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Enjoy articles, blogs, upcoming events and links to external resources on volunteerism, volunteer management and engagement. Our goal is to provide a library of material to help positively impact community needs, enhance volunteer experiences and support organizations' needs to increase capacity.

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April 28, 2023
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Volunteer Success
Weaving Us Together: How Volunteering Benefits You And Your...
Training
#Benefits of volunteering #Partnership #Demographics

Whatever your stage of life, volunteering provides proven benefits to you as an individual. However, it's important to r...

April 27, 2023
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Parshant Mitra
How to Make Your Volunteer Posting Stand Out!
Research & Reports
News & Hot Topics
Blog
#Benefits of volunteering #Boards and committees #Working with boards

Your opportunity posting is the first thing potential volunteers see from your organization. Follow these easy tips to m...

June 15, 2022
518
Lori Gotlieb
10 Reasons to Keep or Hire a Professional Administrator of V...
Blog
Volunteer Management
#Executive Director #Interviewing #Program development +2

As the Covid-19 Pandemic creates havoc over all our lives and we are looking at ways to navigate and plan for the “new n...

June 15, 2022
461
Lori Gotlieb
How can communications work for your volunteers?
Blog
Volunteer Management
#Interviewing #Retention #Screening +5

We will look at best practices in how to communicate to our volunteers to ensure that we are sending the same message t...

June 15, 2022
533
Lori Gotlieb
Volunteering is still the secret botox
Blog
Volunteer Management
#Benefits of volunteering #Clients as Volunteers #Employee Volunteering +3

Not very much has been written about the benefits of volunteering other than the obvious: volunteering helps in career d...

June 15, 2022
622
Lori Gotlieb
Calling Up Volunteer Programs To the Major Leagues
Blog
Volunteer Management
#Covid-19 #Informal volunteering #Role descriptions +3

One of the many heroes of Covid-19 that has arisen is the volunteer. Whether it is neighbour-to-neighbour, non-profit or...

June 15, 2022
37
Volunteer Success
Free Volunteer Agreement Template and why your organization...
#Volunteer Management #Organizational Development #Template

Does your organization require volunteers to sign a volunteer agreement as part of your onboarding process? If not, you...

June 14, 2022
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Jana Wunderlich
7 mistakes to avoid when managing events with volunteers.
#Volunteer Management #Recognition #Training +1

Many events cannot run without volunteers. However, often managers don’t realise the full value the volunteer program ca...

June 14, 2022
430
Lori Gotlieb
All Call To Action for Volunteer Leadership: How to Orchestr...
Blog
Volunteer Management
#Leadership #Issues #Volunteer Management +1

I spend a lot of time teaching administrators of volunteers on building volunteer programs and have found that as much a...

June 14, 2022
358
Lori Gotlieb
Telling the Story of the Value of Volunteering
Blog
#Retention #Volunteer Management #Value of volunteering +1

Let me start out by clarifying that the value of volunteering is not about the recognition of volunteers. The value of v...

June 14, 2022
277
Lori Gotlieb
Succession Planning for Volunteers
Blog
#Boards and committees #Leadership #Role descriptions +3

Succession planning for volunteers is an important component to the volunteer management cycle. One of the biggest chall...

June 13, 2022
197
Lori Gotlieb
How do leaders achieve effective risk management?
Blog
Volunteer Management
Tools & Templates
#Leadership #Risk management #Volunteer Management

The uncertain times have had a major effect on how organizations operate these days. Organizations that used to operate...

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