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, [...]
March 20, 2025 Episode #154: Entitled or Exploited? Part 1 - Volunteer Bias in Organizations In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi discusses the concept of volunteer bias in organizations, focusing on the theme, Entitled or Exploited. Using data from the Volunteer Management Progress [...]
March 13, 2025 Episode #153: Building Nonprofit Capacity at Hire Heroes with Michele Wiesner In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi welcomes Michele Wiesner, Director of Capacity Building at Hire Heroes USA onto the show! Michele discusses her extensive experience in volunteer engagement and [...]
March 6, 2025 Episode #152: What Every Nonprofit Executive Should Know About Community Engagement In this episode, Tobi draws insights from the Volunteer Management Progress Report and discusses the perennial challenges in engaging volunteers, particularly respect and buy-in from leadership. She highlights the importance of power [...]