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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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July 12, 2022
1,919
Funding For Good
Bless and Release | How to Fire Bad Volunteers
Volunteer Management
Training
#Fundraising #Program development #Assessment and Evaluation +1

Let’s be honest for a minute. Bad volunteers DO exist, and nonprofits struggle to fire bad volunteers generous enough to...

July 12, 2022
1,890
Funding For Good
The Nitty Gritty of Effective Volunteer Management
Volunteer Management
Training
#Program development #Program design #Volunteer Management +1

It is time to get down to the nitty and gritty components of effective volunteer management systems. This article provid...

July 04, 2022
1,664
Aaron Viles
WHY ONLINE PETITIONS ARE CRUCIAL TO YOUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITME...
News & Hot Topics
#Retention #Marketing #Volunteer Management +3

Putting on an awards gala, orchestrating a day-long river cleanup or coordinating a shelter adoption event are just a fe...

June 29, 2022
1,889
Sammy Feilchenfeld
THE SEVEN POLICIES YOUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM MUST HAVE
#Evaluation #Program development #Screening +2

In your volunteer program, it is likely that you have a number of policies and procedures that ensure things run smoothl...

June 27, 2022
1,549
The Good Partnership
THE SMALL NONPROFIT PODCAST: MANAGING VOLUNTEERS IN SMALL OR...
Training
#Retention #Recruitment #Volunteer Management

In a conversation with Camara Chambers, the former ED of Volunteer Toronto, we cover how to think about your volunteer p...

June 27, 2022
1,405
Stacy Ashton
THE HIDDEN STRATEGIC VALUE OF YOUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
#Fundraising #Volunteer Management #Value of volunteering +1

Ninety-three percent of volunteers help to directly deliver programs and services, or are actively engaged in fundraisin...

June 27, 2022
1,694
Leigh Kessler
FIVE WAYS EMAIL MARKETING CAN RESULT IN MORE VOLUNTEERS
#Marketing #Volunteer Management #Communication +1

Volunteering as a concept is truly an amazing feat if you think about it. How much free time do you have during the wee...

June 23, 2022
1,828
Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf
UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTING YOUR VOLUNTEERS’ LEGAL RIGHTS
#Ethics #Governance #Risk management +1

About 59% of Canadians aged 15 and older, have volunteered. That’s a lot of volunteering by a lot of people motivated t...

June 22, 2022
1,632
IMAGINE CANADA - Presentation by Barry W. Kwasniewski Carters Law
Volunteer agreements: managing volunteer relations and reduc...
#Onboarding #Risk management #Volunteer Management

This informative slide deck from a 2015 presentation hosted by Imagine Canada can assist organizations in foreseeing and...

June 21, 2022
1,681
Jay Love
EIGHT AWESOME STRATEGIES TO CONVERT VOLUNTEERS INTO DONORS
#Fundraising #Governance #Volunteer Management

An effective volunteer program is a truly incredible feat. Your supporters are coming to your nonprofit to donate their...

June 21, 2022
1,587
Nada Johnson
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI): WHY THIS MATTERS IN V...
Training
#Diversity, Equality, Inclusion #Leadership #Volunteer Management

The majority of nonprofit organizations serve clients from vulnerable, marginalized communities. These people are more l...

June 20, 2022
334
Aleksandra Vasic
Struggling to find volunteers for your role? Check out these...
#Role descriptions #Recruitment #Risk management +2

What makes for a good volunteer role, opportunity or project? And how can you decide when a role should be a paid opport...

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