Coordinating Volunteers: Two Free Trainings to Inspire Transformation Last spring, in response to COVID-19, we started offering regular Facebook Lives to help those who were coordinating volunteers in this time of uncertainty. We focused on both mindset work as well as tactical skills to help leaders of volunteers coordinate volunteers more effectively and with less stress. Mindset is a [...]
Inclusive Volunteerism: What You Can Do Right Now to Be A Better Champion As a leader, the work of promoting more inclusive volunteerism may feel like the right thing to do. It also might feel overwhelming and scary. You might wonder if you are the right person to lead such an effort. You may distrust your organization’s [...]
Hidden Volunteerism Benefits That Help More than Just the Organization They Serve Most people who volunteer go into it because they want to help the communities they live in, not for the volunteerism benefits. However, leaders of volunteers know that volunteering is a 2-way street, and the benefits are two-fold. Volunteerism benefits don’t [...]
The Volunteer Management Tools You Should Be Using As with any career, there are tools and techniques that help to get the job done. The best volunteer management tools are difficult to pin down because volunteer managers have a wide range of tasks to complete; however, there are ways you can work to improve productivity, [...]
Build your Confidence as a Volunteer Leader with a Leadership Traits Self-Assessment Working as a leader of volunteers requires a unique balance of knowledge, skills, and abilities; however, new volunteer leaders typically lack the confidence they need to oversee a successful volunteer program. According to the CCVA’s core competencies, volunteer leaders are expected to act as leaders in [...]
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions: What to Include to Attract the Right Talent Is your nonprofit hiring for your volunteer services department? With the myriad of tasks associated with a leader of volunteers’ role, crafting the perfect volunteer coordinator job description can be quite the challenge. The Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration outlines seven core volunteer management competencies that their organization utilizes [...]
Charitable Giving & Volunteerism: An Eco-System for Greater Resilience Last week, the 2020 Giving USA report was released which offers up key statistics on charitable giving trends in the US. Although, the data is from 2019 – which feels like a long time ago after the pandemic hit – it offers some hope as nonprofits look toward re-opening their [...]
Re-opening Your Volunteer Opportunities: A List of Questions to Ask In today’s uncertain times, a strong supporter eco-system -- made up of both volunteers and donors -- and a healthy slate of volunteer opportunities will be essential to the future sustainability of nonprofits. Now, more than ever, supporters will be crossing the thresholds between giving and [...]
Building Bridges to Better Volunteer Diversity & Inclusion This post was originally featured in the June 9 VolunteerPro Blog. As grassroots demonstrations continue throughout the world in support of black voices and lives, I hope you are inspired to look inward and seek to build greater volunteer diversity in your own organization. While at first blush, this seems like a simple enough aim. [...]
Nonprofit Leadership Best Practices: Advocating for Equity in Troubled Times Given the current unrest and uncertainty of the moment, you may wonder which nonprofit leadership best practices make the most sense in the current context. How should you show up as a nonprofit leader and professional right here and right now? Should you sit back [...]