Video Testimonials to Drive Volunteer Recruitment

Video Testimonials to Drive Volunteer Recruitment

Testimonial videos are a way to let your volunteers, beneficiaries, corporate partners, and staff  do the talking for you. Putting your most successful, happy, or unique fans on screen is a powerful way to attach a real-life narrative to your mission. A video...
What Modern Volunteers Expect

What Modern Volunteers Expect

When we say “modern volunteer” we don’t mean young volunteers.  We just mean volunteers of today.  None of us are the same people we were a year ago.  We have new expectations, new priorities, and new goals.  So, if your policies and approach to volunteerism were...
How to Annoy Any Volunteer Under 35

How to Annoy Any Volunteer Under 35

It’s a funny experiment, but try these things if you’d like to see any volunteer under the age of 35 go running in the opposite direction:   Make them download somethingIt’s true.  They hate having to download a PDF application.  And if you want to really see them...
The Problem with Waitlisting Volunteers

The Problem with Waitlisting Volunteers

Through years of study, we learned that waitlisting was often causing some needs to go unmet or just made volunteer sign-up overly complicated. So, we left it in the rear view mirror and haven’t found a good reason to reincorporate it in our product. If after reading...
Keys to a Good Electronic Volunteer Application Form

Keys to a Good Electronic Volunteer Application Form

The translation of a paper application process to an online/automated approach provides an excellent opportunity for improvement. Sometimes, seeing your “old” application “on-screen” feels shocking. It may reveal just how onerous the previous...
4 Steps to Volunteer Vetting/Onboarding

4 Steps to Volunteer Vetting/Onboarding

We recognize the tremendous value that volunteers bring to our organizations. They can contribute in many capacities including working events, fundraising, advocacy, program and service delivery, and board leadership. With each type of volunteering, comes the...