25 Ways to Kill Procrastination for Volunteer Coordinators We all want to follow volunteer management best practices. But, most volunteer coordinators have a million and one urgent things that get in the way of planning for the future and getting important tasks done. You have agency roles that need filled, partnership meetings that need [...]
Your Mindset is Your #1 Volunteer Management Superpower We've put together a free mini-series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to help you develop your best volunteer program ever. Each focuses on a different volunteer management skills and comes with a free tool to help you master it. First off, we're starting with your mindset, which [...]
How to Train Volunteers Leaders Who Make an Impact “I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” ― Jana Stanfield Kindness is the act of being considerate, compassionate and empathetic towards other people and living beings. It's the reason we have so many volunteers in the [...]
How to Add Social Media to Your Online Volunteer Training Wondering how to add more interaction to your online volunteer training? Why not add social learning to the mix? Social learning is a powerful part of a blended learning strategy that combines training events and activities presented in-person and online. As online learning technology tools [...]
How to Master Effective Delegation in Volunteer Management Effective delegation is one of the beautiful, but potentially challenging aspects of building a strong volunteer team. As a leader with a trained and stable group of volunteers, your job as the volunteer manager can evolve to entrusting roles to your volunteers versus doing everything yourself. The [...]
How to Restore Healthy Boundaries for Volunteer Coordinators To preface any discussion about healthy boundaries, especially in volunteer management, it’s important to start by talking about the line that should never be gray, and never be crossed. There are a few things to which your work and boss are not entitled. Your health, family, sanity, [...]
Volunteer Coordination and Time Management (not an oxymoron) For as long as there has been volunteer coordination, there has been multitasking. And for as long as there have been volunteer coordination challenges, there have been questions of prioritization. In budget-limited organizations, we all get called upon to wear multiple hats with the assumption (requirement?) that [...]
Do You Make These Community Partnership Development Mistakes? If you’re new to developing community partnerships or just don’t seem to be getting the results or follow through you expect from your partners, you may be unwittingly making common community partnership development mistakes. Here’s a rundown of the 10 most common sticking points to avoid. The [...]
