It's Alive! Tools to Piece Together Your Volunteer Engagement Frankenstein
1. It’s Alive! Tools to
Piece Together Your
Volunteer Engagement
Frankenstein
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Shari Ilsen
Rachael Caine
Daniel Marlay
VolunteerMatch
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2. Evaluate This Session!
Each entry is a chance to win an NTEN engraved iPad!
or Online at www.nten.org/ntc/eval
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3. Presenters
• Shari Ilsen
– Online Communications Manager, VolunteerMatch
– www.volunteermatch.org
– Facebook.com/VolunteerMatch
– @silsen
• Rachael Caine
– Volunteer Program Coordinator, Kiva
– www.kiva.org
• Daniel Marlay
– Volunteer Manager, Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish
Foundation®
– www.SFWish.org
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4. Why are we here?
FACT: 2/3 of volunteers
donate to the org they serve.
FACT: They donate on
average 10X more than
non-volunteers.
Fidelity® Charitable Gift Fund “Volunteerism and
#12NTCfrank Charitable Giving in 2009” VolunteerMatch
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5. Technology is Your Game Changer
80% of internet Technology
increases:
users participate in
voluntary groups…
•Visibility
compared to 56% •Accessibility
of non-internet
users. •Overall capacity
The Social Side of the Internet, Pew
Internet & American Life Project, 2011
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8. There is No 1-Stop Shop
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9. How do find what’s right for you?
• Learn from experts
• Try stuff out
• Talk to each other
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10. Experts
• #vmlearn
• AL!VE (Association
• Jayne Cravens of Leaders in
Volunteer
Engagement)
• Energize, Inc.
• Volunteering
• Idealist Resource Library on
IdeaEncore Network
• CyberVPM
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17. Stuff with a Cost
• Email • Software
– iContact – VolunteerMatters
– Emma – Convio
– MailChimp – Salesforce.com
– Volunteer2
• Texting – VolunteerSpot
– Software – VolunteerHub
TechSoup
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18. Talk to Each Other
• Who are you?
• What do you do?
• What technology do you use for volunteer
engagement?
• What challenges are you facing with volunteer
engagement (and how could technology help)?
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19. Evaluate This Session!
Each entry is a chance to win an NTEN engraved iPad!
or Online at www.nten.org/ntc/eval
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VolunteerMatch
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20. Final Inspiration
Special code for
free VolunteerMatch
Premium Tools:
VolunteersRock
Keep up the great work!
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