Volunteers and the Law: Legal Considerations for Your Nonprofit Many organizations are either unclear or unaware of how volunteers and the law intersect. This post walks you through all of the details. One caveat, though. While this post offers up general guidelines and source references, it is not intended to be legal advice. When creating or updating policies that concern volunteers and [...]
Fun Volunteer Teambuilding Activities That Will Keep Your Remote Team Engaged Many hands make light work, and multi-talented volunteers, working in independent teams, are simply unstoppable. But how do you make it all work so that you’re not stuck leading? How do you delegate essential tasks to teams and trust that things will get [...]
3 Simple Strategies to Reduce Your Nonprofit’s Volunteer Turnover Are you wondering how to build a better volunteer onboarding and retention strategy that will reduce your volunteer turnover rate? Well, you are not alone! We just had over 1,400 volunteer leaders attend a training with us on this very topic. Did [...]
Prep for Post-COVID With This Step-by-Step Volunteer Program Evaluation It seems that the past year has been full of pivots, with nonprofits and nonprofit staff continually reacting to the threat of COVID-19. And, if you are like many of the other organizations out there, you’ve likely had to significantly reduce [...]
How to Appreciate Volunteers Through Every Lifecycle Stage By now, you probably (hopefully!) are aware that April is the month that is set aside to appreciate volunteers. There are a million and one ways to show appreciation for your volunteers during this designated season. If it snuck up on you this year, find [...]
Addressing Issues of Equity in Volunteerism: Where to Look & What to Do Every year, the results of our Volunteer Management Progress Report survey reveal a troubling trend: lack of diversity among those who work in our sector which, we fear, may also result in issues of equity in volunteerism as a whole. Year over year, [...]
On Modeling Powerful Resilience for Yourself and in Leading Volunteers When leading volunteers, among the many skills you'll find helpful, a good measure of resilience is important. We know, as leaders in this world, that we need to be there for other people. One thing we should recognize is that we also need to [...]
How Cultivating Professional Boundaries for Volunteer Managers Can Help Banish Burnout Volunteer managers are in the helping profession and sometimes their passion to make the world be a better place can hurt more than help, especially when they don’t take steps to maintain proper professional boundaries. When leaders of volunteers allow their work to [...]
How to Make Smarter Investments in Nonprofit Training for Employees We field over hundreds of inquiries a year about nonprofit training options. Often the person who contacts us isn't quite clear on what they want, or better yet, what they really need. To help, we’ve put together this post chock full of advice on how to make the most of your nonprofit or [...]
Does Your Current Volunteer Management System Actually Drive Great Results? The presence of an effective volunteer management system can be the difference between a vibrant, high-impact nonprofit and those that struggle to find their footing. By “volunteer management system” I mean a model for success. While software systems can certainly be a key to successful [...]