July 28, 2022 Episode #016: Nonprofit Boards with Joan Garry In this week’s podcast, Tobi chats with Joan Garry, founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, on the topic of nonprofit boards. Nonprofit Boards This unique subset of service-minded leaders is often overlooked when discussing [...]
July 21, 2022 Episode #015: Recruiting Volunteers Online with Jennifer Bennett In this week’s podcast, Tobi welcomes guest Jennifer Bennett from VolunteerMatch to discuss effective strategies for recruiting volunteers online, and what to do if your current online recruiting efforts are being met with the sound [...]
July 14, 2022 Episode #014: New Volunteer Vision with Rob Jackson This week, Tobi welcomes guest Rob Jackson to discuss a new post-pandemic volunteer vision, the recently released Vision for Volunteering report, and the future of volunteerism in the U.K. New Volunteer Vision for a [...]
July 7, 2022 Episode #013: Is Volunteer Word of Mouth All It's Cracked Up to Be In this week’s podcast, Tobi takes a look at volunteer word-of-mouth recruiting, and how this powerful tool is working all the time on behalf of your organization (for good or [...]
June 30, 2022 Episode #012: Training Volunteers What I Wish I'd Known This week Tobi is getting real with some stories from her early days in training volunteers and some of the things she wishes she’d known back then. From the days of forgetting an extra [...]
June 23, 2022 Episode #011: Is Your Org Ready for More Inclusive Volunteering Inclusive Volunteering This week’s podcast is Tobi’s manifesto on the idea of inclusive volunteering, and she is taking an unflinching look at what “inclusion” really looks like in the workplace. Inclusive Volunteering - [...]
June 16, 2022 Episode #010: Service Learning with Brian Halderman Service learning can be one of those hard-to-define concepts in volunteer management, and it definitely has its own set of challenges and benefits. In this episode, Tobi welcomes guest Brian Halderman for a deep dive into [...]
June 9, 2022 Episode #009: Helping Nonprofit Employees See the Value of Volunteers Do your coworkers understand and celebrate the value of volunteers within your organization? If the recurring questions we receive here at VolunteerPro are any indication, the answer may be “not yet.” The Value [...]
June 2, 2022 Episode #008: Where Should Volunteer Services Live at Your Nonprofit This week we’re looking at some of the different departments that volunteer services could be housed within at your organization, with the pros and cons of each option. The Right Team is Important [...]
May 26, 2022 Episode #007: The Power of Volunteers as Community Capital This week we’re talking about “community capital,” the incredible unique value that every volunteer brings to the organizations in which they choose to serve. More Than an Extra Set of Hands It’s easy to [...]