19 posts tagged with "Engagement"

Shifting Volunteer Trends​

By Florence May with Ben Reno-Weber

Updated: Feb 26, 2020

At a recent volunteer management conference, I noticed a common theme in every session: The volunteer world is shifting. Several speakers were discussing a shift in the perceived role of volunteers. According to Rick Lynch, principal consultant at Lynch Associates, the volunteer management era “grew up”when many people volunteered as an alternative to professional work, whereas today’s volunteers do so as an alternative to other leisure activities.

Key Legal and Labor Questions (IFEA Fall 2017)​

The desire to serve is at the heart of the volunteer experience. It is with pleasure that I’ve signed on to write about the driving factors related to recruiting, managing and retaining the right people. The people who want to serve. The right people? Yes, the right people. The people who choose to spend their free time working long hours for your event. The people who volunteer to do hard and often thankless jobs. The people who feel so committed to your festival or event that they come back year after year. It is my business to watch and report on volunteer recruiting and scheduling trends that impact our event clients.

12 Tips to Creating Topnotch Volunteer Recruiting...Are You Keeping Up? IFEA's ie: The Business of I​

The desire to serve is at the heart of the volunteer experience.

May I help You? IFEA's ie: The Business of International Events, 2017​

Florence May is the President of TRS – The Registration System. Leveraging world-class event management and large scale operations background, florence is a popular speaker and writer on forward-thinking volunteer management strategies. She has served in leadership positions with Visit Indy, United States Grand Prix LOC, Simply Hospitality and as an US Army Officer during the Gulf War. She is married to a rocket scientist (seriously) with two daughters in college (donations are welcome) and a crazy labradoodle (my exercise plan).