June 1, 2023 Episode #60: Giving Circles and Collective Philanthropy with Sara Lomelin In today's episode, Tobi interviews Sara Lomelin who is an expert in Giving Circles and collective philanthropy. Here at VolunteerPro, we're also very interested in doing that when it comes to community engagement, [...]
April 16, 2023 Episode #053: Promoting a Healthy Workplace Culture for Volunteers with Marianne Chance In today's episode, we are going to be talking with Marianne Chance about promoting a healthy workplace culture for volunteers, not only for volunteers, but in our nonprofits in general. Marianne [...]
August 18, 2022 Episode #019: Improve the Volunteer Experience with a Journey Map In this week’s podcast, Tobi breaks down the steps to create the ideal journey map for your volunteers, and explains how this map can improve the overall volunteer experience for your team. Examine [...]
August 11, 2022 Episode #018: How to Use Slack to Strengthen Volunteer Teams In this week’s episode, Tobi shares how her team at VolunteerPro has been implementing tools like Slack for a couple of years, why they are an improvement over email or text messages in [...]
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 [...]
How to Forge Stronger Bonds with Remote & Hybrid Volunteers Hybrid volunteers – or volunteers contribute time to nonprofits both online and in person – can be invaluable assets to a nonprofit. They can bring special skills and talent to the table that a nonprofit might otherwise not have available or would need to pay a [...]
Why not integrate volunteer workplace wellness programs into our volunteer recognition and retention strategies?
I often write about how organizations can improve their volunteer programs from the perspective of an experienced nonprofit consultant. Today, I thought I’d write from a different angle and explore my current volunteer experience in order to better understand why it works. And, I’ll suggest some key takeaways for volunteer-led organizations.
Results of the Pathways to Participation study has just been released. In addition to analyzing what stimulates civic engagement, the study also points to organizational issues that can affect supporter retention. Fortunately, they are issues you can address directly.
Volunteer Handbooks (also called Manuals, Guides, etc.) are a key foundational risk management strategy. They are also an important part of the talent management of your volunteer corps.