- Be an organization where people want to volunteer
- Support the volunteers who support you
- Specify ends to be achieved
- Create written volunteer job descriptions
- Define and brand the volunteer experience
- Recruit early and often
- Identify your volunteers’ motivations
- Demonstrate value
- Busy people, multiple priorities
- Plan for both long-term committed volunteers and intermediate
volunteers: sometimes involved, sometimes not
11. Make purpose paramount
12. Plan effectively and efficiently
13. Empower volunteers
14. Build an atmosphere that encourages new ideas
15. Make volunteers feel like part of a team.
16. Use people’s talents, not just their time.
17. Check in with volunteers – make personal contact
18. Share volunteer successes with the entire organization
19. Team a new volunteer with an experienced volunteer
20. Regular orientation and training
21. Put your money where your mouth is: follow through on promises
22. Develop future leaders through mentorship
23. Support the volunteers who support you
24. Make expectations clear
25. Give volunteers the tools to do their job
26. Provide positive feedback
27. Keep volunteers informed
28. Recognize and reward
29. Do not allow volunteers to fail
30. Many volunteers consider this work as their job: treat them with
appropriate respect and make sure they know their contributions are
important to the organization
