May 16, 2024 Episode #110: Using Psychographics to Improve Your Volunteer Recruitment Appeals In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi explores the use of psychographics over demographics to improve your volunteer recruitment appeals, emphasizing the importance of understanding prospective volunteers' beliefs, values, interests, and [...]
May 9, 2024 Episode #109: When a Scarcity Mentality Becomes a Habit In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, host Tobi Johnson discusses the widespread issue of scarcity mentality within the nonprofit sector and how it limits organizations' ability to grow and engage volunteers effectively. [...]
May 2, 2024 Episode #108: Definition of a Volunteer - Why It Matters to Be Precise In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson delves into the nuanced and often overlooked topic of clearly defining a volunteer and why it matters to be precise. [...]
April 25, 2024 Episode #107: Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2024! In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson celebrates National Volunteer Week 2024, and shares insights into the history and significance of volunteerism! Tobi also highlights the challenges facing the nonprofit sector, including a [...]
April 18, 2024 Episode #106: Smarter Volunteer Program Assessment In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson shares insightful tips on how to create smarter volunteer program assessments, without the need for expensive external consultants. Tobi discusses the importance of learning from assessments to [...]
April 11, 2024 Episode #105: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Volunteer Managers In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson explores the seven habits that make volunteer managers highly effective, inspired by Stephen Covey's famous book 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.' [...]
April 4, 2024 Episode #104: The WOW! Volunteer Experience In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi Johnson discusses the importance of providing a wow volunteer experience. She emphasizes that beyond traditional methods of appreciation, designing a well-run program plays a crucial role in volunteer [...]
March 28, 2024 Episode #103: Win-Win Community Service Projects In this episode of the Volunteer Nation, Tobi Johnson discusses how you can create win-win community service projects, and delves into the different types of community service, outlining effective strategies for designing quality projects, and maintaining good [...]
March 21, 2024 Episode #102: 3 Keys to an Irresistible Volunteer Offer In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi shares the 3 keys to an irresistible volunteer offer. Tobi highlights the need for organizations to align with the anticipatory and excited headspace of new [...]
March 14, 2024 Episode #101: Tap the Power of Psychological Contracts with Pam Kappelides In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi invites Pam Kappelides onto the show to talk about the power of psychological contracts and its critical importance in understanding and managing volunteer [...]