Leadership skills and approaches
View All TagsJust a few months ago, a pandemic shutting down the global economy and isolating most people in their homes would have been the plot for a big Hollywood move. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Social Distancing and Zoom meetings were outlandish concepts. And we were all eagerly preparing for the 2020 event season.
Updated: Feb 26, 2020
Recently I stumbled across a new volunteer management study for growing and retaining event volunteers that stuck with me. The study by Fujiwara, Lawton and Watt has a rather long name, “Using behavioral science to recruit and retain volunteers more effectively” or it is better known as the GIVERS study in the UK where it was commissioned. The study isn’t quite a book but at 140 pages in length you need a little time to invest in reading the entire study.
Updated: Feb 26, 2020
Hello. I'm Florence May. I own a software company that helps organizations manage their volunteers. The company was founded in the early 2000s to support large events – the 500 Festival, NCAA Final Four, the Super Bowl, National League of Cities, American Association of Museums, National FFA and Special Olympics.
Updated: Feb 26, 2020
Over the past few months, there were some interesting conversations with clients who challenged me on the core best practices of volunteer management. These are intelligent managers who looking for efficient and effective approaches to recruit "enough" volunteers.
Growing Volunteers is the theme for this month’s column and, yes a shameless plug, for the 2019 National TRS Volunteer Management Workshop series. You can participate in person or online throughout the year …. All the way until the wrap up in November with the Growing Volunteers IFEA Webinar!