In this episode,  Tobi dives into the topic of setting up a new volunteer coordinator for success. With the challenges of engaging busy individuals who have stopped volunteering due to the pandemic, it is crucial for volunteer coordinators to focus on building relationships, recruiting new volunteers, and engaging with the community.

Full show notes: 067. How to Set Up a New Volunteer Coordinator for Success

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In this episode, Tobi interviews Lynn Margherio about the importance of partnering with corporate employee volunteer programs and how this collaboration can benefit nonprofits in terms of impact and engagement. Skilled volunteers can bring immense talent, expertise, and financial support to nonprofits. However, many nonprofits are hesitant to connect with employee volunteer programs.
Full show notes: 066. Partnering with Corporate Employee Volunteer Programs with Lynn Margherio

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In this episode, we continue to explore strategies to improve volunteer retention and satisfaction, we’re excited to dive deeper into the power of email as a communication tool. While face-to-face interactions are preferred, we understand that sometimes it’s not always possible to have that personal touch. That’s where technology, specifically email, comes in.

Full show notes: 065. Using Email to Improve Volunteer Retention – Part 2

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In this episode, Tobi dives into the world of communication strategies and explore how leveraging email can significantly improve volunteer retention. But before we get into the details, let's take a moment to understand why email remains a vital tool in today's ever-changing digital landscape.

Email offers a unique solution, allowing you to own your list of subscribers and ensuring direct communication with your volunteers. In part one of this two-part episode, we delve into the advantages of email over social media, debunk common concerns, and discuss the benefits of targeted messaging.

Full show notes: 064. Using Email to Improve Volunteer Retention – Part 1

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In this episode, Tobi had an insightful conversation with Rishma Walji on how to make better decisions. Knowing who you are, how you want to show up, and what's essential to you, is crucial in maintaining boundaries, preventing people from taking advantage of you, and ultimately making better decisions.
Rishma Walji is trained as a Naturopathic Doctor and PhD. She spent over 20 years in clinical practice helping patients make big decisions about health, hormones and family. She's currently writing a book about intentional decision making. A lot of her work is related to awareness and emotion that can either guide or mislead our life choices. She is host of the XO Conversations Podcast and a TEDx speaker.
Full show notes: 063. How to Make Better Decisions with Rishma Walji

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Volunteering is an activity that brings communities together and allows people to give back in a meaningful way. However, not all volunteer experiences are created equal. To truly make an impact, organizations must focus on creating exceptional volunteer experiences that not only benefit the organization, but also empower and motivate the volunteers.

In today's episode, Tobi discusses different strategies and ideas for improving the volunteer experience. From creating a culture of learning to valuing volunteers' lived experiences, the podcast covers a wide range of topics related to successful volunteerism.

Full show notes: 062. 10 Ways to Create an Exceptional Volunteer Experience

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In today's episode, Tobi discusses about training for nonprofits and how we've got it all wrong. When we do launches and promotions at VolunteerPro, we ask our audience of followers why they didn't buy. We want to know what are the barriers that our community of leaders of volunteers and volunteer driven organizations are coming up against when it comes to enrolling in something that can help them get traction and gain better results. The top four reasons on the recent result broke our hearts.
Full show notes: 061. Training for Nonprofits - How We've Got it All Wrong

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In today’s episode, Tobi interviews Sara Lomelin who is an expert in Giving Circles and collective philanthropy. Here at VolunteerPro, we’re also very interested in doing that when it comes to community engagement, volunteer talent, and thinking about new ways we can engage the community in our missions, which is the most important thing right now.

Full show notes: 060– Giving Circles and Collective Philanthropy with Sara Lomelin

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In today's episode, Tobi talks about how to improve your recruiting volunteers on your website. Tobi worked with many coaching clients around their volunteer recruitment strategies, and she have taken a look at many websites. So today, she's going to share all that information down to some of the most common things she saw that are missing and how can you make these changes on your website. 

Volunteer recruitment letters are considered old school, and the website is the most vital asset for volunteer recruitment.  Hear from Tobi how she emphasizes the importance of making improvements to the user experience of the website, making volunteering opportunities front and center and how to do it.

Full show notes: 059– 6 Must Have Strategies to Recruit Volunteers Using Your Website

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In today's episode, Tobi interviews Lucas Meijs about innovative models in volunteerism research. Lucas has been writing about and researching volunteerism for three decades. The discussion revolves around the idea that articles about volunteerism often miss some of the key things and build up a certain model of thinking about volunteers and volunteerism. The focus is usually on volunteers themselves, but sometimes it is the models and ways of connecting with the community that need to be upgraded, evolved, and changed. They also touches on the impact of the pandemic on volunteer engagement and the need to find new ways of doing things.
Full show notes: 058– Innovative Models in Volunteerism Research with Lucas Meijs

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