If you struggle to attract and retain good volunteers, you are hardly alone. Volunteerism is back to pre-COVID levels, but volunteers have many options for service. If you aren’t happy with your own recruitment and retention results, consider these suggestions. Freshen up the Position Descriptions Tobi Johnson’s (www.tobijohnson.com) recent podcast offers alternatives to the customary […]
What attracts potential volunteers to your organization? There’s no single answer, but there are many right answers…if you engage them in ways they value. Different strokes for different folks, as Sly and the Family Stone expressed it. Here’s a checklist to help your organization make potential volunteers – and current ones – feel valued and […]
From the 2025 VolunteerPro Volunteer Management Progress Report – The Recruitment Edition. The Good News For most organizations, the number of volunteers has returned to pre-COVID levels. Some organizations have enhanced their recruitment by redefining volunteer roles to “better balance the needs of the community and the needs of the organization.” (See our January 2025 […]
Maybe it’s happened to you…you get into your vehicle, start it up, and fog like something in a horror movie spreads over the inside of your windshield. You can’t see well enough to drive safely. The good news is that you can defog it pretty quickly. Also, there are simple ways to prevent the problem altogether. […]
When we think about the risks of volunteer engagement, injuries or liability exposures might come to mind first. But in a world where gaining the services and support of good volunteers is a competition among nonprofit organizations, it’s a risk not to have the right messaging to attract those volunteers to your organization. In a […]
If your organization has a volunteer-based transportation program for clients, consider sharing the following information with your drivers. It’s an excerpt from “You – The ‘Professional’ Volunteer Driver,” a self-paced, online volunteer driver safety training program VIS developed along with the National Volunteer Transportation Center and the Community Transportation Association of America. How you communicate […]
Editor’s note: Beth Steinhorn is President of VQ Volunteer Strategies, which supports organizations with planning, coaching, assessment, training, and tools and templates for volunteer and member engagement. We appreciate her contribution to the VIS blog. Staff turnover is a big challenge for mission-driven organizations. High employee churn affects many aspects of the organization – […]
