Slides from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference Session "It's Alive! Tools to Piece Together Your Volunteer Engagement Frankenstein."
Includes strategies and resources for figuring out which technology tools are right to help you build a successful volunteer program for your nonprofit.
Speakers included:
Shari Ilsen, Online Communications Manager at VolunteerMatch
Daniel Marlay, Volunteer Manager at Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation
Rachael Caine, Volunteer Coordinator at Kiva.org
Tina Arnoldi of Coastal Community Foundation presented at the 2012 SCAVA conference on how Palmetto Technology Hub started without a budget and some of the challenges and successes along the way.
6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by @Kanterfrank barry
npEXPERTS from around the nonprofit sector have joined forces to bring you battle proven fundraising ideas and marketing tips. For the next few weeks you'll have the opportunity to listen to each of the nonprofit experts live.
by Beth Kanter | @kanter
This presentation is from the April 2, 2013 Philadelphia Net Tuesday event presented by Amy Sample Ward. To learn more visit http://socialchangeanytimeeverywhere.com
http://www.spiral16.com This is an updated version of the Social Media for Nonprofits: Listening, Setting Goals, Storytelling presentation from Spiral16's marketing/communications manager Eric Melin. It focuses on starting with a goal-oriented foundation for your social media strategy, covers tips for online listening, and goes into the steps for telling effective stories that will connect people with your mission.
Best Practices to Build a Multichannel CampaignAmy Sample Ward
Highlights from the new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward; 8 Steps to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan. Learn more at socialchangeanytime.com
Learn about some of the Web 2.0 tools that everyone is talking about and the fundamentals of a great website. We’ll tell you the good, the bad and the ugly. We’ll tell you what’s easy, what’s challenging, what you can try for free, and what might not be worth your time.
Consists of 2 workshops to help you get acquainted with online philanthropy:
* Philanthropy 2.0 – Web 2.0? What's Web 1.0? Learn about the difference as well as the basics on some of the more common social media tools being used including, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, Twitter and CanadaHelps Giving Pages. Find out how other charities are taking advantage of these tools and how yours can too!
* Websites 101 – Your website is one of the most important communication vehicles you have - is it working for your organization the way it should? Take your website from good to great by learning the fundamentals of what makes for a really good website, one that is user-friendly, attractive and drives up online donations.
Tina Arnoldi of Coastal Community Foundation presented at the 2012 SCAVA conference on how Palmetto Technology Hub started without a budget and some of the challenges and successes along the way.
6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by @Kanterfrank barry
npEXPERTS from around the nonprofit sector have joined forces to bring you battle proven fundraising ideas and marketing tips. For the next few weeks you'll have the opportunity to listen to each of the nonprofit experts live.
by Beth Kanter | @kanter
This presentation is from the April 2, 2013 Philadelphia Net Tuesday event presented by Amy Sample Ward. To learn more visit http://socialchangeanytimeeverywhere.com
http://www.spiral16.com This is an updated version of the Social Media for Nonprofits: Listening, Setting Goals, Storytelling presentation from Spiral16's marketing/communications manager Eric Melin. It focuses on starting with a goal-oriented foundation for your social media strategy, covers tips for online listening, and goes into the steps for telling effective stories that will connect people with your mission.
Best Practices to Build a Multichannel CampaignAmy Sample Ward
Highlights from the new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward; 8 Steps to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan. Learn more at socialchangeanytime.com
Learn about some of the Web 2.0 tools that everyone is talking about and the fundamentals of a great website. We’ll tell you the good, the bad and the ugly. We’ll tell you what’s easy, what’s challenging, what you can try for free, and what might not be worth your time.
Consists of 2 workshops to help you get acquainted with online philanthropy:
* Philanthropy 2.0 – Web 2.0? What's Web 1.0? Learn about the difference as well as the basics on some of the more common social media tools being used including, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, Twitter and CanadaHelps Giving Pages. Find out how other charities are taking advantage of these tools and how yours can too!
* Websites 101 – Your website is one of the most important communication vehicles you have - is it working for your organization the way it should? Take your website from good to great by learning the fundamentals of what makes for a really good website, one that is user-friendly, attractive and drives up online donations.
It is increasingly important to focus on keeping a strong employee base while appealing to new talent. During this educational webinar, Ceridian CHRO Sara Hill discussed the following:
Benefits of achieving Employer of Choice status
Evaluating your current workplace environment
Adapting the five winning traits in your organization
Learning from Employers of Choice
Workshop presentation delivered in Geneva May 2015. This presentation explores the trends currently shaping the future of HR and what employers need to do to prepare for the changes ahead.
Every individual, team, and organization today faces a constant variety of major and minor changes. Mastering the Change Curve will help you to understand your own reactions to these changes so that you can move more quickly, completely, and effectively through the change process.
Expert Webinar Series - Converting Volunteers From Joiners to Stayers with To...Wild Apricot
Expert Webinar - Converting Volunteers From Joiners to Stayers with Tobi Johnson
Tobi Johnson will help you understand what drives volunteer satisfaction and show you how to design an onboarding process that speeds up engagement. Plus, we'll share a list of volunteer orientation "must haves".
Webinar participants will learn:
-What motivates today’s skilled volunteers
-Why onboarding is all about emotions and expectations
-Why all volunteers shouldn’t be treated the same
-How to improve key touch points for volunteers throughout the screening, matching, orientation, and training processes
-How to promote volunteer leadership through peer-to-peer knowledge sharing
Stanford Class Presidents, Session One: FeedbackEd Batista
In October/November 2015 I'm doing a two-part seminar on Feedback & Coaching with the Stanford Senior Class Presidents. This is my deck from Session One on Feedback.
The neuroscience of the brain and conflictRichard Riche
Use the elements of the SCARF model (David Rock) to reduce conflict. Understand the that the brain seeks pleasure and strives to avoid pain. If we don't take these elements into account we often trigger the fight response and conflict is the result. Presentation skills training tips.
Your brain releases happy chemicals when you see something good for survival. You define survival with neural pathways built from experience. They can lead to behaviors that are not really good for survival. You can build new pathways, but it's not easy. It helps to know how the old ones got there. Neurons connect from emotion and repetition. Emotions are chemicals controlled by the brain structures we've inherited from earlier mammals. You cannot just ignore your animal brain because it's part of your operating system. Your three brains have to work together, even though they're not on speaking terms.
Despite our willingness to behave rationally, humans are very emotional creatures. Our brain unconsciously makes decisions we're not even aware of.
This presentation explains what are social threats and rewards and how you can use SCARF Model for understanding someones behavior, addressing their concerns and inviting them to join the change you'd like to see.
Contemporary research in neuroscience provides new insights into the deeply social nature of the human brain and its importance for how we get things done at work. The emerging practice of NeuroLeadership (a term coined by Dr. David Rock) incorporates the most recent findings from neuroscience research with the latest in leadership theory.
This workshop will explore the brain science of social interactions, why they matter so much and why change is often so difficult. The SCARF brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others will be introduced. We’ll look at how our brains respond when we interact with other people and how this knowledge can be applied to boost performance.
Key outcomes will be to improve everyday coaching conversations and to learn to strategically apply science to human performance.
http://concentricleadership.com
In this presentation we explore ideas related to improving the usefulness of project Stakeholder Analysis by augmenting it with the neuroscience based SCARF model. http://www.proficiencysystems.com/
Overview
To thrive in an environment that’s filled with constant change, it’s important to understand how to harness human response to support a sustainable future. Proactively managing organizational change results in a corporate culture that is optimistic—fueled by empowered leadership and employees who feel valued and secure. Helping individuals and teams to recognize the predictable path of transitioning through change can foster innovation and improve business agility.
What You Will Learn
• Understand how the human brain responds to change
• Learn five different ways to reduce threat and increase resilience
• Identify a predictable path of responding to change
• How to lead teams from resistance to performance
In this webinar, we’ll explore Mission-Driven volunteering - a new model that allows associations and our volunteers to focus our limited resources, measuring everything we do by how well it supports and contributes to the mission of our organizations. You’ll hear examples from other small associations and learn about some tools (free ones too) to help your association embrace adhocracy and micro-volunteering.
Technology trends are continuously changing and improving the way we work and communicate with each other. Staying on top of these trends is essential in developing new strategies for attracting, engaging, and retaining volunteers. Join the founders of Kindness Connect, Jonathan Burns and Kevan Osmond, as they explore these changes and how you can best utilize new and affordable technology to maintain an effective and engaged volunteer program.
Getting Your Board on Board – Feeling anxious about telling your Board you need a Twitter strategy? Is your Board skeptical of the value and return on investment social media can provide? Or, do they have unrealistic expectations that you’re going to sign up on Facebook today and raise $1 million tomorrow? Either way, get the information you need to manage your Board’s expectations around social media. Find out the best ways to present the value and tangible benefits of social media to get your Board on-side.
Social Media Planning – Now that you’ve got your staff and board excited about social media, what’s next? Like most plans, it starts with a strategy, one that’s based on a desire to build relationships. What does a social media plan look like? What are the key elements? Where should you dedicate your time and how can you make most of your efforts? This session will present strategies and tactics you can employ, and will touch on how it all ties into the communications plan you’ve already got.
Getting Your Board on Board – Feeling anxious about telling your Board you need a Twitter strategy? Is your Board skeptical of the value and return on investment social media can provide? Or, do they have unrealistic expectations that you’re going to sign up on Facebook today and raise $1 million tomorrow? Either way, get the information you need to manage your Board’s expectations around social media. Find out the best ways to present the value and tangible benefits of social media to get your Board on-side.
Social Media Planning – Now that you’ve got your staff and board excited about social media, what’s next? Like most plans, it starts with a strategy, one that's based on a desire to build relationships. What does a social media plan look like? What are the key elements? Where should you dedicate your time and how can you make most of your efforts? This session will present strategies and tactics you can employ, and will touch on how it all ties into the communications plan you’ve already got.
It is increasingly important to focus on keeping a strong employee base while appealing to new talent. During this educational webinar, Ceridian CHRO Sara Hill discussed the following:
Benefits of achieving Employer of Choice status
Evaluating your current workplace environment
Adapting the five winning traits in your organization
Learning from Employers of Choice
Workshop presentation delivered in Geneva May 2015. This presentation explores the trends currently shaping the future of HR and what employers need to do to prepare for the changes ahead.
Every individual, team, and organization today faces a constant variety of major and minor changes. Mastering the Change Curve will help you to understand your own reactions to these changes so that you can move more quickly, completely, and effectively through the change process.
Expert Webinar Series - Converting Volunteers From Joiners to Stayers with To...Wild Apricot
Expert Webinar - Converting Volunteers From Joiners to Stayers with Tobi Johnson
Tobi Johnson will help you understand what drives volunteer satisfaction and show you how to design an onboarding process that speeds up engagement. Plus, we'll share a list of volunteer orientation "must haves".
Webinar participants will learn:
-What motivates today’s skilled volunteers
-Why onboarding is all about emotions and expectations
-Why all volunteers shouldn’t be treated the same
-How to improve key touch points for volunteers throughout the screening, matching, orientation, and training processes
-How to promote volunteer leadership through peer-to-peer knowledge sharing
Stanford Class Presidents, Session One: FeedbackEd Batista
In October/November 2015 I'm doing a two-part seminar on Feedback & Coaching with the Stanford Senior Class Presidents. This is my deck from Session One on Feedback.
The neuroscience of the brain and conflictRichard Riche
Use the elements of the SCARF model (David Rock) to reduce conflict. Understand the that the brain seeks pleasure and strives to avoid pain. If we don't take these elements into account we often trigger the fight response and conflict is the result. Presentation skills training tips.
Your brain releases happy chemicals when you see something good for survival. You define survival with neural pathways built from experience. They can lead to behaviors that are not really good for survival. You can build new pathways, but it's not easy. It helps to know how the old ones got there. Neurons connect from emotion and repetition. Emotions are chemicals controlled by the brain structures we've inherited from earlier mammals. You cannot just ignore your animal brain because it's part of your operating system. Your three brains have to work together, even though they're not on speaking terms.
Despite our willingness to behave rationally, humans are very emotional creatures. Our brain unconsciously makes decisions we're not even aware of.
This presentation explains what are social threats and rewards and how you can use SCARF Model for understanding someones behavior, addressing their concerns and inviting them to join the change you'd like to see.
Contemporary research in neuroscience provides new insights into the deeply social nature of the human brain and its importance for how we get things done at work. The emerging practice of NeuroLeadership (a term coined by Dr. David Rock) incorporates the most recent findings from neuroscience research with the latest in leadership theory.
This workshop will explore the brain science of social interactions, why they matter so much and why change is often so difficult. The SCARF brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others will be introduced. We’ll look at how our brains respond when we interact with other people and how this knowledge can be applied to boost performance.
Key outcomes will be to improve everyday coaching conversations and to learn to strategically apply science to human performance.
http://concentricleadership.com
In this presentation we explore ideas related to improving the usefulness of project Stakeholder Analysis by augmenting it with the neuroscience based SCARF model. http://www.proficiencysystems.com/
Overview
To thrive in an environment that’s filled with constant change, it’s important to understand how to harness human response to support a sustainable future. Proactively managing organizational change results in a corporate culture that is optimistic—fueled by empowered leadership and employees who feel valued and secure. Helping individuals and teams to recognize the predictable path of transitioning through change can foster innovation and improve business agility.
What You Will Learn
• Understand how the human brain responds to change
• Learn five different ways to reduce threat and increase resilience
• Identify a predictable path of responding to change
• How to lead teams from resistance to performance
In this webinar, we’ll explore Mission-Driven volunteering - a new model that allows associations and our volunteers to focus our limited resources, measuring everything we do by how well it supports and contributes to the mission of our organizations. You’ll hear examples from other small associations and learn about some tools (free ones too) to help your association embrace adhocracy and micro-volunteering.
Technology trends are continuously changing and improving the way we work and communicate with each other. Staying on top of these trends is essential in developing new strategies for attracting, engaging, and retaining volunteers. Join the founders of Kindness Connect, Jonathan Burns and Kevan Osmond, as they explore these changes and how you can best utilize new and affordable technology to maintain an effective and engaged volunteer program.
Getting Your Board on Board – Feeling anxious about telling your Board you need a Twitter strategy? Is your Board skeptical of the value and return on investment social media can provide? Or, do they have unrealistic expectations that you’re going to sign up on Facebook today and raise $1 million tomorrow? Either way, get the information you need to manage your Board’s expectations around social media. Find out the best ways to present the value and tangible benefits of social media to get your Board on-side.
Social Media Planning – Now that you’ve got your staff and board excited about social media, what’s next? Like most plans, it starts with a strategy, one that’s based on a desire to build relationships. What does a social media plan look like? What are the key elements? Where should you dedicate your time and how can you make most of your efforts? This session will present strategies and tactics you can employ, and will touch on how it all ties into the communications plan you’ve already got.
Getting Your Board on Board – Feeling anxious about telling your Board you need a Twitter strategy? Is your Board skeptical of the value and return on investment social media can provide? Or, do they have unrealistic expectations that you’re going to sign up on Facebook today and raise $1 million tomorrow? Either way, get the information you need to manage your Board’s expectations around social media. Find out the best ways to present the value and tangible benefits of social media to get your Board on-side.
Social Media Planning – Now that you’ve got your staff and board excited about social media, what’s next? Like most plans, it starts with a strategy, one that's based on a desire to build relationships. What does a social media plan look like? What are the key elements? Where should you dedicate your time and how can you make most of your efforts? This session will present strategies and tactics you can employ, and will touch on how it all ties into the communications plan you’ve already got.
We live in the 21st century, and volunteerism is shifting and changing to meet the times. More and more volunteers are looking for ways to use technology to support the missions they hold dear.
With the rise of digital volunteers, nonprofits need to have systems and practices that encourage, validate, and support this new trend.
We will review ideas and strategies that other nonprofits have used to capitalize on the digital volunteer. We will have plenty of time for live Q&A, so prepare your largest concerns for discussion.
At the end of this presentation you will have
An idea of what features your volunteer system should have
A good plan for utilizing small aspects of social media for large impact
Ways to engage volunteers with different time requirements.
Webinar - How to Use Data Visualization Tools to Show ImpactTechSoup
This presentation highlights the different features and use cases for ImpactMapper, a data visualization tool, in the donor and nonprofit sector. ImpactMapper is a new online software tool for donors, evaluators, and nonprofits to track and visualize social change data trends and share their social impact stories.
Social Media & Creating Impactful Recruitment MessagesVolunteerMatch
Social media is a great way to recruit volunteers, but you want to make sure you're creating great opportunities, and telling the whole story of volunteer engagement in your organization.
Nonprofit Insights: A 360-Degree View of Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships - P...VolunteerMatch
In September, 2013, VolunteerMatch hosted a webinar that covered the key ingredients for a successful corporate-nonprofit volunteer partnership. The session was so popular, we've brought you back for round two! In this special session dive into how nonprofits and businesses can increase both the breadth and depth of these cross-sector relationships.
Join VolunteerMatch for a special joint edition of the Nonprofit Insights and Best Practice Network webinar series, as we welcome back three experts in corporate-nonprofit partnerships who present from multiple perspectives: Nonprofit consultant Mazarine Treyz represents the small nonprofit viewpoint, Desiree Adaway of The Adaway Group provides the voice of large organizations, and Amanda Lenaghan from the Charles Schwab Foundation presents the corporate angle.
Viewers walk away with new knowledge, practical strategies and tactics, as well as concrete resources and handouts. Whether you work at a nonprofit or a corporation, this webinar will enable you to move your program to the next level through successful partnerships.
Similar to It's Alive! Tools to Piece Together Your Volunteer Engagement Frankenstein (20)
Cost:
Free
Designing meaningful, mission-driven virtual volunteer opportunities, and managing remote volunteers can be challenging. How do you create work than can be done independently, and still supervise, evaluate, or recognize the work of a volunteer you never meet face to face? The good news is that now, with an ever growing set of online tools, building an online community and connecting with someone across miles (or continents) is easier. In this webinar we will discuss best practices for creating those opportunities and developing meaningful relationships with remote volunteers, including building and empowering remote teams, managing projects by letting go but not checking out, and creating a two-way communication plan to share the work of remote volunteers with the organization and share what's happening at the organization with remote volunteers.
Engaging Pro Bono and Skills-Based VolunteersVolunteerMatch
Integrating skills-based volunteers into your existing volunteer program is both exciting and scary. If you're thinking about adding skilled volunteers to your program, or if you've just started, this seminar can help you make the experience successful for both the volunteer and the organization. Navigating the introduction of the idea into your organization, developing the art of delegating work to volunteers, and setting achievable outcomes will be covered.
What You'll Learn:
How to design successful skills-based volunteer projects
Strategies for managing skills-based volunteers
VolunteerMatch Best Practices for Recruiting OnlineVolunteerMatch
Learn how to make the most of your VolunteerMatch account by creating your volunteer opportunities using best practices. This webinar will cover the eight simple steps to making your opportunities stand out on VolunteerMatch.
Creative and Innovative Recognition Strategies for Today's VolunteersVolunteerMatch
Are you doing the right things to recognize the work volunteers do for your organization? Are your recognition strategies and events stuck in the past? In this webinar we'll discuss what motivates today's volunteers and discuss strategies for matching recognition to motivation. We'll also share examples and ideas to incorporate creative and meaningful recognition into your volunteer engagement strategy
Purpose Driven Corporate Social Responsibility is Not a Myth (+ Proof!)!VolunteerMatch
How do you balance purpose and corporate responsibility? And how do directives from leadership fit into your employee volunteer program goals? Last (but certainly not least), how do you create a program that’s inclusive of employee wants? If this feels like a lot to juggle, you’re not alone.
What’s ethics got to do with this? Ethics and Decision Making in Volunteer En...VolunteerMatch
As leaders of volunteer engagement we’re often asked to make difficult decisions. How do we know if the decisions we’re making are the right ones? When you’re in this type of dilemma how do you intervene or lead? In this highly interactive workshop we’ll explore how ethics guide the work we do leading and engaging volunteers, and we’ll practice using ethical decision making. Attendees will leave with a worksheet to help introduce and use ethical decision making in their organization.
Tap into the Power of Training and Set your Volunteers up to Succeed!VolunteerMatch
Are you preparing your volunteers for success, or leaving them to figure things out on their own? This session will explore best practices for adult education, and the need to develop a curriculum that meets the learning needs for new volunteers as well as supports ongoing learning for existing volunteers. In this engaging session we’ll practice effective and creative training delivery methods. Attendees will leave with a sample curriculum and a plan to evaluate their current volunteer training.
How to boost employee engagement with the volunteer match networkVolunteerMatch
Many companies invest a lot of time in researching nonprofits and curating one-off volunteer opportunities for their employees. Yet research shows that one-third of employees won’t actually give through their workplace because they’re not able to choose the causes that matter to them.
What if there were an easy way to connect employees with high-quality volunteer experiences that are meaningful to them?
There is. The VolunteerMatch Network is a consolidation of vetted, real-time nonprofit volunteer needs, all in one place. It can be easily integrated into your existing corporate giving platform in a way that’s tailored to your company’s goals and preferences.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 2pm ET/11am PT webinar attendees got a walkthrough of:
-Why it’s important to give your employees choice in your volunteer program
-How to balance employee choice with company-sponsored cause areas
-How the VolunteerMatch Network connects employees with causes that are meaningful to them
-How VolunteerMatch’s custom integrations can serve the interests of both your company and its individual employees, while saving you time and money.
So many volunteer managers depend on groups of volunteers to meet the needs of their programs. Different types of groups can come with their own challenges.
We’ll discuss ideas for working with corporate groups, youth groups, and other groups. Effective practices for engagement, ideas for diversifying the work and commitment level of volunteer groups, the importance of creating opportunities with measurable impacts, and communicating those impacts will be discussed.
In a Volunteer Recruitment Rut? Steps to Up Your Tech GameVolunteerMatch
With new, powerful technology popping up all over the web, managing online volunteer recruitment can be a time-consuming undertaking. But it doesn’t have to be. What if we told you there’s an easier way to maximize your volunteer opportunities’ reach and streamline your online recruitment efforts so you can focus on other parts of your program, like engaging volunteers?
In this best practices webinar, VolunteerMatch and the Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE) for shared insights into recruiting great volunteers online and tips for crafting an irresistible volunteer opportunity.
If you recognize the value in recruiting volunteers online or are having trouble finding the right fit lately, watch this video recording of our webinar: http://bit.ly/2q8JNwv.
Listen to Your Employees: How to Craft a Volunteer Program That Meets Their N...VolunteerMatch
In overwhelming numbers, employees want their companies to offer ways for them to volunteer. Yet, one-third of employees won’t give through their workplace because they’re not able to choose the causes that matter to them. On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, VolunteerMatch presented ways to gauge employee preferences and mobilize employees to give back in the way they want to.
Join this free webinar, hosted only once a year, to learn more about the CCVA and the process for applying for and receiving your CVA. Credentialing in any profession increases credibility and promotes career development. Learn about this unique performance-based credentialing program, the process for becoming Certified in Volunteer Administration and how it can benefit you and your organization. Recommended for those with at least 3 years of experience in any setting.
Stop Wasting Time! How to ‘Go Big’ with Your Employee Volunteer Program’s ImpactVolunteerMatch
We know the benefits employee volunteer programs have on business: increased employee engagement and satisfaction, better recruitment and retention, publicity, skill development, team-building, and more. But how do you maximize these benefits while also achieving the greatest community impact possible? VolunteerMatch delved into this topic in this webinar.
Aligning your volunteer program with employee interestsVolunteerMatch
Studies show that employees seek out companies that embody socially responsible values and provide an outlet for volunteering. You’ve checked those boxes yet can’t seem to get your employees to participate in your volunteer program.
Where’s the disconnect here?
Balancing it all: The Shifting Role of Volunteer Engagement LeadersVolunteerMatch
Roles and organizational priorities are shifting. It's exciting, but it can also feel like there's too much to do and no one to help you! In this session we'll discuss strategies for evolving and managing your role, being 'all things to all people' and how delegating and developing processes can help.
How to Make Volunteering Work for All Your EmployeesVolunteerMatch
On June 13, 2017, VolunteerMatch and Bright Funds teamed up to discuss how to create a multi-faceted corporate volunteer program to engage all employees.
Nonprofit Insights: Stories & Solutions Shaping the Future of Volunteer Scree...VolunteerMatch
It’s undeniable: vetting volunteers is essential in securing your nonprofit’s work.
The way in which you vet volunteers is equally as important. It could make all the difference as to whether a volunteer is mistakenly screened or not. It’s one reason why we’re sharing positive volunteer screening experiences and other stories of how crises happened or were averted from peers in the field.
You’ve just learned about technology options for your nonprofit, and you think, “Great, I’m so excited to get started! But wait—how can we start implementing within our current resources?” Engaging pro bono volunteers might be the right way to go!
Engaging pro bono volunteers for your technology needs will not only allow you to create new ways to deliver on your mission, but it will help broaden your volunteer options as well (in a way that many, many corporate volunteer programs are looking for!).
This session will take you through the entire process of finding just the right volunteer or group of volunteers, including:
How to create an effective job description and project timeline geared toward technology volunteers
Best practices in recruiting pro bono volunteers with specialized skill sets
How to market your new volunteer roles
How to scale your program to accommodate companies seeking pro bono opportunities for their employees
How to align your staff or volunteer structure to support pro bono volunteers
Nonprofit Insights: How Design Thinking Helps You Increase Impact And InnovationVolunteerMatch
Nonprofit organizations provide some of the most basic and essential services to those who need them most: clean water, food, shelter, etc. However, despite often Herculean efforts, many organizations lack resources and find themselves understaffed and underfunded. For organizations to survive, thrive, and fulfill their missions, the key is constant innovation.
During this free webinar, we’ll discuss how innovative nonprofits (e.g. American Red Cross, GRID Alternative, buildOn, etc.) utilize Customer Centric Design Thinking — a methodology developed at the Institute of Design at Stanford — to think outside-the-box and find ways to leverage existing resources, volunteers, staff, and social media presence to increase impact. We’ll then discuss methods for using design thinking to increase engagement, awareness, volunteerism, and fundraising at your organization.
This webinar will be lead by Ryall Carroll, Ph.D. Marketing and Co-Founder of raiserve.org.
At VM Summit 16, we heard from members of the Hunger Volunteer Collaborative including VolunteerMatch, the
Alliance to End Hunger, and the Taproot Foundation about how they fight hunger with pro bono programming that leverages logistic and safety expertise. Learn about ways to get involved and reduce food insecurity in the U.S., as well as examples of how companies are joining the effort.
It's Alive! Tools to Piece Together Your Volunteer Engagement Frankenstein
1. It’s Alive! Tools to
Piece Together Your
Volunteer Engagement
Frankenstein
#12NTCfrank
Shari Ilsen
Rachael Caine
Daniel Marlay
VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
2. Evaluate This Session!
Each entry is a chance to win an NTEN engraved iPad!
or Online at www.nten.org/ntc/eval
#12NTCfrank
VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
3. • Shari Ilsen Presenters
– Online Communications Manager, VolunteerMatch
– www.volunteermatch.org
– @silsen
– @VolunteerMatch
• Rachael Caine
– Volunteer Program Coordinator, Kiva
– www.kiva.org
– @kiva
• Daniel Marlay
– Volunteer Manager, Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation®
– www.SFWish.org
– @sfwish
#12NTCfrank VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
4. Why are we here?
FACT: 2/3 of volunteers
donate to the org they serve.
FACT: They donate on
average 10X more than
non-volunteers.
Fidelity® Charitable Gift Fund “Volunteerism and
#12NTCfrank Charitable Giving in 2009” VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
5. Technology is Your Game Changer
80% of internet Technology
increases:
users participate in
voluntary groups…
•Visibility
compared to 56% •Accessibility
of non-internet
users. •Overall capacity
The Social Side of the Internet, Pew
Internet & American Life Project, 2011
#12NTCfrank VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
8. There is No 1-Stop Shop
#12NTCfrank VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
9. How do find what’s right for you?
• Learn from experts
• Try stuff out
• Talk to each other
#12NTCfrank VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
10. Experts
• #vmlearn
• AL!VE (Association
• Jayne Cravens of Leaders in
Volunteer
Engagement)
• Energize, Inc.
• Volunteering
• Idealist Resource Library on
IdeaEncore Network
• CyberVPM
#12NTCfrank VolunteerMatch
Volunteer begins.
Where volunteering
12. Cycle of Volunteer Engagement
• Recruitment
• Screening
• Training
• Placement
• Management
• Recognition
• Ending a volunteer relationship
13. Volunteer Recruitment
Most volunteers these days find volunteer opportunities
online, so what are the best resources for volunteers?
• Your organization’s website
• Google – make sure your organization’s website is search
engine optimized
• VolunteerMatch
• Idealist
• Local volunteer centers
• Craigslist
• Facebook/Twitter
33. Volunteer Newsletters
• Keep your organization fresh in people’s minds
• Recognize/thank volunteers for their special
help
• Calls to action for upcoming volunteer needs
34.
35.
36. Volunteer Recognition
• Retain your volunteers by letting them know
you appreciate them
• Help recruit volunteers by showing them
stories of volunteers in action
• Shift the focus to volunteers, not the
organization
• Allow volunteers to tell their stories
37.
38.
39.
40. Ending Volunteer Relationship
• Good Terms or Bad Terms?
• Recognize volunteer in e-
news, website, Facebook, etc.
• Keeping in touch via the database
• Document reasons for ending relationship in
database
41. KIVA VOLUNTEER
PROGRAMS AND THE
TECHNOLOGY USED TO
SUPPORT THEM
Rachael Caine: Volunteer Program Coordinator
42. Kiva’s Volunteer Programs
Kiva Internship Kiva Review and
Program Translation Program
Kiva Fellows
Program
43. Kiva Fellows Program Technology
Kiva’s global network of Kiva Fellows
rely heavily on technology to stay in
contact with each other, Kiva
staff, and the broader Kiva community
while in the field.
44. Kiva Fellows Wiki: A collaborative history of
documents, policies and lessons learned.
45. Smartsheet: Fellows online work plan used to monitor
their work in the field as well as organize/maximize their time.
46. PA2: A Kiva System used bye fellows,
built for MFI Partners to communicate with Kiva.
Kiva Fellows play a key role in making sure our field partners know
how to use PA2. This is where a Fellow would find out info about
their field partner's loans and access reports.
47. Kiva Fellows Blog: A collective blog written by
the Fellows (back to 2007), powered by Wordpress.
48. Fellows You Tube Channel: An online host
for fellows to share videos from the field.
49. The Review and Translation Team
The Review and Translation Team’s
Volunteer Program is an
online community made of over 300
volunteer editors and translators
based all around the world.
50. WIKI: An online body consisting of policy
and system support FAQ’s.
52. Review and Translation Forum
The Review and Translation forum is an online pool of knowledge
where volunteers can post anything from what does this word mean
to what kind of loans are you attracted to and why etc.
53. Kiva’s Internship Program
• Kiva’s Internship Program •Kiva’s internship program
hosts about 35 interns per provides Micofinance
quarter to work in office on Education, Staff and Intern
high value projects with Kiva brown bags, and Professional
Teams. Development events.
Interns volunteer approximately 82,320 hours
per year.
63. Stuff with a Cost
• Email • Software
– iContact – VolunteerMatters
– Emma – Convio
– MailChimp – Salesforce.com
– Volunteer2
• Texting – VolunteerSpot
– Software – VolunteerHub
TechSoup
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64. Talk to Each Other
• Who are you?
• What do you do?
• What technology do you use for volunteer
engagement?
• What challenges are you facing with volunteer
engagement (and how could technology help)?
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65. Evaluate This Session!
Each entry is a chance to win an NTEN engraved iPad!
or Online at www.nten.org/ntc/eval
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66. Final Inspiration
Special code for
free VolunteerMatch
Premium Tools:
VolunteersRock
Keep up the great work!
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Editor's Notes
Closed crowd of 300 editors and translators who can use a self serve system called Viva. Being served un-edited and un-translated loans. System assigns the loans in order of priority...Kiva's most urgent work gets fulfilled in terms of loan review.( aka first in first out.) If partner is over their fundraising limit, then that loan gets de-prioritized till next month. Innovative system for managing and translating editing work. Can use anytime / day or night. They are trusted to do everything that needs to be done with that loan before it goes live for fundraising.