February 24, 2022

72. How to Attract and Retain Volunteers

43 minutes

Leah Coss of Build a Biz Kids joins the podcast this month to talk about the benefits of engaging skilled volunteers. Rowan and Leah discuss what it can look like to take the leap and re-envision volunteerism in your organization, and how organizational leaders can get creative with volunteer engagement.

Resources

Build a Biz Kids

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Episode 55: “A For-Profit Lens in Not-for-Profit Organizations”

bit.ly/3vdtHUq

Book: The Lean Startup

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Book: Lean Impact

bit.ly/3IiuB5L

Engaging Skilled Volunteers Workshop

bit.ly/34YKpwo

Customized Training at Vantage Point

bit.ly/3JSYAlq

Timestamps

00:00 | Intro

02:10 | A for-profit lens

06:37 | Volunteerism at Build a Biz Kids

19:12 | Why volunteer?

24:52 | Ad

25:33 | Volunteer recognition

29:45 | A closer look at group interviews

37:08 | Re-evaluating your volunteer program

41:50 | Outro

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy.

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

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