Yes, You Can Actually Learn How to Let a Volunteer Go Volunteer management isn’t easy. As leaders of volunteers, you are often responsible for a wide range of duties. You manage schedules and manage feelings (of your volunteers, your co-workers, and yourself). It can be exhausting. There’s one simple thing you can do to lighten [...]
The Pro Round Up: Advocating for Volunteer Resource Management Happy Friday! We've put together a list of some of the best content for volunteer resource management advocation from the past couple of weeks. First, we released our third-annual Volunteer Management Progress Report survey this week! Take the survey now (it takes less than 15 minutes) to [...]
I was looking back through some of the slide decks I developed when I first started creating volunteer training. They made me cringe! I suppose we all have to start somewhere, and my journey to becoming an effective instructional designer and learning facilitator has had many ups and downs along the way. The good news is, you inevitably get better. If you're [...]
As we approach the end of 2017, it might be a good time to revisit your volunteer strategy and refresh it for 2018. Below are eight of our favorite resources for volunteer program development and strategic planning to get you started. Informed Volunteer Program Development These can be used to both assess where you're at now [...]
Here's a great new tool! I will be the first to admit that I am not a graphic designer. Having worn many hats in my career working with volunteer programs, I am often tasked to create printed or digital content that requires some graphic elements to make it look appealing and professional. Whether it's for [...]
Animated Videos Made Easy Volunteer Coordinators, whether you are posting on social media or hosting a volunteer appreciation event, it's super cool to have some video to share and I have found a new tool that I love that makes it easy, fun, and professional. You do not have to be an expert at video production [...]
