What Over 1500 Volunteer Managers are Saying About Our Field For the last four years, VolunteerPro has conducted an extensive survey of volunteer managers, coordinators, directors, and administrators from all over the world. In this year’s state-of-the-industry volunteer management survey, we set out to learn top challenges, job salaries and number of volunteers engaged compared [...]
Chinese New Year display a the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore If you haven’t heard, the voluntary sector in Singapore is on fire -- they’re in the midst of a full-scale effort to reach the ambitious goal of 70% volunteer participation across their citizenry. And, they’re already making headway. A few years ago, [...]
This article was originally featured on TobiJohnson.com Now, more than ever, volunteer administrators are called upon to strengthen their model for leading volunteers and others. The ability to inspire and influence — whether it be volunteers, community partners, executive management, or co-workers — is at the very core of the job and critical to success. [...]
January Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Welcome to a New Year Volunteer Coordinators! The end of the year naturally brings on both reflection of the past and planning for the future. What did we do well with our volunteer program? What did we accomplish? What did we learn? What could we improve? What opportunities [...]
How to Build a Powerful Nonprofit Leadership Philosophy If you’re ready to take your skills up a notch, consider taking a few moments to craft a nonprofit leadership philosophy for the coming year. Often we take our leadership approach for granted. After all, we know what we believe, right? But, what about our followers [...]
One Simple Goal-Setting Strategy Busy Volunteer Managers Will Love Over the past four weeks we’ve been sharing planning strategies and tools to help volunteer managers and volunteer coordinators get a jump start building their strategy. In this mini-series for leaders of volunteers, we’ve shared how to map out your roles for volunteers and how [...]
How to Plot Your Volunteer Roles Like a Champion If you are a leader of volunteers, the fastest way to get a jump on each year is to plot out your agency’s volunteer roles for the coming year. Proactively. Ahead of time. That is, BEFORE they are needed. This goes for everyone, but is particularly [...]
1 Really Big Way to Gain Respect for Volunteer Services When seeking respect and understanding for the important role of volunteer services, it’s critical that you first are able to speak the language of the rest of your organization. What language is that? What’s the overarching language of nonprofits and public sector organizations? The [...]
