April 10, 2025 Episode #157: A Fresh Take on Volunteer Position Descriptions In this episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson challenges the status quo of traditional volunteer position descriptions. She explores why the standard, task-heavy approach often falls flat and shares how a simple [...]
April 3, 2025 Episode #156: People-first Leadership & Strengthening Teams with Dr. Rob Lion In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson invites Dr. Rob Lion onto the show to discuss people-first leadership and fostering stronger collaboration between paid staff and volunteers. Dr. Rob [...]
March 27, 2025 Episode #155: Entitled or Exploited? Part 2 Volunteer Responsibilities AND Rights In this episode of Volunteer Nation, host Tobi Johnson dives deep into the ethical and fair treatment of volunteers. She introduces the Volunteer Bill of Rights, outlining ten essential rights every volunteer should have, [...]
March 20, 2025 Episode #154: Entitled or Exploited? Part 1 - Volunteer Bias in Organizations In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi discusses the concept of volunteer bias in organizations, focusing on the theme, Entitled or Exploited. Using data from the Volunteer Management Progress [...]
March 13, 2025 Episode #153: Building Nonprofit Capacity at Hire Heroes with Michele Wiesner In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi welcomes Michele Wiesner, Director of Capacity Building at Hire Heroes USA onto the show! Michele discusses her extensive experience in volunteer engagement and [...]
March 6, 2025 Episode #152: What Every Nonprofit Executive Should Know About Community Engagement In this episode, Tobi draws insights from the Volunteer Management Progress Report and discusses the perennial challenges in engaging volunteers, particularly respect and buy-in from leadership. She highlights the importance of power [...]
February 27, 2025 Episode #151: Reimagining Nonprofit Membership & Volunteer Engagement with Alice Glenn In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson is joined by Alice Glenn, President of the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI). Tobi and Alice delve into innovative approaches to [...]
February 20, 2025 Episode #150: Launch a Community-based Advocacy Program in Six Steps In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi focuses on nonprofit advocacy, emphasizing the importance of advocacy in uncertain times. Tobi outlines a detailed six-step plan to launch a community-based advocacy program, [...]
February 13, 2025 Episode #149: Nonprofit Advocacy Strategies – A Checklist In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, host Tobi Johnson provides an in-depth discussion on nonprofit advocacy strategies. Tobi talks about the immediate need for nonprofit advocacy and shares five key strategies to effectively [...]
February 6, 2025 Episode #148: Nonprofit Advocacy 101 – Yes You Can! In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi addresses the critical need for nonprofits to engage in advocacy, especially amidst current uncertainties like federal funding chaos. She explains how advocacy's role has diminished [...]