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18 Volunteer Recruitment And Retention Final
The document discusses volunteer recruitment and retention. It recommends analyzing volunteer needs, preparing position descriptions, and recruiting by matching skills to positions and explaining benefits. It also suggests setting expectations, providing training and mentors, checking in, and giving regular recognition to create a good volunteer experience and retain volunteers. Recognition is important and can come in the form of praise, letters, and articles.
18 Volunteer Recruitment And Retention Final
- 1. Volunteer Recruitment andRetention Diane Juskelis, MS, RD, CSP, LDN Director, Practice, Member Interest and Affiliate Relations
- 2. AGENDA Agenda VOLUNTEERRECRUITMENT What are your needs How to recruit VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT Set Expectations Check-in Give Recognition
- 3. Common Answers Beingthanked Feeling useful Seeing results Being recognized Forming relationships Building skills
- 4. Common Answers Notraining Not knowing how to help Expectations too high Skills underutilized
- 5. Why Volunteer? Why?They are asked Contribute to something meaningful Learn new skills/build resume Increase network WHY NOT? Not finding meaningful opportunity Not having the right skills No time
- 6. Volunteer Recruitment Recruitmentis a year-round activity Board of Directors Committee Chairs Committee Members Ad Hoc Positions
- 7. What Are YourNeeds? STEP ONE: ANALYSIS Where you are Board Structure Committee Structure Succession Planning Where you need to go Identify Gaps
- 8. What Are YourNeeds? STEP TWO: PREPARE Revise Board/Committee Structure Position Descriptions Ad hoc positions Assign action owners & deadlines Identify mentors Transfer knowledge to Nominating Committee
- 9. How to RecruitLocate potential candidates Volunteer database Informal conversations Past and current volunteers Match Candidate skill sets with positions Recruit Identify “what’s it in for me?” Explain role and commitment Share support resources available
- 10. Creating a GoodExperience Set Expectations Share job description & key deadlines Transition meeting with successor Professional Development Identify a mentor Provide position training Check-in: Gauge satisfaction Identify successes Develop resources
- 11. Give Recognition Praiseis every board member’s responsibility Provide regular recognition in a timely fashion Meeting time to praise success Letters to managers Recognition forms Letter to managers E-mails Public praise at meetings Newsletter articles Kudos Korner
- 12. Give Recognition Whatare some ways you have recognized volunteers?
- 13. Resources www.eatright.org/affiliate-resources NominatingCommittee & Volunteer Recruitment Exit survey template Job descriptions Board agenda example Gap analysis sample Volunteer recruitment example e-mail
- 14. Best Practices Break: How to recruit and retain volunteers
Editor's Notes
- #2 Throughout the last day and ½, we’ve discussed roles and responsibilities for board members – now we will discuss how you can recruit not only board member, but committee member positions and how you can retain volunteers.