What I Learned From 10 Wonderful Years in Nonprofit Consulting This month marks my tenth anniversary as a business owner in the field of nonprofit consulting and training. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. A decade! To be clear … When I started my business, I really had no clue what I was [...]
How to Recruit Volunteers by Appealing to the Emotions Now, more than ever, our messages occupy a crowded landscape, and recruitment of volunteers is more difficult. Even if your volunteer/potential volunteer has opted into your communication, you’ll still be competing with all the other information they are interested in receiving via email, text, social, [...]
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. [...]
When you think of what your agency’s volunteers will achieve this year, have you decided how you will measure volunteer impact? You’re probably already tracking volunteer hours, and perhaps even using the Independent Sector’s Value of Volunteer Time to calculate the equivalent in wages that volunteers contribute. This is certainly a start, but this [...]
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 [...]
October Pro Roundup for Volunteer Coordinators Welcome to October, volunteer coordinators! It seems impossible, but in nonprofit world, this month our eyes are already turning toward the end of the year. Maybe you're refreshing your volunteer teams, building new volunteer leadership, or starting to think about your own personal development goals. As you continue to [...]
Proven Impact is the Key to Winning Volunteer Grants We often get questions about how to find and secure volunteer grants, funding for volunteer coordinators, and resources for volunteer programming. Often, staff members have high hopes that if they just find the right funder, they can go directly to the source and get funding for [...]
How to Write Volunteer Surveys for Big Impact If you’re like most nonprofits, you probably send out annual volunteer surveys to gauge satisfaction. You may get a small number of responses, not every volunteer participates, and you wonder what you’re missing. You may be able to report volunteer satisfaction levels to leadership -- maybe [...]
