Showing #VolunteerLove, Driving Member Engagement
Showing #VolunteerLove is a winning strategy for driving member engagement. Why? Because volunteering is the stickiest type of member engagement. We need to get beyond rewards and recognition to show #VolunteerLove. That was the message of the ASAE Membership Section...
What Your Volunteers Need to Be Happy
No, its not as difficult as you think! The ASAE Foundation Study on what makes a Mutually Beneficial Volunteer System illuminated a few points. (Read the full report here.) The list: effective training and orientation, accessible volunteer positions (think a mix of...
2017 New Idea Search: #4 Shift the Board’s Conversation
One barrier to implementing new ideas can be a board. Not a piece of wood (although at this point many of us have a similar picture in our mind), but our board of directors. That’s why I delighted in reading Mark Athitakis’s post on how a shift in...
Finding Micro-Volunteering Jobs to Offer
Providing Micro-volunteering options is more than nice, its a critical if you want to build your organization’s volunteer muscle, scout new talent and engage the busy boomer, the elusive Xer and the expressive millennial. Let’s say you get that you get it...