As volunteer engagement professionals, we scratch our heads and ask ourselves, “how do we harness the enthusiasm we find when disasters strike and how do we keep the volunteer mojo going?” Right there is the problem:
Because volunteer resilience is key to not only surviving major disruptions, but key to surviving and thriving during more minor disruptions, we are knee-deep in encouraging resilience. Nurturing volunteer resilience is necessary, regardless of a pandemic or a change in policy.
Some of the cards I received included timely messages about the organization’s work. I find that more engaging than a simple signature. But a message to me as an active volunteer when I’m not, is tone-deaf.
As we move into a new reality, this is an ideal time to survey volunteers and sort through their thoughts …
Change is upon us, so let’s make changes work for us and our volunteer initiatives. Let’s demonstrate volunteer impact which …
for every minute we spend on something with little ROI, we miss spending that minute on something with a large ROI that has impact and moves us in the direction we want to go.
We may appear to be socializing but we are establishing a welcoming and meaningful atmosphere through the hard work of making it look effortless so volunteers are engaged and add value
Episode 4 featuring Sam Clift, the volunteer resource manager at London Transport Museum talks initiating positive change.
What can we learn from a volunteer turned activist turned founder of her own non-profit organization? Turns out, a heck of a lot.
Difficult conversations with volunteers is one of our volunteer management things. We are all faced with having to “talk to” …
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