Announcing: Our New Nonprofit Podcast! Wave goodbye to our Tobi Johnson and Associates blog and say hello to our new nonprofit podcast, Volunteer Nation! After literally years of planning (and procrastination), the my newest is finally ready for primetime. You may have already been listening to my Time + Talent Podcast with Jennifer Bennett [...]
National Volunteer Week 2022: Resources & Ideas for Your Nonprofit National Volunteer Week is just around the corner here in the US and Canada, and now is a great time to get your plan in motion. It's the time of year when we recognize the invaluable contributions of volunteers. It's also a fantastic [...]
Volunteer Matching: Finding the Right Role for Every Volunteer Most organizations don’t spend a lot of time and consideration on their volunteer matching. Instead, they use a one-size fits all approach to assigning work to new recruits based on the organization's most pressing needs at the time. While this may feel expedient, matching [...]
What is a Volunteer? The Difference Between Supporters & Employees As nonprofits and other volunteer-involving organization build back from COVID, they are seeking new ways to involve volunteers and are also asking, “what is a volunteer?” Because there has been so much shuffling of staff under duress, it’s become more difficult to differentiate between paid [...]
Your Complete Guide to Word-of-Mouth for Superior Volunteer Recruitment When I start working with Volunteer Recruitment Accelerator clients, I always ask about their current volunteer recruitment strategies and what’s working now. When developing a new strategy, it’s important to not throw the baby out with the bath water. And it’s smart to double down [...]
Where Should the Volunteer Services Department Live on Your Org Chart? Not getting results with your volunteer strategy? It might be that your volunteer services department is in the wrong place. Recently, I was speaking with one of our VolunteerPro community members about some of the challenges she was facing getting traction inside her [...]
Coordinating Volunteers in a Crisis: How to Stay Grounded & Keep Your Sanity With the recent surges in COVID, for many it still feels like we’re coordinating volunteers in a crisis. And, after two years of constant stress, it can begin to wear on a person. If you are feeling fatigued, worn out, or [...]
How to Thrive in Changing Times: Two Key Shifts to Make in Your Nonprofit Management We rarely think specifically about how we lead as nonprofit management professionals. Our management models are as invisible to us as our own breathing. The way we choose to manage and support our teams is either inadvertent or unconscious -- we manage [...]
4 Ways to Beat Nonprofit Burnout: For Superheroes & Leaders of Volunteers The potential for nonprofit burnout in staff and volunteers is a hot topic lately. And for good reason. It's been a stressful two years on many fronts. It's no wonder people are struggling with how to manage it all. We’ve been talking a [...]
9 Nonprofit Leadership Lessons I Learned From Women's Soccer With over 25 years in the trenches, I've learned that nonprofit leadership isn't easy. You are often required to navigate the complex and competing needs of multiple stakeholders. Budgets are tight and you are constantly asked to "do more with less." Your technology tools aren't [...]