How to Appreciate Volunteers Through Every Lifecycle Stage By now, you probably (hopefully!) are aware that April is the month that is set aside to appreciate volunteers. There are a million and one ways to show appreciation for your volunteers during this designated season. If it snuck up on you this year, find [...]
Addressing Issues of Equity in Volunteerism: Where to Look & What to Do Every year, the results of our Volunteer Management Progress Report survey reveal a troubling trend: lack of diversity among those who work in our sector which, we fear, may also result in issues of equity in volunteerism as a whole. Year over year, [...]
Volunteer Impact Reporting: Why and How to Measure the Value of Volunteers Are you looking for a way to accurately build a volunteer impact report that shows what your contributors have helped your programs and clients accomplish? We hear it all the time: measuring volunteer impact (and then showing that impact) can be a tricky skill to master! In order [...]
How to Align Your Social Media Strategy with 6 Key Volunteer Motivations Using social media to recruit and retain the right people for your volunteer needs means understanding their individual volunteer motivation more effectively. We’ve discussed the importance of nonprofits stepping up their outreach and marketing before. Here, we present some tactics you can put to work in [...]
5 Ideas for Virtual Volunteer Appreciation Events Who knew that last year when I wrote about how to move your volunteer appreciation event online, we’d still be discussing how to engage volunteers remotely a year later?! But, here we are, on the heels of another National Volunteer Week and even though with the arrival of vaccines there are hopes [...]
On Modeling Powerful Resilience for Yourself and in Leading Volunteers When leading volunteers, among the many skills you'll find helpful, a good measure of resilience is important. We know, as leaders in this world, that we need to be there for other people. One thing we should recognize is that we also need to [...]
How Cultivating Professional Boundaries for Volunteer Managers Can Help Banish Burnout Volunteer managers are in the helping profession and sometimes their passion to make the world be a better place can hurt more than help, especially when they don’t take steps to maintain proper professional boundaries. When leaders of volunteers allow their work to [...]
How to Use Nonprofit Marketing to Craft a Reliable Supporter Pipeline (You may want to suggest this post to your Marketing Director!) Your organization can leverage best practices in nonprofit marketing to consistently cultivate supporters and willing volunteers. We hope this information helps you create the kind of momentum needed to recruit and engage [...]
How to Make Smarter Investments in Nonprofit Training for Employees We field over hundreds of inquiries a year about nonprofit training options. Often the person who contacts us isn't quite clear on what they want, or better yet, what they really need. To help, we’ve put together this post chock full of advice on how to make the most of your nonprofit [...]
Does Your Current Volunteer Management System Actually Drive Great Results? The presence of an effective volunteer management system can be the difference between a vibrant, high-impact nonprofit and those that struggle to find their footing. By “volunteer management system” I mean a model for success. While software systems can certainly be a key to successful [...]