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Volunteer Week: Orientation for Your Leadership

Greater Giving

Why is Volunteer Orientation Important for Leadership? Meaningful Volunteer Roles: By understanding volunteer skill sets and motivations, leadership can advocate for the creation of impactful volunteer roles. Volunteer Retention: Positive volunteer experiences lead to long-term engagement.

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Brian Hetzer Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The answers stem from how volunteer management and key organizational leadership view volunteer retention - the ability to keep volunteers long-term. Volunteers feeling a lack of trust and faith in organization’s leadership.

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7 signs of a successful enterprise association

Nimble AMS

All member-based organizations are focused on membership: attracting new members, boosting member retention, enhancing member engagement, and more. Authentic leadership How would you measure your association’s culture ? Member-centric How would you measure your association’s commitment to your members?

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Top benefits for association leaders to connect with their volunteer members

Nimble AMS

One of the simplest ways to boost volunteer engagement and retention at your association is to have leadership create meaningful connections with volunteers. Read on to learn why association leadership should take the extra step of investing in volunteers and for a “how-to” on improving volunteer engagement in your program. .

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A Playbook For How Women Advance Within Business

Eric Jacobsen Blog

We need to do everything possible to engage, develop, and inspire them—and to advance them into leadership roles, all the way to the C-suite and board positions, if they so choose.” Leadership Development : Do women have access to effective development? Our organizations need to evolve alongside us,” says McCollum.

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to a survey by Landles-Cobb, Kramer, and Smith Milway (2015), the second most cited reason for staff turnover, behind low compensation, was lack of leadership development and growth opportunity. Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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How to Start Your Data Analytics Journey

Association Analytics

Some examples to consider: What are the main drivers of member retention? Try starting with membership data like the number of new members or your retention rate because your colleagues are used to seeing this type of data. Most Engaged Members : Share the benefits of volunteering, mentoring or donating.

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