This document discusses harnessing the power of volunteers and the key to engaging today's volunteers. It notes that today's volunteers seek reward, want to serve a cause, expect empowerment, desire flexibility, want immediate impact, and need autonomy. Effective volunteer leaders are committed, invest time, focus on essentials like vision, goals and responsibilities. When recruiting volunteers, organizations should provide a clear need, solution, opportunities to help using one's skills, and benefits. Recruitment methods include targeting those with specific skills, connecting to related populations, and short-term roles with little required skill. Organizations have a responsibility to properly orient, train, supervise, and provide a flexible team environment for volunteers. Recognition and keeping proper records

1. volunteers Harnessing the Power Of

2. Give them what they want! The Key to Today’s Volunteers

3. Why Do You Volunteer? “We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill

4. Think About This: “Volunteering is at the heart of citizen action.”

5. Why Do You Volunteer? “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

6. Today’s Volunteers Seek Reward Serve for a Cause Expect to be Empowered Desire Flexibility Want Immediate Impact Need Autonomy

7. Why Do You Volunteer? “Everyone has something to give.” ~ Barbara Bush

8. Today’s Volunteer Leaders Are Committed Invest Time Focus on Essentials Vision – What are the expectations? Goals – What are you trying to achieve? Descriptions – What are the volunteer’s responsibilities? Recruit – Create Volunteer Opportunities Share – Provide a Message

9. Why Do You Volunteer? “Be the change you with to see in the world . . .” ~ Gandhi

10. Characteristics of a Message Need: There is a problem in your community Solution: You can help solve it Answer: Here is where your skills can help Benefits: This is what you’ll receive Contact: Here is how you can get involved

11. Why Do You Volunteer? “. . . The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

12. Methods of Recruitment Warm-body: Short-term, Little Skill Targeted: Specific Skill Required Concentric: Connected Populations

13. Why Do You Volunteer? “When all is said and done, more is said than done.” ~ Italian Proverb

14. Tasks of Recruitment Advertise Screen Interview Place

15. Why Do You Volunteer? “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford

16. Responsibility to Volunteers Orientation Prepare Training Enhance Supervision Connect Flexible Team Point Person Accountability Respond Recognition Reward

17. Why Do You Volunteer? “Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” ~ William James

18. Organizational Responsibility Recordkeeping Who is volunteering, what for, how long Facts on each volunteer Comparative data past and present The history of volunteer assignments The progress of volunteer projects Retention Expectations Feedback Exit

19. Why Do You Volunteer? “Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.” ~ Frederick Douglass

20. Discuss how your organization could effectively use volunteers? Group Exercise