There are two things I want to say about
the title of this article.
1. If you have
done everything right there may come a time when you think “If we weren’t so
picky maybe we would have more volunteers”. DON’T do it. Remember
back in “turnaround” you sat down with leadership and made decisions about what
you needed to require to take in volunteers?
You needed Background checks so you
were sure you had good people – a background check is cheaper than a lawsuit
for not checking.
Stay the course, if you start
cutting corners, you will end up with a mish-mash of folks with different
qualifications, and once they talk and find out there is no standard, the good
ones will be gone.
2. Work with your volunteers to figure
out what parts of your mission they are excited about, and go there
first. You need to build excitement and satisfaction among your volunteers,
this will lead to them talking about the great things they are doing. This will
bring in more volunteers. At this point you may get request to do things
that are not your mission or that you may not have volunteers interested in
doing. Don’t do it. Many of us have a wide range of skills and tasks in
our groups, but again if it’s too far out of your main mission say no.
These two steps will keep your
volunteer group focused and on track to succeed.
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