Centers for Spiritual Living 2014 Convention Volunteer Victories

1. Volunteer Victories:
How To Attract Volunteers In Your CSL Community
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP
@hduckworth
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2. #cslwow @hduckworth

3. LEADERSHIP
SOLUTIONS
I N T E R N AT I O N A L
• Educate, Connect, Inspire Global
Leaders
• Teach Spiritual Principals in
Organizations Worldwide
• Speaker
• Facilitator
• Author, CTRL+ATL+Believe:
Rebooting Thoughts & Inspiring
Action in Your Organization

4. NEW THOUGHT CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL
LIVING LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON

5. MILE HI CHURCH, DENVER COLORADO

6. What do you need out of our time together?

7. W H AT D O Y O U B E L I E V E A B O U T Y O U R
CURRENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM?
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8. AD HOCK VOLUNTEERS

9. COMMITTEE OR PROJECT
VOLUNTEERS

10. BOARD ROOM LEVEL
VOLUNTEER LEADERS
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11. VOLUNTEER
MANAGEMENT
• Set Intention
• Structure to Attract
• Train & Delegate
• Inspire & Educate
• Evaluate & Appreciate

12. C O R P O R AT I O N F O R N AT I O N A L &
COMMUNITY SERVICE
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13. What
may
be
pushing
volunteers
away
from
your
community?
Fear
Doubt
Lack

14. What
Does
It
Take
To
Keep
Your
Organization
Alive?
Faith
Courage
Abundance

15. #cslwow @hduckworth

16. Volunteer
Management
Life
Cycle
•
•
•
•
•
Intentions
&
Plan
Attract
&
Recruit
Training
Inspire/Managing
Evaluating
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17. Why
Volunteer?
Why
do
people
volunteer?
Why
do
we
need
volunteers?
Divine
Work
Ahead
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19. What
Are
The
Benefits
of
Volunteering?

20. @hduckworth

21. Set
Intention
&
Plan
•
•
•
•
Define
Your
Mission
Assess
Your
Organization
Develop
Your
Volunteer
Program
Describe
Volunteer
Positions

22. Mission
• Organization
and
individual
relevance

23. What We Believe
!
By Ernest Holmes, 1927
!
We believe in God, the living Spirit Almighty; one,
indestructible, absolute, and self-existent Cause. This
One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is
not absorbed by Its creation. The manifest universe is the
body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of
the infinite self-knowingness of God.
!
We believe in the individualization of the Spirit in Us, and
that all people are individualizations of the One Spirit.

24. Mission
Statements
To
serve
as
a
spiritual
beacon
for
personal
empowerment
and
global
enlightenment.

25. Assess
Your
Organization
• Map
out
your
current
volunteer
structure

28. What
skills
do
you
want
in
a
volunteer?

30. PERSONAL
SKILLS
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Leadership
Strategic
Thinking
Communication
Influence
Loyalty
Business
Acumen
Financial
Skills

31. COLLECTIVE
SKILLS
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Association
Experience
Diversity
–
reflects
membership
Global
Mindset
(if
applicable)
Financial
Expertise
Governance
Strategic
Planning

32. HOW DO YOU WRITE A VOLUNTEER
JOB DESCRIPTION?

33. Position
Description
• Position
title
• Purpose
of
position
• Volunteer’s
responsibilities/tasks
• Outcomes/goals
(success
measures)
• Training
and
support
plan
• Reporting
• Time
commitment
• Qualifications
needed
• Benefit

34. How
do
you
Recruit?

36. IN DIRECT
ASK
Volunteer:
Hi
Sarah,
I
have
this
project
coming
up
for
GMN
it’s
kinda
big
and
I
could
use
some
help
do
you
think
you
could
help
me?
!
Potential
Volunteer:
Well,
up
no
you
see
I’m
kinda
busy
with
work
and
family
so
I
don’t
have
time
to
give
right
now.

37. DIRECT ASK
Volunteer:
I
am
working
to
produce
the
October
GMN
education
program
we
are
planning
the
event
for
October
10th
from
9am
–
Noon.
I
know
you
have
a
talent
for
creating
marketing
flyers
do
you
think
you
would
be
able
to
help
us
create
this
one
flyer?
!
Potential
Volunteer:
I
am
really
busy
and
I
think
I
could
fit
in
this
small
project
for
you
the
week
of
September
1st.
Could
that
work
for
you?

38. Ask:
Do
NOT
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Send
ONLY
an
email
Ask
in
a
Newsletter
Beg
Force
or
Coerce

41. Technology & Volunteering

43. RECRUITMENT IDEAS:
• Volunteer Fair
• Virtual Volunteerism
• Job board
• Volunteer Manager
• Use of key liasion, to recruit to their team
• Track skills of your members
• Offer Leadership Training
• Tell your own Testimonials about why and how you
volunteer (web, newsletter, in person)

44. Selecting
Volunteers
• What
are
the
traits
you
need
for
the
position?
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–
Leadership
skills
Connection
to
the
cause
Attitude
Desire
to
serve
Leadership
skills
Sense
of
humor

45. Training
Methods
•
•
•
•
Orientation
Materials
Mentors
Ongoing
Development

46. Orientation

47. Materials

48. Mentors

49. V O L U N T E E R S N E E D T O K N O W T H E Y A R E A PA R T O F
S O M E T H I N G L A R G E R T H A N T H E M S E LV E S

50. A gift for you
A Tip For Your Board Leadership All Year Long

51. Volunteer
Support
•
•
•
•
Tools
and
resources
Strategic
insight
and
oversight
Connections
and
reflections
Time

52. W E H AV E A L O T
IN COMMON

53. NEXT
G E N E R AT I O N
VOLUNTEERS

54. Micro-­‐Volunteering
• Put
simply,
it's
volunteering
that
you
can
do
in
small
bits
of
time
-­‐
from
5
minutes
to
2
hours.
It's
high-­‐impact,
high-­‐efficiency
do-­‐gooding
• Bite-­‐sized
• Crowd-­‐sourced
• www.sparked.com

56. @hduckworth

57. Evaluation
• Measures
of
Success
– Program
– Position
– Person

58. 7 TIPS ON SUCCESSFUL
VOLUNTEERISM
• Work on a cause that means something to you
• Consider sills you have to offer
• Do you want to learn something new
• Combine goals
• Don’t over commit
• Think family
• I never thought of that vs. that will never work

59. Succession
Planning

60. Volunteer
Appreciation

61. National
Volunteerism
Week
April
6-­‐13,
201

63. Every time we ask
someone to volunteer
we invite them to be come a
millionaire to someone else.

64. VOLUNTEER
MANAGEMENT
• Set Intention
• Build a volunteer structure
• Train & Delegate
• Inspire & Educate
• Evaluate & Appreciate

66. Thank
You!

67. Volunteer Victories:
How to Attract Volunteers In Your CSL Community
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP
@hduckworth