Podcasts about volunteer retention

Summary Wayne and Johnny are joined by special guest Charlie Conder to discuss ways to appreciate volunteers in youth ministry! The conversation touches on topics such as burnout, the need for rest and time off, and the power of small group relationships. Hear practical ideas for showing appreciation to volunteers and gain new ideas to appreciate your team... including mailing them www.charliecards.com Want to hear more of Charlie? Join her breakout at Orange Conference 24 this April - find out more at theorangeconference.com Takeaways - Volunteers are the heartbeat of ministry and should be valued and appreciated - Burnout can affect both paid youth workers and volunteers, and it's important to prioritize self-care and rest - Creating a supportive and caring community within volunteer teams can help prevent burnout and foster longevity - Practical ways to appreciate volunteers include providing time off, organizing surprise events or treats, and recognizing their contributions with personalized trophies or certificates Chapters 00:00 Welcome 00:48 Introduction to Charlie 02:30 Full Circle for Youth Workers 03:26 JUST a Volunteer 04:45 The Privilege of Walking with Students 06:15 Ministry Burnout 07:28 Working for God and not with God 10:48 Helping leaders avoid "The Martha Complex" 12:50 Watching for Burnout in Volunteers 14:34 Keys to Volunteer Retention 15:00 Creating Clarity for Volunteer 19:34 Small Church Considerations 20:44 Power of Relationship 21:59 Hard Volunteers? Keep going! 23:52 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas 33:32 Reasons People Volunteer 35:58 Stewarding God's Call of your Volunteers 38:12 One last thing! #youthpastor #youthministry #volunteers #appreciation #youthmin #volunteerappreciationmonth #volunteerappreciation #burnout #rest #smallgroups #relationships #sabbath

It's undeniable that volunteers are a core part of nonprofit work. From serving on the board to helping us run programs, and fundraising events, even sealing and stamping our direct mail- we can depend on volunteers to do it all. Building an enthusiastic, reliable, committed community of volunteers is the dream but it's easier said than done. More often, volunteers enter our doors enthusiastic but fall off fairly quickly. Our reliance on volunteers raises a critical question and a problem that requires scientific thinking. So, the problem we'll be addressing today is, how can nonprofits retain volunteers?

In this episode of the Volunteer Nation, Tobi discusses how non-profit organizations can utilize psychology for volunteer retention strategies. She explains the importance of using positive social proof and emotive communication to encourage volunteers to keep coming back. Tobi emphasizes the need to light up the brain by generating emotions, using clear contrast imagery, visually stimulating content, and focusing on beginnings and endings. She also highlights the two key mistakes organizations make when it comes to volunteer retention. Full show notes: Episode 99. Volunteer Retention Strategies - Two Big Mistakes – Part 1Thanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.

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 2Thanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.

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 1Thanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.

#177 - How are you pouring into your volunteers? It can be easy as ministry leaders to get stuck in program mode and forget to ask about the lives of our volunteers who are sacrificing time, energy, and resources for the ministry. If we want to see a high retention rate of our volunteers, we need to do life with them beyond the surface. In today's episode we talk about practical ways to not only be available for you volunteers, but show interest and care for their lives.   We hope you enjoy episode 177 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context! If you would like to gain INSTANT access to the bank of resources mentioned in today's episode, check out leadministry.com and get started today! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

What do volunteers experience while serving at your organization? Why do volunteers want to stay? And why do some volunteers decide to leave?  In this episode, Tobi offers a closer look at how to design a more purposeful user experience for every step of your potential volunteer's journey, and how to build a smarter volunteer retention strategy with intention and information. Full show notes: 045-Build a Smarter Volunteer Retention Strategy - Tobi Johnson & AssociatesThanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.

While many organizations were rethinking their volunteer recruitment efforts even before COVID that alone can’t change the low volunteering rate many animal nonprofits are seeing today. Today we will talk about methods to help retain volunteers and get new ones. Andrea Inman is a lifelong animal lover and pet sitter. She has worked in volunteer and kennel management for the past 5 years at a Florida nonprofit that trains guide and service dogs for the visually impaired and veteran’s with disabilities - which relies upon about 300 weekly volunteers coming to their facility. Volunteering is an important part of her life since childhood, and when she can, she volunteers with local environmental groups for beach clean-ups, allowing her to see both sides of the coin. She is certified by Volunteer Florida for excellence in volunteer management, and has attended the global volunteer conference put on by Points of Light to continue her education. Andrea’s passions lie in building proper infrastructure for a successful volunteer program, volunteer appreciation and recognition, and coaching for success. In her career she has helped launch a better pre-screening process for the organization, a training program for incoming volunteers, continuing education opportunities for volunteers, built a group volunteer program, and a successful ambassador speaker program.Andrea recently joined the Farmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary (FANS) volunteer family and helps to feed and clean every weekend, and is assisting the organization with building upon their current volunteer program. The mission at Farmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is to care for, love and support the exotic, domestic and farm animals that live at the sanctuary, to the best of our ability, for the remainder of their lives and to educate the public on animal care and nature.

While many organizations were rethinking their volunteer recruitment efforts even before COVID that alone can’t change the low volunteering rate many animal nonprofits are seeing today. Today we will talk about methods to help retain volunteers and get new ones. Andrea Inman is a lifelong animal lover and pet sitter. She has worked in volunteer and kennel management for the past 5 years at a Florida nonprofit that trains guide and service dogs for the visually impaired and veteran’s with disabilities - which relies upon about 300 weekly volunteers coming to their facility. Volunteering is an important part of her life since childhood, and when she can, she volunteers with local environmental groups for beach clean-ups, allowing her to see both sides of the coin. She is certified by Volunteer Florida for excellence in volunteer management, and has attended the global volunteer conference put on by Points of Light to continue her education. Andrea’s passions lie in building proper infrastructure for a successful volunteer program, volunteer appreciation and recognition, and coaching for success. In her career she has helped launch a better pre-screening process for the organization, a training program for incoming volunteers, continuing education opportunities for volunteers, built a group volunteer program, and a successful ambassador speaker program. Andrea recently joined the Farmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary (FANS) volunteer family and helps to feed and clean every weekend, and is assisting the organization with building upon their current volunteer program. The mission at Farmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is to care for, love and support the exotic, domestic and farm animals that live at the sanctuary, to the best of our ability, for the remainder of their lives and to educate the public on animal care and nature.

The Disaster Podcast team is back with a look at challenges around volunteer retention this week. James Corbin (@Wilderness_PA on Twitter) joins the discussion along with new guest David Bremson. Before the volunteer discussion, our disaster weather experts, Kyle Nelson and Becky [...] The post Volunteer Retention for Disaster Response Organizations appeared first on Disaster Podcast.

One of the best indicators of a strong healthy ministry is the longevity of your volunteers. Like it or not, most people who volunteer in ministry will do so for a while, but then eventually, they'll take a break. But when you know how to keep them serving for a longer period of time, that means your ministry stays healthier. So in this podcast, we're going to look at nine tips to increase volunteer retention in your church. Read the full transcript, watch the video version, and discover more great resources here: https://leaders.church/podcast/014-9-tips-to-increase-volunteer-retention/

Last week, the guys talked about how to great recruit volunteers. This week focuses on how not to lose them. Matt and Chris share their years of expertise, both wins and failures, to guide you in practical ways you can make your volunteers feel welcome, encouraged and part of something great.   Thanks to ALOB (http://a-lob.com/) for letting us use his song, Strong God (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strong-god/1291068295?i=1291068305), from the album No Match for Love (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-match-for-love/1291068295)!   Email us your thoughts! mlapodcast@ablazeyouth.org (mailto:mlapodcast@ablazeyouth.org)Support MLA on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/mlapodcast/)Follow MLA on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mlapodcast)Join the Discussion on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/mlapodcast/)Ministry Leaders Anonymous is a production of Ablaze Ministries (ablazeyouth.org)Hosts: Chris Bartlett and Matt RiceProducer: Allison HoldridgeEditor: Taylor Schroll

Here's Part 2 of the 3-part series all about RETENTION. We already covered Volunteer Retention - so here's a piece about how to retain girl members year over year. How do we keep girls coming back? Do you have a lot of turnover in your troop? Here are some tips to ensure girls continue to come back! 

Welcome to the first of a series of three episodes all about retention! Today we are talking about volunteer retention... and turnover. If the average tenure of a troop volunteer is 1-3 years, how do we encourage our co-leaders to stay and stick by us for long term? And what do we do when we do experience troop leader turnover? 

Welcome to The Ryan Frank Podcast. In this episode, Ryan was speaking to a group of 50 children's ministry leaders. This is an excerpt from his teachings on how to solve the volunteer problem facing your ministry or even your business. 

Managing Volunteers is key to the success of nonprofits and associations. In this episode of PM Point of View, host Kendall Lott talks with three Volunteer Management experts on the importance, the components, and the impact of good volunteer management. Listeners will learn about ways that volunteer managers can support their organization as well as their volunteers. This might include a rigorous on-boarding process; keeping volunteers aligned with the organization's mission; matching volunteers with suitable positions; and collecting data to be an effective advocate, and to track Return on Volunteer Investment. Factors such as Risk Management and Volunteer Retention are also discussed. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! PDU Information Earn education PDUs in the PMI Talent Triangle for each podcast. Use the following information in PMI’s CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Online or Digital Media Provider Number: 4634 PDU Claim Code:  4634114XUE Activity Number: PMPOV0055 PDUs for this episode: 1 About the Speakers   Jennifer Bennett, CVA, is the Senior Manager of Education and Training at VolunteerMatch. With her breadth of experience she is well qualified to help VolunteerMatch’s community of Nonprofits better recruit and engage volunteers. She shares her knowledge with volunteer managers through the webinars found on the Learning Center, in newsletters and blog entries, and in person at conferences around the country. She joined the Board of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration in 2012, and is the current Board Chair.   Teri Johnson is the Vice President of Volunteer Engagement for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  In her role with this national nonprofit, she is developing volunteer engagement strategy and programming that allows volunteers to be true partners to staff in efforts to fund-raise, fuel mission and so much more. Prior to joining LLS, Teri served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Training and Consulting, at the Points of Light Foundation. In that role, she built strategic partnerships with national and international organizations to further volunteerism, including volunteer engagement strategy and resources development, training, consulting and overseeing national volunteer conferences.   Valerie Pisierra has been working with volunteers for over 20 years, and knows what it is like to be on both sides of the volunteer equation. She is currently the Executive Director for Loudoun Cares, a Virginia-based nonprofit that connects residents and nonprofits. Valerie has worked with student and parent organizations, as well as, the European organization Americans Working Around the Globe (AWAG), which focuses on training and connecting volunteers. She holds a BS and MBA in Business Management, and  has received numerous awards for her personal volunteer efforts.

FEO CEO Dave MacNeil continues with our four (4) part series on Volunteers for Festivals and Events. Part two (2) deals with Volunteer Retention and Recognition and once again Sammy Feilchenfeld from Volunteer Toronto talks with us. If you are a Festival or Event that relies heavily on volunteers to make your event a success, this podcast is a must listen for you. You can contact Sammy directly by email sfeilchenfeld@volunteertoronto.ca or visit Volunteer Toronto on-line by clicking here www.volunteertoronto.ca. Our next podcast will be up Thursday, June 7 and will be part three (3) of our Volunteer Series and will deal with Volunteer Management and Performance.

FEO CEO Dave MacNeil kicks off a four (4) part series on Volunteers for Festivals and Events. This podcast deals with Volunteer Recruitment and Promotion and we welcome Sammy Feilchenfeld from Volunteer Toronto. If you are a Festival or Event that relies heavily on volunteers to make your event a success, this podcast is a must listen for you. You can contact Sammy directly by email sfeilchenfeld@volunteertoronto.ca or visit Volunteer Toronto on-line by clicking here www.volunteertoronto.ca. Our next podcast will be up Monday next week and will be part two (2) of our Volunteer Series and will deal with Volunteer Retention and Recognition.