March 12, 2026 Episode #205: My Top Time Management Tips for Overwhelmed Volunteer Managers Managing volunteers often means juggling a wide range of responsibilities. From responding to emails and coordinating schedules to planning events and maintaining relationships, volunteer leaders frequently feel pulled in many directions at once. In this episode, [...]
March 5, 2026 Episode #204: Transforming Your Volunteer Strategy: A Case Study with ScholarMatch Strengthening a volunteer strategy is not always about fixing a struggling program. Sometimes it is about preparing a successful program for growth. In this episode, Tobi Johnson is joined by Lisa Lopez [...]
February 26, 2026 Episode #203: Preventing Volunteer Burnout - New Research with Paul Clarke Volunteer burnout is not always caused by time, workload, or lack of commitment. In many cases, it happens when leaders begin to feel less effective in their roles. As confidence and enjoyment [...]
February 19, 2026 Episode #202: Volunteer Events without the Headaches - My Training Takeaways Volunteer events can be some of the most powerful tools nonprofits have, but they can also be some of the most stressful. In this episode, Tobi Johnson shares key takeaways from a recent high-energy [...]
February 12, 2026 Episode #201: How a Lead Magnet Can Help You Recruit On-Demand Volunteers What if you never had to panic-recruit volunteers again? Scrambling to find 25 volunteers by next week is stressful, reactive, and exhausting. In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi [...]
February 5, 2026 Episode #200: 10 Lessons from 200 Episodes - The Volunteer Nation Through the Years The 200th episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast marks a major milestone. After four years, hundreds of conversations, and insights from volunteer leaders around the world, Tobi Johnson takes [...]
January 29, 2026 Episode #199: The Future of Volunteerism - Trends & Predictions Part 2 In this episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson continues her deep dive into the future of volunteerism with Part 2 of her trends and predictions series. Building on the first three trends covered in Episode [...]
January 22, 2026 Episode #198: The Future of Volunteerism - Trends & Predictions Part 1 In this episode of The Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson shares Part 1 of her 2026 trends and predictions for the future of volunteerism. This is the first half of a two-part series exploring 8 [...]
January 15, 2026 Episode #197: Behind the Scenes of 10 Years of Industry Research with Allison Russell – Part 2 In part 2 of our behind-the-scenes series on the Volunteer Management Progress Report, Tobi Johnson returns with Allison Russell, Assistant Professor of Public & Nonprofit Management at [...]
January 8, 2026 Episode #196: Behind the Scenes of 10 Years of Industry Research with Pam Kappelides & Allison Russell – Part 1 To mark 10 years of the Volunteer Management Progress Report (VMPR), Tobi Johnson hands the mic to nonprofit scholar Allison Russell for a behind-the-scenes conversation [...]