May 29, 2025 Episode #164: Moving from Volunteer Compliance to Building Your Nonprofit Community In this episode of Volunteer Nation, Tobi Johnson unpacks a powerful mindset shift in the nonprofit world: moving beyond volunteer compliance and toward building a thriving volunteer community. Tobi explores the delicate [...]
May 22, 2025 Episode #163: New Research from Points of Light with Jennifer Sirangelo In this episode of Volunteer Nation, Tobi Johnson sits down with Jennifer Sirangelo, President & CEO of Points of Light, to explore why volunteerism is not just a “nice to have”, it’s [...]
May 15, 2025 Episode #162: The #1 Secret to Deep Volunteer Participation In this episode of Volunteer Nation, Tobi Johnson dives into one of the most powerful, yet often overlooked, tools for volunteer engagement: human connection. Tobi reminds us that it's not tech tools or training manuals [...]
May 8, 2025 Episode #161: Leadership Principles for Sparking Change – Part 2 with Jenni Field In this powerful follow-up episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson continues her insightful conversation with Jenni Field, diving deeper into the leadership principles that drive meaningful change, especially [...]
May 1, 2025 Episode #160: Leadership Principles for Sparking Change – Part 1 with Jenni Field In this episode of Volunteer Nation, Tobi Johnson sits down with leadership and communications expert Jenni Field for an insightful conversation about what it really takes to lead with credibility [...]
April 24, 2025 Episode #159: How to Hire a Future Proof Volunteer Coordinator In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson breaks down exactly what it takes to hire a future proof volunteer coordinator who can lead with confidence and adaptability. Given how vital [...]
April 17, 2025 Episode #158: Nonprofit Capacity Building with the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond In this episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, host Tobi Johnson sits down with Diana Villarreal and Gail Cavallaro from the Community Foundation for greater Richmond to explore how strategic [...]
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, [...]