March 30, 2023 Episode #051: 10 Reasons Why Volunteerism is Important (Way Beyond the Fluff!) April, which is worldwide volunteer month, is set to start. I wanted to take some time to reflect on the significance of volunteering. And I want to go way beyond the [...]
March 23, 2023 Episode #050: How to Use Volunteer Quotes to Inspire Leadership & Resilience In our 50th Volunteer Nation episode, and in honor of upcoming National Volunteer Week celebrations, Tobi shares some fresh ideas on how to effectively use volunteer quotes to inspire leadership and [...]
March 16, 2023 Episode #049: Behind the Scenes at Our VolunteerPro Membership Makeover! In this week’s episode, Tobi offers a peek behind the curtain at the process of developing new VolunteerPro curriculum – in this case, for our newly updated VolunteerPro Membership learning hub! She's also [...]
March 9, 2023 Episode #048: New Statistics on Volunteering & Civic Life with Dr Mary Hyde In this week’s episode, we welcome guest Dr. Mary Hyde from AmeriCorps to share some fascinating results from the most recent Volunteer Engagement and Civic Life census supplement. These [...]
March 2, 2023 Episode #047: The State of Volunteer Engagement with Dr. Sue Kahl and Dr. Nathan Dietz In this week’s episode, we welcome guests Dr. Sue Carter Kahl and Dr. Nathan Dietz to discuss two fascinating new studies on the state of volunteer engagement. These reports [...]
February 23, 2023 Episode #046: Save Time with Better Volunteer Management Systems Anyone who knows Tobi knows that she is a HUGE soccer fan. In this week’s episode, she shares the concept of one-touch and two-touch ball passes – basically taking fewer steps to increase your [...]
February 16, 2023 Episode #045: Build a Smarter Volunteer Retention Strategy What do volunteers experience while serving at your organization? Why do volunteers want to stay? And why do some volunteers decide to leave? In this episode, Tobi offers a closer look at how to design [...]
February 9, 2023 Episode #044: 6 Creative Ways to Recruit Volunteers When we think about recruiting volunteers, too often we focus on pushing out a big appeal as many times as possible on as many platforms as possible. But...what if you could apply some strategy and creativity [...]
February 2, 2023 Episode #043: How to Tap AmeriCorps Grants & Resources with Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom In this year’s Volunteer Management Progress Report, both time and volunteer recruitment were top challenges for leaders of volunteers. Just imagine if you could bring more program development and recruitment assistance [...]
January 26, 2023 Episode #042: Why Your Volunteer Recruitment Isn't Working (And What To Do Instead) We often think that, just because our marketing isn’t delivering the results we want, people in the community aren't interested in our cause or volunteering in general. It’s an easy [...]