January 23, 2025 Episode #146: Expanding Volunteer Jobs to Be Done at Your Nonprofit In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi dives into the art of expanding volunteer roles within nonprofits. Inspired by a recent workshop, she breaks down the essential steps to designing [...]
January 16, 2025 Episode #145: Build Your Program with the NEW VolunteerPro Volunteer Impact Lab! In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi introduces the newly rebranded VolunteerPro Impact Lab, a community dedicated to supporting volunteer-driven organizations in their program development and assessment. Tobi [...]
January 9, 2025 Episode #144: Bringing a Collectivist Spirit to Nonpartisan Volunteer Work with Britt Hogue In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi is joined by the Founder of the Collective Good, Britt Hogue. The pair discuss the importance of bringing a collectivist [...]
January 2, 2025 Episode #143: 3 Big Problems with Your Volunteer Recruitment Flyer In the first episode of 2025, Tobi shares her insights on developing an impactful volunteer recruitment flyer. She discusses common problems, such as lack of audience targeting, incomplete journey planning, and ineffective distribution [...]
December 26, 2024 Episode #142: Our Top 6 Volunteer Nation Podcast Episodes from 2024 In this holiday-themed episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, host Tobi Johnson shares the top 6 Volunteer Nation Podcast episodes from 2024! Themes include transitioning from doer to nonprofit leader, transforming volunteer leadership, [...]
December 19, 2024 Episode #141: 8 Ways to Build Capacity with Volunteer Teams In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi shares 8 practical ways to build capacity with volunteer teams. These include leadership development, community engagement, program development and evaluation, and technology and data [...]
December 12, 2024 Episode #140: Volunteer Performance Issues – How to (Finally) Have that Chat! In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi discusses practical strategies for addressing volunteer performance issues. She introduces a structured approach called the 'Great Communications Model' and emphasizes the importance [...]
December 5, 2024 Episode #139: Unpacking Volunteer Retention Issues: A Case Study In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi unpacks volunteer retention issues using a real-life case study from a Reddit post titled 'I'm never volunteering for a food bank ever again.' Tobi reads [...]
November 28, 2024 Episode #138: Building Community in an Uncertain (and Sometimes Scary) World In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson shares an insightful discussion from a recent VolunteerPro membership coaching call. The episode dives deep into ways to create safe, inclusive spaces [...]
November 21, 2024 Episode #137: Volunteer Stats, Trends, and Benchmarks We're Researching Right Now In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Volunteer Management Progress Report survey. Tobi reflects on the evolution of the survey over the past [...]