our nonprofit does not have a volunteer shortage. It has a job description problem. Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT, Spark the Change Founding Partner, joins BetterUnite CEO & Co-founder Leya Simmons to argue that the volunteers are already out there, and that most organizations start recruiting before they have decided what they want a volunteer to actually do. They cover where to look once you name the job, from campus computer labs to the chamber of commerce to the estate planner advertising in your church bulletin, the position description every volunteer needs, and why board members are the most important volunteers you have. Plus the giving minimum that quietly caps your best donor, the three fundraising jobs waiting for the volunteer who will not make an ask, and the volunteer appeal most organizations never run. All of it anchored by the line worth taping to a wall: you never insult someone by asking for too much, but you can insult them by asking too little.
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Linda LysakowskiGuest
Leya SimmonsHost
