[Arizona-students] Promotion & Volunteer Tips

[Joe Orozco]

Dear students:



Please send me any announcements you may have regarding your student 
division's activities during convention.  We'll compile them, and after Tai 
approves, we'll blast them everywhere to ensure your fundraiser is properly 
advertised.  Please try to have them to me by this Sunday.



Also, since we're all volunteers in this operation, I thought some of the 
tips below would be useful for managing your membership.



Best,



Joe Orozco



Top 10 Best Volunteer-Management Practices



10. Be clear about what needs to be done, how and by when.



9. Empower volunteers to do their jobs.



8. Train leadership to supervise and manage other volunteers.



7. Make it fun, even though it's serious work. No one volunteers to be 
miserable.



6. Never "use" volunteers - no one likes to be used. Try words such as 
utilize, engage, or involve.



5. Recognition is a process, not an event.



4. Tie all activities to the mission.



3. Most volunteers will do most any task if they know why - communicate, 
communicate, communicate!



2. Be organized - volunteers expect it.



1. Ensure that every volunteer has the training and coaching necessary to be 
successful - if volunteers are successful then you and your organization 
will be successful.





TO RETAIN VOLUNTEERS THEY NEED:



4To know they are needed, a sense of belonging



4To have people listen to their ides - a sense of sharing in the objectives



4To have real purpose so they know their contributions are valuable



4To help make the rules they will follow



4To know what is expected of them - if you keep them in the dark they will 
stay there



4To have challenging responsibilities that are within their capabilities



4To be kept informed - what they aren't kept up on, they may be down on



4To trust their leaders - they will trust those who are consistently fair 
and competent



4Feedback - responding to their ideas lets them know they are being heard.





Connie Pirtle, Strategic Nonprofit Resources