July 22, 2025
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June 14, 2022Succession planning for volunteers is an important component to the volunteer management cycle. One of the biggest challenges is retaining volunteers, especially the good ones. Why is it that the challenging ones never leave but the great ones do? Succession planning needs to be embedded in the framework of a volunteer program.
February 07, 2022Certainly, volunteers bring tremendous value to nonprofit organizations by contributing in many capacities. You may have firsthand experience with the impact volunteers can make. They might help with in-person or virtual events, facilitate fundraising, promote advocacy, partake in programs and service delivery, or be involved on a leadership board — to name a few. It’s important to keep in mind that with each type of volunteering, there is a necessary process for properly vetting volunteers as you onboard them.
July 20, 2022Is there a soft bias towards volunteers because they only volunteer once a week or month? Volunteers can’t be as committed, as knowledgeable, as valuable or impactful as staff who labor 40 (wait, who are we kidding, like 60-80, most uncounted) hours a week? But in reality, less time spent by volunteers is a gift.
