Category Archives: Strategies
Active Outreach: Cultivating Your Program’s Volunteer Base
by Anne Schink Workshop participants often expect any presentation on volunteer management to start with recruitment. When I present workshops on the model of The Charismatic Organization, those participants begin to understand that, as Susan Ellis puts it, “Recruitment is … Continue reading
Posted in Episodic Volunteering, Recruitment, Strategies
Tagged active outreach, The Charismatic Organization
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The Changing Face of Nonprofit Communications
by Daniel Martinage, CAE, CEG When I landed my first job at a nonprofit in the early 80s I learned that communicating with our key stakeholders was a lot like selling retail—give customers what they need/want and they’ll continue to … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Strategies
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How Your Organization Can Have Compelling Communications
by Anne Schink In previous posts I have referred to the book, The Charismatic Organization, written by Deb Jospin and Shirley Sagawa. Much of its richness stems from the principles that build social capital. A charismatic organization has a strong … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Managing Organizations, Strategies
Tagged Communication, Volunteer Recognition
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How is your group evolving?
by Jane Haskell If a group is having stellar success or woeful dysfunction, I know it can often be attributed to various process or structural conditions, such as agendas, working agreements, personal leadership balance, or neutrality. I also am aware … Continue reading
Posted in Facilitation, Leadership, Managing Performance, Strategies
Tagged Group Development
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Volunteers Matter
By Kaira Esgate I am frequently asked, “Do volunteers really matter?” I suspect that many folks in the volunteer sector would respond to that question in the same way I would (with an emphatic yes, of course!), but what evidence … Continue reading
Micro Volunteering – The Wave of the Future?
Patricia Kimball On a recent troll through the internet for resources, I got lost in a few articles related to “micro-volunteering”. Have you heard of it? Apparently, the jury is still out about how much impact it will have on … Continue reading
Jigsaw Puzzle
By Penny Kern This is just a quick blog this month about the importance of the volunteer manager. Correction – the staff person who is responsible for the volunteers of an organization. Managing volunteers is a vital to any organization … Continue reading
Time Management Tools
By Penny Kern WWW.mindtools.com – what a great website. There’s a lot of information. The subject I was researching was time management. Setting goals, how to say NO, prioritizing were just a few of the things included in time management. … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Performance, Strategies, Technology
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Recruiting Volunteers
By Katie Klein My name is Katie Klein and I’m currently serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA leader at MCCS. VISTA leaders have already served a VISTA term; I did mine at ITNAmerica in Portland. I use my knowledge of AmeriCorps … Continue reading
Posted in AmeriCorps, Recruitment, Retention, Strategies
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Engaging Distributed Volunteers- Part I
By Joan Davis As Managers of Volunteers you may be fortunate enough to have your team close by and can call them together for a face-to-face huddle any time of the day. But perhaps instead your work covers a broad … Continue reading
