Volunteers provide vital human resources to our nonprofits—but do we treat them with the value and respect they deserve? People who choose to contribute their time to our organizations do so for many reasons but fundamentally they want to make a difference. Whether it’s for a short period of time (such as tagging photos from Haiti), planning an event or a life time of dedication to one issue or organization, there are “tried and true” ways of recruiting and retaining volunteers for our work.
Common Good Vermont hosted Attract and Keep Your Volunteers in Franklin County on June 14th with an experienced panel reporting on their version of “best practices” to help nonprofits make the most of their community based volunteers.
Lauren-Glenn Davitian of Common Good Vermont talks with Tiffany Bluemle of Vermont Works For Women. The conversation focuses on collaboration best practices for nonprofits and how to reach goals shared by multiple organizations. Part of the Common Good Vermont profiles of nonprofits. Interested in having your network or nonprofit profiled? Let us know – [...]
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Vermont nonprofits exist to change a small or large part of the world condition. Whatever the cause, your members and clients are your greatest asset and people most likely to respond to your calls for action. At February’s Media Maven event, we invite a panel of successful activists from Vermont’s independent sector to share their [...]
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Also tagged advocacy, archive, Burlington, environment, labor, marketing, Media Maven, npvt, social media, training, transportation, video, women, workshop
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