2. 2
âą Address benefits of volunteering for GBTA
âą What makes a good volunteer?
âą Volunteers vs. Employees
âą How many people do we need? Delegation
âą 10 Tips for volunteers
âą Succession planning
âą Volunteer appreciation
âą Questions/concerns you may have
Intentions for our time together:
6. 6
hours Americans gave in volunteer
service What is the number of hours
Americans gave in volunteer service
in 2010, according to Volunteering in
Americarding to Volunteering in
America
A. 8 Billon hours
B. 1 Trillion hours
C. 50 Million hours
D. 5 Billion hours
@hduckworth
7. 7
âą Greater impact to your vision mission
âą Save organization time
âą Increase organizations revenues
Why use Volunteers?
10. 10
âą Itâs more than the difference between simply a pay check and no
pay check.
âą Understand Motivations of the person
â Learn a skill
â Share a skill
â Remember with volunteers they have a choice and 100âs of
other organizations would love to have the same people
â With Volunteers it is all personal and passion
Volunteer vs. Employee
12. 12
âą Honest
â How much time does it really take?
â What times of the year are busy on this committee?
âą Authentic
âą Job Description
â Specific Start Date/time
â Specific End Date /time
âą Delegation
âą Let them own it
âą Follow Up
âą Appreciation
How many people do we need?
How do we Recruit Volunteers?
15. 16
âą Give them ownership
âą Give them something meaningful to do
âą Demonstrate for them how what they do makes a difference
to the organization
âą Make it easy to volunteer
âą Keep task sizes manageable
âą Have regular committee meetings
How do we work to retain Volunteers?
17. 18
âą Demonstrate benefits of volunteering
Networking
Education
Team work, common vision
âą Appreciation
â When possible customized to the individual
â Thank you note (private)
â Thank you certificate (public)
How do we maintain a healthy volunteer base?
19. 20
10 Tips on Volunteerism
âą Work on a cause that means something to you
âą Consider sills you have to offer
âą Do you want to learn something new
âą Combine goals
âą Donât over commit
âą Be prepare for application/approval process
âą Think family
âą I never thought of that
âą Volunteerism gives voice to your heart
20. 21
âą Volunteer Fair
âą Virtual Volunteerism
âą Job board
âą Volunteer Manager
â Use of President Elect, to recruit to their team
â Track skills of your members
âą Offer Leadership Training
âą Tell your own Testimonials about why and how you
volunteer (web, newsletter, in person)
Recruitment Ideas:
21.
22. 23
âą You should start working yourself out of a volunteer job the
day you accept it
âą Build bench strength with
committees, co-chairs,
and ad hoc volunteers
Succession Planning
23. 24
âI don't know what your destiny will
be, but one thing I do know: the only
ones among you who will be really
happy are those who have sought and
found how to serve.â
âDr. Albert Schweitzer
24. 25
âą Address benefits of volunteering for BCA
âą What makes a good volunteer?
âą Volunteers vs. Employees
âą How many people do we need? Delegation
âą 10 Tips for volunteers
âą Succession planning
âą Volunteer appreciation
âą Questions/concerns you may have
Intentions for our time together: