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Volunteers are the heart of the 70th Sydney Film Festival
This interview with Brady Tasker, Volunteer Coordinator for the 2023 Sydney Film Festival in Sydney, Australia was conducted and condensed by Amanda Rose.
Voices in Volunteering
Aug 3
How Document Storage Empowers Volunteer Coordinators
Keeping files online to track applicants, and make available for volunteers to download is a game changer for organizers.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Why It’s Time to Move Away From Volunteering Spreadsheets
Do you currently manage your volunteer scheduling, communications, tasks, and more using various spreadsheets? This may seem like the most efficient way to organize all your information, but chances are, as your volunteer list and opportunities grow, it’ll get tougher to do it all with google docs or Excel — right? Here’s why it’s time to move away from using volunteer spreadsheets.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
How to Conduct the Best Volunteer Interview
Recruiting the best volunteers for your organization is essential to help your events and projects run more smoothly. So, having a streamlined volunteer interview process will help you hire — and keep — the most suitable volunteers for your organization. Here’s how to do it.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
How and Why You Should Track Your Volunteer’s Skills and Attributes
When you’re managing volunteers, you want to ensure you get a roster of people who fit well with your organization, are eager to do the work they need to do and are keen to learn and continually develop their skills.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Great Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Volunteers
When you have volunteers who work hard for your organization, you want to ensure they feel appreciated. Not only is it kind to thank your volunteers for a job well done but showing your appreciation will help retain them, so they’re more likely to return in the future.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
You might be turning away volunteers and not even know it
Fixing a signup form is the easiest way to improve your volunteer recruitment efforts.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
4 Useful Tips to Keep Your Volunteers Happy
When your organization relies on volunteers to run events, contribute to programs, and help fundraise, it’s essential to have a roster of volunteers to choose from. You should constantly be on the lookout for new volunteers but keeping your current volunteers happy and coming back to volunteer is key.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
How to Successfully Organize Your Volunteers
When your nonprofit organization, school, or business has an important event coming up, it’s not unheard of to need volunteers to help it all run smoothly and make the biggest impact. Of course, you can’t just throw your volunteers into the fire and expect it all to go well. If you do several events a year, retaining as many volunteers as possible is crucial, meaning you need to make their experience a great one. Organizing your volunteers before each event is key — and we’re going to help you do it.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Don’t Close That Application!
Why you need to recruit volunteers year-round.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
The Secret to Happy, Effective Volunteers?
Don’t Waste Their Time.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Three ways to recognize the impact of your volunteers
Sure, you could send them certificates, or maybe throw a party. But what volunteers really want is to be shown the impact of their contributions. Here are three ways to communicate to your volunteers why they matter.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Can online volunteering replicate the impact and health benefits of in-person?
Virtual volunteering: what’s not to like? Volunteers get to work where, when, and how it suits them, while organizations get the skilled resources they need. But studies on the benefits of volunteering tend to focus on formal volunteering; the kind where you show up in person to help out.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Tips for Building a Volunteer FAQ
Tools, tips, and templates for organizations wishing to publish a Frequently Asked Questions page for new and active volunteers.
Tips and Stories
Aug 3
Volunteering Can Increase Your Chances of Getting a Job
Landing your next job can be difficult — especially without appropriate experience. The solution? Volunteering.
Insights
Aug 3
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