opportunities starts with small, intentional actions from leaders who are willing to reflect, learn, and lead by example. By understanding who holds decision-making power and applying inclusive practices, organizations can create more equitable and [...]
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 [...]
Member Spotlight: Starting a Nonprofit to Support Middle School Extracurriculars In this Member Spotlight, we sit down with VolunteerPro Member Amber Lancaster, founder of Start1Spark, who shares her experience starting a new nonprofit in the middle of a global pandemic and what inspired her to take the leap. How Pandemic Shutdowns Highlighted Economic Disparities (And [...]
Strategic Volunteer Engagement - Our Recommended Pathway to Success Strategic volunteer engagement is a buzzword that has been used lately to describe next generation volunteer involvement. But what does “strategic:” really mean? And what is required to achieve it? Last week, we led our very first strategic planning workshop, VisionWeek, specifically for strategic planning [...]
Strategic Volunteer Engagement for 2025 – Your VisionWeek FAQs If you’re planning for strategic volunteer engagement in 2025, now’s the time to get your plan out of your head and down in writing. If you’ve been struggling to get a concrete plan in place, we’ve got good news. Strategic volunteer engagement planning does not [...]
