Smarter Impact Starts Here
A 2020 Time Machine
2020 hasn’t turned out as any of us expected. Just for a moment, imagine what you would say if you could magically travel back and provide some advice or pose questions to your January self… What would you ask? What advice might you give?
Do you Have a Seat at the Leadership Table?
Now, more than ever, volunteer engagement professionals need a seat the leadership table to help organizations leverage this vast resource of skills and passion that volunteers can offer — even if only offering it remotely due to safety concerns of the Coronavirus...
Zoom Fatigue, Volunteers, and Some Aha! Moments
Over the last few days, a common theme emerged from several seemingly disparate conversations. A virtual coffee with a colleague this morning. Listening to a book on leadership while I was walking outdoors yesterday. And, yes, even a call with my mother a few days ago.
What was the theme? Fatigue.
Engagement as a Path to Inclusion and Justice
Just as organizations began to explore reopening models after months of pandemic-induced closures or adaptations to services, millions of people have been coming together (virtually and physically) in demonstrations, discussions, and reflections on racial justice and...
Top Three Tips for Selecting Volunteer Management Software
We were recently asked to share our top three tips for selecting volunteer management software to provide some context for software comparison tool developed by Better Impact. Our tips - along with those of other volunteer engagement experts - are featured on the page...
What To Say, What To Send… Part 2
Last month, I wrote about proactive communications with volunteers during the pandemic and the importance of emphasizing transparency, versatility, humanity, and strategy. While all of that still applies, in recent weeks, the focus of conversations among nonprofit and...
COVID-19 Statement by the National Alliance for Volunteer Engagement
The National Alliance for Volunteer Engagement, along with VQ Volunteer Strategies and other leading organizations in the field, has released an open letter to decision-makers in volunteer-supported organizations and entities to ensure volunteers -- and...
What to Say, What to Send: Strategic Communications to Volunteers Amid the Pandemic
One of the most common topics of conversation these days with clients, colleagues, and the nonprofit community-at-large revolves around how much to say to, share with, and ask of volunteers during these challenging times. Volunteer engagement leaders are keenly aware...
Stories from the Field: How Your Peers are Adapting Engagement Strategies
Nearly every day since the coronavirus outbreak, I have had the privilege of participating in calls with organizational leaders and volunteer engagement professionals about how to function amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The funders, nonprofit centers, and professional...
Volunteer Engagement Plan for COVID-19 Response
In recent weeks, we have come face to face with unprecedented challenges as the world is now in full response mode to the Coronavirus outbreak. Many organizations have had to temporarily cease engaging volunteers, yet others see opportunities to engage volunteers to...
