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1. Recruiting and Retaining
Next Generation
Volunteers
Presented by:
Kristin Clements-Effner, MSW and
Melissa Noyes, MSW

2. Training Objectives
• Provide an overview of the changing volunteer
based on recent research
• Explore strategies that assist in recruiting and
retaining younger volunteers
• Come up with one action item to attempt to
implement and organization
• Provide tools to further evaluate current
volunteer opportunities to attract new
volunteers

3. The Perfect Volunteer…

4. Recruitment Strategies
1. Assess your current volunteer opportunities
to ensure you are offering a diverse set of
volunteer opportunities.
2. Target specific groups for recruitment that
meet the skills sets and personality types
needed for a volunteer opportunity.

5. Recruitment Strategies
3. Have well-defined volunteer descriptions and
immediate next steps for those who express
interest in a volunteer opportunity with your
organization.
4. Host an open house social to recruit
volunteers and introduce them to your
organization.

6. Recruitment Strategies
5. Utilize existing outlets for recruitment.
6. Ask existing volunteers to help with
recruitment.

7. Retention Strategies
1. Ensure that volunteer opportunities allow for
meaningful contribution to the organization
and express how the opportunities connect
to the mission.
2. Create projects that meet the needs of the
organization, but also meet the needs of the
volunteer.
3. Provide volunteers with training and
professional development.

8. Retention Strategies
4. Train your paid staff to work with volunteers.
5. Create volunteer teams to complete volunteer
opportunities that incorporate fun and
dynamic leadership.
6. Have volunteer celebrations and continually
acknowledge the work that your volunteers
are doing.

9. Contact Us
• www.catalystxchange.org
• Email: melissa@catalystxchange.org or
kristin@catalystxchange.org
• Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/catalystxchange
• Twitter @catalystxchange