Volunteer Engagement Strategy Versus Tactics for 2023 Strategy versus tactics – what’s driving your volunteer engagement plan for 2023? If you are directly responsible for recruiting and retaining committed volunteers – or are an executive who wants to grow volunteer impact at your organization – now’s the time to come up with your plan for [...]
How to Build a Strategic Volunteer Engagement Plan (and Why You Should!) Every week, I hear from volunteer managers who are struggling to build (or rebuild) a strategic volunteer engagement plan for their organizations. After all the recent disruption in the sector, they’ve come to realize that a fresh look is both important and necessary [...]
Living Our Corporate Values: Meet the VolPro Team Values are the north star for organizations and help them maintain a positive team culture. However, many organizations simply list the characteristics (or values) they would like to embody but don’t offer their teams guidance on how to operationalize them. Here at VolunteerPro, values statements [...]
Blazing a Trail for Virtual Volunteer Opportunites Who is at the heart of all wishes granted through the chapters of Make-A-Wish® America? The volunteers! For this month’s VolPro Member Spotlight, we are chatting with Lisa Brinkerhoff, CVA, CNP, the Director, Volunteer Engagement at Make-A-Wish® America, about how volunteers continue to pivot, finding new ways to connect [...]
Share Your Program's ROI with a Volunteer Impact Portfolio It’s no secret that volunteer services departments suffer from an often stunning lack of adequate resources, and the perennial question is always, "How do we get more money?" One way to encourage deeper support is to routinely and concretely show how the resources were used effectively [...]
You’re Invited to Peek Behind the Curtain When we hear "peek behind the curtain," it reminds us of the ominous Oz from Wizard of Oz. Today, in the fashion of the movie, we are giving a behind-the-scenes peek into VolunteerPro membership. If you ever wanted to know what membership is like, follow me down the [...]
Beyond Presentations - Effective Volunteer Training Ideas for Your Next Orientation Have you ever been frustrated by the lack of traction you’re getting from your volunteer training? It can sometimes feel like you're spinning your wheels. You spend valuable time developing something that you think will work. Volunteers come and enjoy it. But at [...]
Reduce Early Turnover with Better Volunteer Orientations When you think about your new volunteer orientation, what images does it bring up? Is it filled with people who are energized, engaged, and excited to meet one another and get started with your worthy cause? Or does it feel more like a [...]
