February 06, 2024
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June 21, 2022An effective volunteer program is a truly incredible feat. Your supporters are coming to your nonprofit to donate their time. With the hustle and bustle of the world today, it’s amazing that people have any free time at all, and they give away that free time and ask for nothing in return. When it comes to asking your volunteers to donate, you may feel uncomfortable or even guilty for asking them to give even more. But when you think about it from the perspective of the volunteer, they’re working with your nonprofit because they want to help. Therefore, your nonprofit should never feel guilty about leading volunteers to donation opportunities.
July 25, 2022Volunteer Success is pleased to share this wonderful volunteer policy primer created by Volunteer Toronto. As this primer makes clear, and the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement (CCVI) advocates, organizations should have an integrated human resource management approach that includes paid employees, students and volunteers. The Human Resources standard of the CCVI recommends that “most policies and practices apply equally to all people in the organization”, apart from some obvious exceptions such as compensation and recognition. COVID has motivated many of us to re-evaluate our policies, but as this resource states: “the world of volunteer engagement constantly evolves, and your structures should adapt as things change.” So what volunteer-specific policies should you have? And what kinds of revisions should you undertake?
August 16, 2022What are the factors you consider when recruiting for a volunteer role? Chances are you probably want a good volunteer. Someone reliable, up-to-task, efficient, and well-suited to the needs of your organization, its events, and its projects. As you probably already know, the first step to recruiting such a volunteer begins well before the recruitment process. Before interviews and before onboarding, aspiring volunteer managers should first craft a role or position description. This small step is essential to successful recruitment. As a volunteer manager, before beginning recruitment, you should know the requirements and responsibilities of the role you are hiring. Or stated simply, you should know your BFORs.
