Volunteer Recruiting
There’s more to volunteering than giving back. Have you ever considered that it’s an opportunity for your volunteers to help themselves as well?
Intangible encouragement from advocates matters just as much as any monetary donation. Advocates aren’t just voices of support, though; they’re also a great resource when you’re looking to increase your nonprofit’s volunteer base.
The Founders Generation: Who They Are and How Nonprofits Can Engage Them
Move over, Millennials. There’s a new generation in town and they are eager to innovate in our communities. Presenting Gen Z, now known as the Founders.
Recruiting volunteers requires much more than a phone call or having someone show up and get to work. Consider the who, what and why of volunteering as you recruit people to support your cause.
How to Use Holiday-Season Volunteering to Start a Long-Term Relationship
For some, holiday season traditions include giving back to the community and volunteering for local nonprofits. You can position your nonprofit to incorporate the giving spirit of people in your community into your volunteer program. Here are some tips that your nonprofit can use to help engage the willing volunteers during the holiday season.
If you want to engage millennials, you should lead them on a three-step journey from helping to taking action, and then finally to giving.
[Cause Camp] Keys to Effective Volunteer Management
Before you’re ready to find volunteers, the entire staff must make sure they’re ready to bring in them to the organization—because they’ll be working with everyone in your organization. Only once you’re ready to handle a volunteer program, then it’s time to get started recruiting helpers.
Located at the intersection of passion and purpose, skills-based volunteering allows professionals to make a tangible, lasting difference by connecting with a cause they care about and donating their skills to further that cause. Here’s why your NPO can’t ignore skills-based volunteers.
Why Engaging Your Volunteers Will Help Your NPO Thrive
Volunteer engagement isn’t just a trivial award or public recognition, but rather part of a nonprofit’s culture. Engagement starts with recruitment.
3 Ways to Recruit College Students for Spring Break Volunteering
Spring break is rapidly approaching. While I’d like to lie to you all and tell you that it still looks like an Elvis movie, it looks a more like a scene from a movie starring Zach Galifianakis. (Cue the horrible mental images of kids making poor life choices at 9 a.m. on a beach somewhere—sorry, parents. Take a moment to text your children.)