Your Exclusive Checklist for Strategic Volunteer Engagement Planning Many volunteer managers in the VolunteerPro Premium Membership community are struggling with how they can build strategic volunteer engagement that is better than ever before. After more than a year of unrest in our communities due to COVID-19, social injustice, severe weather, etc., they come to realize [...]
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 [...]
10 Year-End Volunteer Recognition Ideas Volunteer recognition is a crucial component to any thriving volunteer program, but fresh volunteer recognition ideas are sometimes hard to come by. Appreciating others for what they give freely is part of fulfilling the social contract, and certainly part of the spreading the holiday spirit. Acknowledging the contributions of [...]
The Complete Guide to Better Volunteer Thank You Notes Volunteer thank you notes should be a key component of your volunteer recognition strategy. And, what better time of year than now to show your supporters some love? ‘Tis the season for giving thanks, showing appreciation, and showering the people you love with gifts. We [...]
Your Team is Stressed. Gratitude Leadership Can Help! Gratitude leadership is a way to help reduce the stress your team is experiencing. Here in the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is hitting a little differently this year. Compared the what we’ve experienced so far in 2020, the normal holiday stress seems non-existent. As we [...]
How to Make Volunteer Newsletters More Interesting During our weekly coaching call last Friday, I received a few questions about starting and maintaining volunteer email newsletters that are interesting to read. So, this week’s blog focuses on how to put together an engaging and sustainable email newsletter that volunteers can’t wait to open up [...]
Nonprofit Virtual Events: Your Guide to Inspired Gatherings The sky really is the limit when it comes to coordinating nonprofit virtual events, and with all the options, it can be overwhelming. This blog post will help you quickly gain clarity on the options and best practices to hosting a phenomenal online event that keeps people [...]
Online Service Learning: Projects for Students & Nonprofits At first glance, it may appear that service learning is not naive but now outdated – nice to have, but not at all possible given the current chaos surrounding back-to-school plans and safety dilemmas during the global COVD-19 pandemic. But, I’d argue that these opportunities are more [...]
Your Guide to Creative Volunteer Appreciation Volunteer Appreciation doesn’t have to be difficult; however, in our training community at VolunteerPro, we are constantly asked to share our insight on the best ways in which to show appreciation to volunteers. How can you get a jump on showing volunteers appreciation, without spending lots of time and money? [...]
Are Nonprofit Volunteers Enchanted with Their Experience? When you think about the experience of nonprofit volunteers how would you rate it? I mean if you were being truly honest about it. How would you rate how supporters connect with your organization, get prepared to serve, and are treated when they show up? Are they greeted [...]