Screening Employees and Volunteers for Child Sexual Abuse Risk: 5 Facts Every Nonprofit Should Know
“Coach Arrested for Molesting 10 Boys at Soccer Clinic” screamed a recent media headline in a heavily populated metropolitan…
Trust: The Reason Nonprofits Should Do Volunteer Background Checks
Twenty-five years ago, a handshake was usually the gesture that conveyed trust between a nonprofit and their volunteer. The volunteer was trusted to be…
9 Ways to Improve Volunteer Recruitment
Standing behind the success of just about every nonprofit is a group of volunteers who are passionate and committed…
Employing a Social Media Strategy to Supplement Volunteer Recruitment
With the expectation of immediacy in the digital age, it’s no surprise over 75% of American adults use social…
Effective Volunteer Training Focuses On Behavior
“You don’t solve other people’s problems for them, it is hard enough to handle your own. You don’t save…
Volunteer Management – Firing a Volunteer
My last article “Tips to Having an Excellent Volunteer Program” assumed that volunteers were competent and cooperative. In my…
Helping Hands: Volunteer Management Deconstructed
Volunteers aren’t paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. As funding streams tighten and more…
Tips to Having an Excellent Volunteer Program
Many nonprofit agencies are relying more and more on the assistance of volunteers to run their organizations effectively. As…
Tips to Retain Quality Volunteers
Every nonprofit organization should have volunteer development plan. It begins with a “job description” for every volunteer opportunity. The…
Retain Volunteers and Increasing Donations By Feedback. See How
It is difficult to improve a nonprofit’s success without internal and outside feedback. It doesn’t matter what focus the…