Recruitment and Retention Goals
Volunteer recruitment and retention can be measured in many ways. use this checklist to create goals and metrics that are
Return on Volunteer Investment (ROVI)
Use this worksheet to calculate your organization's return on volunteer investment (ROVI). Download the ROVI worksheet
Assessment of Volunteer Engagement
Download VQ Assessment of Volunteer Engagement
Revealing Volunteer Impact in Your City: The Playbook
Sharing the positive difference volunteers make is more important than ever. Volunteer managers must communicate the impact of volunteers to
Measuring Impact
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Blog: Value of Volunteer Involvement… The good, the bad, and the “time” to move on
We are updating this post from last year to reflect the recently released value of volunteer time the past year.
Blog: Value of Volunteer Involvement… The good, the bad, and the “time” to move on
This week, the much anticipated annual announcement of the updated Value of Volunteer Time was announced by Independent Sector and, drumroll please...
Blog: Revealing Volunteer Impact In Your City: New Playbook
Making a difference matters to volunteers. Research shows that volunteers today are more motivated by the chance to do
Blog: Mythbusting 101: Day 1
Every day, volunteers help organizations achieve their mission – delivering meals, entering data, providing pro bono consulting, mentoring youth –
Blog: Rethinking Service Days – Join our Conversation
MLK Jr. Day of Service 2023 is right around the corner, with all its potential and promise. Yet, are you
Blog: New Book Convenes Voices Across Sector
Imagine you had the ability to invite the leading thinkers in volunteer engagement, corporate engagement, philanthropy, nonprofit leadership - along
Blog: Building Leadership Support through Good Goals and Meaningful Metrics
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organizations to rethink how they do business, including how volunteers serve.
Blog: The Power of Plans, Peers, and Pivots
At the start of 2020, we at VQ Volunteer Strategies were training and coaching four different cohorts of organizations. While
Speaking the Same Language: How to Communicate Impact in Ways That Our Organization Values
Read newsletter here - https://mailchi.mp/vqstrategies/big-plans-and-big-ideas-to-help-your-2020-engagement
Blog: When Counting Hours Really Counts!
Anyone who has heard us at VQ Volunteer Strategies talk about the importance of measuring volunteer impact has undoubtedly heard
Blog: Beyond Retention: How to get better data to inform your volunteer engagement strategy
“How do I know if my volunteer engagement strategies are working? I keep looking at our retention numbers and I don’t understand why some people stay with us and why some don’t.” This was my first conversation with Hannah, a volunteer program manager at a local nonprofit addressing food insecurity.
Be a Catalyst for Impact
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Blog: Showcase YOUR Impact at Points of Light 2019
Colleagues, there's still time to showcase YOUR impact! YOU are invited to contribute to the Volunteer Engagement Plenary, “Embracing Your
Blog: Reunion Day! A Time for Stories
Today was one of my favorite days: “Reunion Day!” I spent all day with the ten teams that participated in
Blog: Spin the Wheel of Value!
How do you talk about the value of volunteering? And, with whom do you discuss it? So many professionals strive
Blog: Data as a Doorway to Engagement
When I reviewed the draft application, I thought it was a minor oversight that the form asked for phone number but not email.