What volunteers want to do with their time, how they want to get involved and make a difference is changing. For many organizations this means that leaders of volunteer engagement are scrambling to re-think volunteer work what it means to be a volunteer in their organizations. Creating new opportunities for volunteers can be challenging - how do you create these new opportunities, how do gain buy-in from paid staff and existing volunteers, how do you know it's working?
Join Carla Lehn, Library Programs Consultant for the California State Library and Beth Steinhorn, President of JFFIxler Group has they talk about what they've learned about transforming volunteer engagement programs. Beth will share lessons she's learned from engaging Boomers as volunteers and the importance of creating impact-driven opportunities, and Carla will share how she's transformed what it means to be a library volunteer and how she worked with paid staff to make this happen.
Both Carla and Beth have written chapters in VolunteerMatch’s new book Volunteer Engagement 2.0: Ideas and Insights Changing the World. This book explores the innovative volunteer engagement approaches that are reshaping nonprofits and their communities, and shows how you can bring these approaches to your own organization.
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How changes in volunteer
engagement strategies pay
off.
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Access Code: 884-932-437
Beth Steinhorn @JFFixler
President, JFFixler Group
Carla Lehn @kala52
CVA, Library Programs Consultant, California State
Library
Jennifer Bennett @JenBennettCVA
CVA, Senior Manager, Education & Training
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12. Get Involved Goals
Promoting civic
engagement
through California
Public Libraries:
– Focus on Skills-Based
Volunteering
– Increase Library
Volunteerism
– From Volunteers to
Library Advocates
13. What We Learned That Works
• Seek Input
• Identify “Champions”
• Management Support
• Assigned Staff
• Clear, Meaningful
Volunteer Roles
• Cast a Wide
Recruitment Net
• Measure Results
14. We’re Getting Results . . .
• 84% of libraries statewide
signed up by Year 2
• 52% increase in library
volunteers in 5 years
• 750 referrals/month on
VolunteerMatch
• 79% first time volunteering
for library
• 60% told friends about
library services
• 30% recruited friends to
volunteer at the library
15. More Results: New Skilled Volunteer
Roles
• Job Center Coach
• Event Planner
• Computer Tutor
• Graphic Designer
• Photographer
• Adult Literacy Tutor
• Coordinator, After School
Programs
• Homework Coach
• Social Media Specialist
• Public Relations Specialist
16. Role of the Project Leader
• Cheerleader
• Engage Leadership
• Ensure High
Quality Training
• Communicate
• Provide Resources
• Share Results
• Scale Investments
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What's Next in Volunteer Engagement?
Get concrete tips and general advice
for taking your program
into the future from 35 experts.
It's all in VolunteerMatch's new book,
Volunteer Engagement 2.0: Ideas and
Insights Changing the World.
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learn.volunteermatch.org/book
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