00:02:19 Erika Rodriguez: Welcome in! 00:03:45 Cher Bellar: Cher Bellar, COAD Senior Programs - RSVP, Ohio 00:04:19 Axel Pfuhl: Hi Axel from Beenleigh Aystralia 00:04:36 Brian Beach: Brian Beach - Volunteer Resource Coordinator @ Southwestern Veterans Center (PA Dept of Military & Veterans Affairs) in Pittsburgh PA 00:06:00 Muriel Morgan: Hi Everyone, I'm Muriel in Ashburton, South Island, New Zealand. It's almost 6:00am here. Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury Community Connections Coordinator. I just started at the beginning of September after there had been no coordinator for 8 months. 00:06:09 Therese Cagle: Hello from Davenport Iowa. I am Volunteer Onboarding and Recruiting Coordinator at the Parks & Recreation 00:06:31 Court McCracken (she/her): Welcome, you’re here for Current Trends in Volunteer Recruitment: What to Plan for in 2025 with Tobi Johnson, CVA VolunteerPro we’ll get started right at the top of the hour! 00:06:52 Dedra Ekberg: Hello from Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park in Tennessee! 00:07:00 Corinne Watts: Hello! I'm Corinne Watts from American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Missouri. 00:07:06 Axel Pfuhl: In Australia it is 3:00am Axel 00:07:12 Court McCracken (she/her): Please introduce yourselves with your organization, where you’re located, and how you engage volunteers there! 00:07:26 Court McCracken (she/her): Also feel free to share what you’re feeling challenged with when it comes to Volunteer Recruitment 00:07:55 Anna LePetri: Anna LePetri - Volunteers & Events Coordinator at the Cumberland River Compact in Nashville, TN. We mostly utilize volunteers to help us complete stream cleanups, kayak cleanups, tree plantings, and rewilding plantings in Nashville. Biggest challenge of my volunteer recruitment is that volunteer events are not consistently recurring, and most volunteers come once and then it's hard to get them to stay in the loop and become returning volunteers. 00:08:39 AK Diefenbach (she/her/hers): Hi all, welcome! I'm AK on the team here at Get Connected zooming in from the Illinois side of St. Louis 👋🏻 00:08:57 Axel Pfuhl: I am Vice President of our local Historical Society totally reliant of good volunteers to educate our young people. Axel 00:09:49 AK Diefenbach (she/her/hers): hi Anna! I'm from Nashville and really familiar with your org! I love finding connections in the chat!! 00:09:49 Karen Fearing: Karen Fearing Training Coordinator - Healing Through Him Ministries - Amarillo Texas 00:10:10 Alejandro Rodriguez: Alejandro Rodriguez - Kalamazoo Michigan 00:10:38 Dedra Ekberg: Hello I am a Park Ranger at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park, TN. We have several volunteers that help us with public and school outreach, trail work, park restoration, research, and fundraising. 00:10:49 Julie Ray: Great to see everyone! My name is Julie Ray and I work at Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation at the T.O. Fuller State Park location in Memphis, TN. We coordinate lots of volunteer programs that involve the general public and organizations. 00:11:43 sharlett james: Hello from IL 00:11:44 Cicely Allen: Angela Penermon WISDOM INSTITUTE.ORG DETROIT.🥰 00:11:45 Lisa Peebles: Lisa Peebles. with Ducks Unlimited Canada. Location in Saskatchewan. :) 00:11:47 Sarah Beghin: From the Catholic Multicultural Center in Madison WI 00:11:57 Anna LePetri: Ah, AK I love that! I feel humbled 😁 00:12:04 danielle romero: Hello from South Fl but originally from Bronx NY 00:12:07 Eddie Diaz: HI 00:12:09 Rosemary Badger: Stuart, Florida 00:12:11 Katherine Johnson: Louisiana, Foster Grandparent Program for headstart! 00:12:17 Marianne Monek: Marianne Monek 00:12:22 Mikayla Hume: Mikayla Hume, Director of Volunteerism at United Way of South Hampton Roads, serving the Norfolk, Virginia Beach, etc areas of Virginia 00:12:31 Kala Peterson: Appleton Wisconsin 00:12:32 Eddie Diaz: Hello from Berkeley, CA 00:12:37 Marianne Monek: Vienna, VA 22180 00:12:40 Stephanie Horton: Stephanie Horton, Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County, upstate NY 00:12:44 Stephanie Marquart: Steph from DRC of Montgomery County in Conroe, TX 00:12:46 Katherine Johnson: Sorry, Katherine Johnson from Louisiana 00:12:47 Allayne Petr: Hello from Sparrows Point, Maryland! 00:12:53 Axel Pfuhl: We have found nationally lost up to now 31% of volunteers over the last 9 years. A recent nation study by government and Volunteer Ausrtralia and our state Queensland have identified that work ethic and expectations are vastly different between the older generation and the younger generation so there has to be a new strategy to attract both plus retention in these modern times are different to each group. Axel 00:12:54 Tawnya Hansen: Tawnya from St. Elizabeth Nebraska Heart Lincoln NE 00:12:59 danielle romero: Volunteer Coordinator for Senior center and city of Deerfield Beach Fl 00:13:02 Kaitlin Burks: Goodmorning from Pinal County, Arizona :D Kaitlin Burks -Volunteer Manager for Achieve Pinal Experience Corps reading program 00:13:04 Linda Kenney Logan: Hi. Linda Kenney Logan, Brockton, MA 00:13:05 Rachele Doty: Hello from Gold River, CA (near Sacramento). Rachele Doty, CVA, Interim Hospice 00:13:05 Myron Gelsinger: Myron Gelsinger Baltimore County Department of Aging, Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Vice Chair 00:13:07 Lisa Brents: Hello, Lisa from Camano Center on Camano Island WA 00:13:08 Emily Passeroni: Emily Passeroni, Volunteer Coordinator of South County Habitat in Rhode Island, happy to be here and excited to learn! 00:13:14 Vickie Ponce: Vickie Ponce, Santa Maria CA 00:13:21 Jon Greene: Hello from Richmond, VA 00:13:23 Kala Peterson: Wisconsin is the frozen tundra! 00:13:28 Dorthey Houston: Austin, TX here! 00:13:30 Mandi Null: Hi! Mandi Null, Volunteer Coordinator for Elkhart Parks & Recreation in IN! 00:13:34 Marianne Monek: Marianne Monek The Shepherd's Center, Vienna, VA 00:13:35 Shirnette Reid: Hi! Shirnette Reid, Scheduling Coordinator with NJ4S Bergen County! 00:13:43 Hilary Justice: Hello from St. Petersburg, FL 00:13:53 Dana Turner: Hi! I’m a volunteer management consultant for the non-profit environmental sector tuning in from Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory in Vancouver, BC, Canada! 00:13:57 Brooke Flake: Brooke and Kate from Community Cooperative in Sunny Southwest Florida 00:14:17 Dorthey Houston: Challenge of getting the younger community on board. 00:14:18 Hilary Justice: Lack of follow through - over 300 clicked on our social media ads and not a one completed our application! 00:14:29 Chad Green: Chad from TennGreen Land Conservancy in Nashville 00:14:38 Diana Liga: Diana with The Woods Project in Houston, TX. 00:14:42 Sherry Halphen: Sherry Halphen, United Way of the Lowcountry, Beaufort, SC 00:14:45 Kara Moilien: Kara Gunderson Moilien, Volunteer Manager, ABPMR, Rochester, MN 00:14:51 Dorthey Houston: @Hilary I totally understand! 00:14:56 Vickie Ponce: I am considering more video to share what and how we do our work. Challenge is getting applications but they back out last minute. 00:14:58 Sarah Beghin: I find it challenging to keep volunteers vocal on their schedules, we have sign ups but people do not use them and just show up instead 00:14:58 Robert Doyle: Emergency Management Coordinator, from St. John;s NL Canada 00:15:03 Katherine Johnson: Challenge in getting 55 and older to apply for Foster GrandParent Program 00:15:05 zwanieke visser: Zwanieke from the literacy volunteers of the Montachusett Area, MA 00:15:09 Stephanie Schaben: Stephanie Schaben, CNP, Volunteer & Donor Engagement Coordinator at Read and Feed, Cary, NC 00:15:20 Brandon Jerome: Brandon Jerome from Habitat for humanity of the Chesapeake in Baltimore MD 00:15:21 Emily Passeroni: Struggling with implementing an effective outreach method into the volunteer recruitment strategy 00:15:24 Wendy Love: Wendy Love from The Reading League National in Syracuse NY 00:15:27 Missy Miller: At Seton Center, Inc. northern MD. Our challenge is getting people in the door. Many inquiries, very little follow-through. 00:15:32 Chris Wade: Hi all, Chris Wade, Time for Impact dialling in from the UK 00:15:33 Erin Spink: Erin Spink, Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Always excited to listen and learn from Tobi! 00:15:33 Kaitlin Burks: My main challenge is the seasonal volunteers- Arizona has a lot of "winter residents" so they only live a few months and leave. Our program runs the whole school year. I am just learning flexibility with the program and presenting my "pitch" a little differently 00:15:44 Carol Harney: Carol Harney Phoenix,AZ Vol coordinator 00:15:45 Jessica Brandt: Jessica and Caitlyn, Catholic Charities- Milwaukee, WI 00:15:49 Amy Stock: Amy Stock, National MS Society KCMO 00:15:56 Melissa Disorda: Melissa Disorda, Manager - Volunteer Services and Community Philanthropy, Vermont Foodbank 00:15:57 Haley Bean: Hello from Meals on Wheels Western Michigan in Grand Rapids! 00:16:11 Hilary Justice: Meals on Wheels Pinellas County FL 00:16:29 Kelsey Atkinson: Hello from City of Portland Parks & Recreation 00:16:33 Danielle VanShipley: Danielle from Volunteering Waikato, New Zealand 00:16:36 Kaladrius Roush: Hello from Sylvia's Place, Allegan, MI 00:16:38 Megan Young: AZ Game & Fish coordinator here! Challenges are getting volunteer Program Administrators to focus on recruiting and training/keeping volunteers. It's hard for folks when it is not their fulltime job. 00:16:39 Sherrie Izban: Greetings from Chicago and the American Brain Tumor Association. 00:16:39 Chloe Meteigner: Hell from MEarth- Carmel Valley CA 00:16:40 Grant Jeffrey: 👋 NeighborImpact in Central Oregon 00:16:46 Alli Wells: Hello from Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids in Calgary, AB! 😊 00:16:48 Sandy Wilson: Hello from Healing Hands Health in Bristol TN 00:16:53 Chloe Kinnahan: Hello from Open Field - Pittsburgh PA 🙂 00:16:53 Jose Luis Sanchez: Good Morning All, Jose from SAGE USA in NYC. 00:17:01 Laura Kelly: Hello from West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal, WA 00:17:09 Kendra Hoogland: Hello from Bridge Refugee Services in Chattanooga, TN! 00:17:11 Abbie Hollern: Hello from In The Image - Grand Rapids, Mi 00:17:12 Eddie Diaz: WriterCoach Connection in Berkeley, CA 00:17:13 Sheri Florizone: Hello from Florida 00:17:14 Dee Martin: Belle Isle Conservancy - Detroit Michigan 00:17:14 Caty Williams: HI Portland! Community Warehouse in Portland OR too 00:17:15 Beulah Torbit: Hello from Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments, Georgetown SC 00:17:17 Lauren DeShazo: Lauren with Houston Humane Society Wildlife Center in Houston TX 00:17:27 Dana Lowe: Hi from Ocmulgee CASA in Georgia! 00:17:29 Amy Muhr: Hello from Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 00:17:37 Melanie Dill: After School and Summer Educational Programs; Dubuque, IA 00:17:37 Jessica Miller: Jessica from Habitat for Humanity, Appleton, WI 00:17:37 Jessica Brooks: Hello from Wisco 00:17:48 Veera Morrison: Parks & Rec from City of Colorado Springs, Colorado! 00:17:52 Joanne McFadden: Hello from the Yaddo Garden Association in Saratoga Springs, New York 00:17:53 Jessica Brooks: Jessica from YMCA Greater Green Bay 00:17:59 Cathy Hall: Cathy Hall with Canadian Red Cross 00:18:00 Alessandra Fiorenza: Hello from Loveland Youth Gardeners, in Colorado 00:18:04 Lori Boatwright: Hello from Sunset Center in Carmel, CA 00:18:05 Kathy Guevara: Hello from MD - local county jail 00:18:08 Danielle Wootton: Hello from Kansas City - The Salvation Army 00:18:17 Erin Spink: Hello Cathy Hall! :) 00:18:22 Kendra Hoogland: Nathan Walker - Volunteer and Co-Sponsorship Manager at Bridge Refugee Services in Chattanooga Tennessee 00:18:38 Amy Stock: Hi Danielle! 00:18:44 danielle romero: HI!!!! 00:19:06 Chris Wilbur: Christina Wilbur ; Volunteer Coordinator: Child Abuse Prevention Association Beaufort, SC 00:19:15 Sherie Knowlan: Sherie Knowlan with Winthrop Food Pantry 00:19:15 Shirnette Reid: Yes! 00:19:18 Therese Cagle: I am a newbie... :P 00:19:19 Jeffrey Isaacson: Jeffrey Isaacson, HIAS PA in Philadelphia 00:19:21 Rachel Young: Hello from California State Parks - I am the Volunteer Program Coordinator providing statewide support and oversight of our over 300 volunteer programs spread out at State Parks throughout the state. 00:19:22 Sharon Esempio: Sharp Esempio Paws Fur Recovery dog rescue in Indiantown Fl 00:19:24 Erica La Spada: Erica La Spada-Director of Volunteer and Community Engagement at United Way of NEFL in Jacksonville Hello! 00:19:30 Cathy Hall: HI Erin!! 00:19:32 Megan Young: 👍 00:19:34 Brooke Flake: The struggle is real 00:19:39 Trudi Campbell, CVA: Hi from Charleston SC - Roper St Francis Healthcare 00:20:28 Miranda Duncan: Hello from Miranda, AmieriCorps VISTA with United Way California Capital Region in Sacramento! 00:20:42 Cicely Allen: Hi Eveyone from the Wisdom Institute - Detroit! I'm Lisa 🤗 00:20:45 Carla Valentine: Hi, happy to be here! Carla from Maine Appalachian Trail Crew 00:21:10 Julie Lynch: Hi from Easterseals NH & VT. 00:21:24 Marcy Jones: Howdy from Town of Castle Rock Park, Open Space and Trails Volunteer Coordinator in Colorado 00:21:43 Sandra Mullins: Hi from Boston Children's. 00:21:47 Sandra Mullins: Sandra Mulliins 00:21:54 Oshaua Mccurrie: Hi from Memphis Zoo in Tennessee 00:22:06 Rachel Boykins: Hello from Charleston SC Gentiva Hospice 00:22:18 Lindsey Olsen: Hi from the mountains of Colorado. Journey Home Animal Care Center in Rifle, CO. 00:23:13 chanell abdul-Muhaimin: Greetings from Department of Aging Baltimore county 00:23:43 Kala Peterson: Hello - Mo from Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes. Are we all muted. 00:24:52 Lori Schweighardt: Lori from Harvest Compassion Center in Phoenix 00:25:18 Sheri Florizone: yes we're all muted 00:25:20 Elizabeth Lopez: Ellie from Mi Casa Resource Center (Denver, CO) 00:25:38 Anita Parisot: Hi! Anita Parisot - Companions Animal Center, Hayden, Idaho 00:25:47 Carolina Estrada: Carolina Estrada from Empire Justice Center-CASH Rochester, NY 00:26:20 Edwin Supo: Edwin from Domestic Violence Crisis Center - Stamford, CT 00:26:21 Pilar Parks: Pilar-United Way of Wayne Co. NC 00:27:00 Colleen Holz: Colleen from Appleton Public Library in Wisconsin 00:27:40 Chris Wade: It’s interesting that recruitment always score higher than retention, when in truth they are alternative edges of the same challenge 00:27:46 Heidi Osborn: Hi! Heidi from Ballard Food Bank in Seattle, WA 00:28:22 Shelley Wagener: Shelley from Willamette Vital Health hospice in Salem, Oregon 00:28:41 Erika Rodriguez: Great point Chris - the two topics do weave together very closely at times 00:28:50 Gabrielle Lightle-Olson: Gabrielle form Milestone Senior Services Kalamazoo, MI 00:28:56 Laura Allen: Not enough time. 00:28:57 Kala Peterson: They don't have time 00:28:58 Charles Lockwood: flexible options 00:28:58 Wendy Love: no one asked 00:28:58 Chloe Kinnahan: Time 00:28:58 Molly Hiipakka: They haven't been asked 00:28:59 Jessica Brandt: Time and committment 00:28:59 April Laukaitis: They need jobs 00:29:00 June Bass: too many barriers 00:29:00 Jessica Tagg: Tired 00:29:00 Kelsey Atkinson: they don't have time 00:29:00 Therese Cagle: too busy 00:29:00 Eddie Diaz: Doesn't fit in their schedule 00:29:01 Hilary Justice: unresponsive agencies 00:29:01 Anita Parisot: Not a good experience in the past 00:29:02 Chloe Kinnahan: Overworked at full time job 00:29:03 Melissa Disorda: haven't been asked 00:29:03 Kala Peterson: They weren't invited 00:29:03 Rachel Boykins: time constrraints 00:29:04 Anna LePetri: They didn't know 00:29:05 Teresa Fender: aren't looking to utilize the skills they're willing to give 00:29:06 Jon Greene: Not connected 00:29:06 Gabrielle Lightle-Olson: Taking care of grandkids in retirement 00:29:06 Danielle Wootton: have not been asked 00:29:07 chanell abdul-Muhaimin: jobs 00:29:10 Erica Pichette: Lack of communication 00:29:16 Melissa Disorda: interseting 00:29:16 Anna LePetri: oof 00:29:22 Charles Lockwood: that tracks 00:29:31 Missy Miller: Hmm, I reach out within 24 hours. 00:29:44 Tracy Harmon: I always do that! 00:29:45 Oshaua Mccurrie: Communication, time, and disconnect from organization 00:30:13 Rosemary Badger: Amen to that. dont ask if you cant use 00:30:21 Chris Wade: Treat your volunteers like customers 00:30:28 Jessica Brooks: It goes beyond just reaching out w/in 24 hours - it's walking through the whole onboarding process, volunteering and posat event communication. 00:30:36 Jessica Brooks: post* 00:30:47 Kala Peterson: Thank you for bringing up the workload on workers in non profits! 00:31:00 Dorthey Houston: Exactly Jessica! 00:31:15 Kala Peterson: It makes it extremely difficult to hit those benchmarks of follow up and connection. 00:31:24 Erin Spink: I recall some research from at least 15 yrs ago in the UK I think that did a "secret shopper" experiment and they found the exact same thing - people weren't getting back to volunteer applicants very frequently 00:31:27 Erika Rodriguez: Jessica - you're completely correct - we need to nurture our volunteers throughout the entire lifecycle and processes that pertain to volunteering 00:31:36 Chris Wade: Yes, we end up treating volunteers as resources, rather than partners or customers - that is no way to build comunity 00:31:47 Axel Pfuhl: Volunteers have also reported that their treartment was not good, they got over tasked and burned out and they need acknowledgement fir serice given. Axel 00:31:58 Jessica Brooks: ^^^yes! 00:32:06 Melissa Disorda: I am curious as to volunteer services staff to volunteers ratio. 00:32:24 Brooke Flake: I've been in volunteer administration for almost two years, I shifted from Customer Service/Sales and it definitely serves me. :) 00:32:33 Erin Spink: Melissa - Tobi's Volunteer Management Progress Report has some of those stats! 00:32:42 Missy Miller: Agree Tobi - priorities have shifted. 00:32:54 Hilary Justice: Meet them where they're at! 00:32:59 AK Diefenbach (she/her/hers): Here's a link to the report if you'd like to take a closer look ----> https://volpro.net/volunteer-management-progress-report/ 00:34:12 Chris Wade: I see it as a challenge to us to offer solutions, flexibility etc 00:35:41 Melissa Disorda: I am a flying solo over here at my org managing a statewide portfolio of volunteer opportunities. A 1 day turn around time to responding doesn't feel possible. We aim for a two business day window. 00:36:03 Karen Goates: Your shifts/schedule don't work with mine. 00:36:06 Hilary Justice: Need for volunteers weekdays only; during lunch. Can't change that. 00:36:10 Teresa Fender: this doesn't match my expectations 00:36:13 Kelsey Atkinson: I wonder how much of it has to do with individuals finding their values don't align enough with the organization. And young people having low, stagnant wages and can't make time to work for free. I've also heard younger generations don't like the term "volunteer". 00:36:18 Brandon Jerome: I don't have time = working two jobs to make enough money 00:36:28 Jessica Brooks: Melissa - do you have any sort of auto response set up for volunteers after they apply to let them know that someone will get back to them in 2 business days? 00:36:38 Nicole Gisleson: I'm scared of making a long term commitment- 1:1 youth mentoring program looking for mentors 00:36:40 Chris Wade: @Melissa, if you can’t offer the turn around, think about how you can gamify the auto response, to keep them engaged in the between time, maybe with a survey, watch videos etc 00:37:16 Jessica Brandt: @Nicole yes! 00:37:56 Alejandro Rodriguez: One thing I deal with a lot, is people come volunteer with me at our org all the time! they love it! then when we don't have a volunteer opportunity and refer then somewhere else, to an org we have worked with or partnered with in the past. the issue is always that the volunteer wasn't valued at that org the same way they were at ours, so they wont volunteer with the other org agaiin 00:40:55 Chris Wade: Nice slide Tobi - sums it up very well 00:41:39 Christine Chessler-Stull: I believe in doing some old school and some new school efforts to attract the most diverse and varied volunteer audience! (time willing of course!) 00:42:33 Chris Wade: The technique I would add to that list is building communities 00:43:52 Nicole Gisleson: How do you build your email lists? 00:45:41 Anna LePetri: @Nicole - start with collecting emails at registration! I have a separate volunteer email list from our general organization email list, and my volunteers get their own newsletter separate from our organization-wide newsletter. Has been a gamechanger, and folks are very responsive to it 00:46:33 danielle romero: or how to get on those search engines / campaigns 00:48:24 Therese Cagle: Frustrating 00:50:12 Therese Cagle: love that micro-conversion.. tactic 00:52:27 Court McCracken (she/her): This perspective on psychographics really tracks with the experience I have in my program. We have an incredibly diverse group of volunteers who all share a passion for animals. 00:52:57 Therese Cagle: grandkids 00:53:09 Alessandra Fiorenza: Sense of community & belonging 00:53:10 Therese Cagle: Be apart of their day 00:53:11 Brooke Flake: Meet new people in his community 00:53:15 June Bass: social connection 00:53:21 Chris Wade: Giving back, meet new people, feel valued post retirement 00:53:23 Rachel Boykins: network 00:53:32 Carol Harney: make a difference - cancer survivor 00:53:34 Kaladrius Roush: Keeping active - keep moving and stay active 00:53:38 Rachel Boykins: flexibility in giving back to make a difference 00:53:40 Court McCracken (she/her): Wanting to connect with many people from multiple generations 00:53:50 June Bass: transportation 00:53:54 Rachel Boykins: other commitments, family 00:53:55 Brooke Flake: Health could take a turn 00:53:56 Therese Cagle: Can't move as fast 00:53:56 Kaitlin Burks: New area 00:53:58 Christine Chessler-Stull: Health 00:54:07 Jaimee Maurer: Schedules 00:54:10 Amy Stock: Barrier - he is not welcomed by others 00:54:14 Kim Dooley: Religion or church commitment 00:54:18 June Bass: new to area and not sure where to look 00:54:19 Amy Stock: In the community 00:54:31 Rebekah Canales: Unfamiliar with the area, may get frustrated finding a volunteer opportunity close to him/that's a good fit. 00:54:44 Brooke Flake: FACEBOOK 00:54:51 Chris Wade: On his yoga mat 00:54:52 Therese Cagle: Facebook 00:54:53 June Bass: facebook 00:54:53 Sheri Florizone: At brunch. LOL 00:54:53 Christine Chessler-Stull: Social media 00:54:54 Alejandro Rodriguez: A lot of my faithful volunteers are retired 00:55:01 Hilary Justice: church! 00:55:02 Brooke Flake: Church 00:55:03 Kaladrius Roush: Reaching him - through Facebook, at church, dog/animal park 00:55:03 Amy Stock: Church. Facebook, 00:55:03 Vickie Ponce: on Facebook, and at his church 00:55:08 Alejandro Rodriguez: they usually sit on a board at some org 00:55:17 Missy Miller: AARP Create the Good 00:55:20 Brooke Flake: Community board in his community 00:55:20 Rachel Boykins: senior gymnasium, senior ministry groups, facebook 00:55:22 Amy Stock: Exercise club 00:55:34 Court McCracken (she/her): Some great ideas here!! 00:55:50 Linda Kenney Logan: Church. Cancer survivor and church goer--maybe wants to repay the world for his survival and do good. 00:55:57 Sheri Florizone: Do you get many connections through AARP - would love to hear from those who are getting good numbers from that source 00:57:12 Rachele Doty: AARP website, createforgood, a recruitment website 00:57:20 Missy Miller: Not great numbers, but some. 00:57:46 Beulah Torbit: I like this 00:57:55 Kristen Summers: Love this! Developing a sense of community and belonging. Making it a warm and welcoming atmosphere that volunteers feel at home with. 00:58:11 Court McCracken (she/her): We have a local center at the university that is designed for continued education for retirees - it’s a vibrant community of active retirees who are very civically engaged and they often look for speakers to come share about their organizations 00:58:40 Kaitlin Burks: Sheri - I do see a lot. I recruit that population of older adults though. 01:00:05 Erika Rodriguez: Great quote Tobi! 01:00:17 Edwin Supo: This is really good! wow 01:00:20 Chris Wade: Please do use your intellect when voting though! Asking from the UK 01:01:36 Carol Harney: 🤣 01:01:50 Jennifer Dennis: We do tutoring and mentoring! Love it! 01:02:14 Court McCracken (she/her): I spent 12 years working in nonprofit arts education :) Love kids of all ages! 01:02:17 AK Diefenbach (she/her/hers): I feel #seen Tobi! thanks for that call out! 01:03:02 Chris Wade: The shared purpose - that we and the volunteers will share? 01:03:17 Monica Jasso: "Nobody cares about your mission stmnt, except your board or funders." THANK YOU! 100% 01:03:35 Erica La Spada: Exactly! 01:03:52 Megan Young: Does anyone have any good examples of this for Camp Hosts or Facilities volunteers? 01:03:54 Teresa Fender: anyone from a cultural organization want to share what they view as their "problem"? 01:04:11 Dorthey Houston: Yes, Monica! 01:04:21 Emily Cory-Diller: Agree with Teresa, I work at a local history Museum. I don't know how to phrase the problem outside of "people don't know about local history" 01:04:44 Christine Chessler-Stull: Teresa - reframe problem to need/how to help the "cause"/org 01:06:10 Chris Wade: @Emily - maybe it is about let’s foster a shared love of history in our community 01:06:13 Erin Spink: Teresa/Emily - maybe focus on value of history as opposed to a problem? 01:06:17 Kristen Summers: Emily, perhaps explain the importance of keeping history alive? 01:06:20 Megan Young: Thanks, Erika. Ok - I just don't want to get into stating the mission statement. 01:06:29 Kristen Summers: Erin-yes, exactly! 01:06:37 Anna LePetri: I've used ChatGPT to help me word things that I can't wrap my head around or write out fluidly. I'd send ChatGPT a few prompts with context and see what it can pop out. You'd be surprised at the empathetic and great messaging it can give you! 01:06:58 Megan Young: Good suggestion, Anna. 01:07:03 Therese Cagle: Create your WHY 01:07:19 Emily Cory-Diller: All great suggestions, thanks! 01:07:28 Therese Cagle: Share a Story 01:07:35 Therese Cagle: Call to action 01:07:53 Anna LePetri: Often I don't use exactly what it wrote but it gives me a great baseline to build on and make my own. 01:07:57 Court McCracken (she/her): Arts and culture enrich our lives and communities may not know how to connect or access it 01:08:24 Court McCracken (she/her): I’ve worked in museums and many people are intimidated to come. So we worked on creating accessible programming throughout our copywriting 01:09:09 Megan Young: For step 3, would it be appropriate to say something like, "Our facilities rely on volunteers to keep our doors open to clients..." etc.? 01:09:30 Jessica Brandt: The ideas are flowing! Thank you, Tobi! 01:10:48 Missy Miller: Facilities - volunteer keep them clean, welcoming, warm, hospitable to offer dignity to those who visit. 01:10:59 Megan Young: 👍 01:11:04 Megan Young: Love this Missy. 01:12:25 Missy Miller: @Megan - also healthy space 01:12:28 Court McCracken (she/her): I love starting with an interest form! So much easier to get started! 01:12:53 Megan Young: Thanks, Erika! 01:12:58 Megan Young: These are great ideas. 01:13:43 Jennifer Dennis: I love this! Such great information! 01:14:11 Jon Greene: Thank you for this info! Great stuff! 01:14:54 Erin Spink: Love you, Tobi! 01:15:26 Rachel Young: Great webinar! Thank you so much, Tobi! Can't wait to apply these tools in my organization. I have to leave for another meeting. 01:15:59 Erika Rodriguez: Tobi's Free VolunteerPro Guide to Recruitment Messaging: https://volpro.net/guide/ 01:16:31 Erika Rodriguez: Find more Tobi here --> VolunteerPro’s Vision Week November 18th-22nd: https://volpro.net/vision/ 01:16:38 Melissa Disorda: my apologies. I need to hope off for another meeting. Thank you Tobi and Court. 01:18:03 Court McCracken (she/her): Yeah, folks will definitely do the requirements stuff if they feel inspired and engaged! 01:18:11 Erika Rodriguez: Tobi's Free VolunteerPro Guide to Recruitment Messaging: https://volpro.net/guide/ 01:18:29 Court McCracken (she/her): It’s sooo good! I’ve already read it! 01:18:44 Erika Rodriguez: VolunteerPro’s Vision Week November 18th-22nd: https://volpro.net/vision/ 01:18:53 Jessica Brandt: DO IT! It is so fun! 01:18:54 Diana Liga: This was an excellent talk Tobi! Incredibly well organized. Thank you! 01:18:58 Jennifer Dennis: This was so helpful for our organization. Thank you! 01:19:06 Court McCracken (she/her): Love taking time for Visioning ahead of the year! 01:19:10 Jose Luis Sanchez: Thank you so much; greatly appreciated. 01:19:36 Court McCracken (she/her): Really sets the tone for the upcoming year and a great experience to do it in community 01:19:41 Erika Rodriguez: https://volpro.net/vision/ 01:19:48 William Henry: Great information, Tobi. Thanks! 01:19:49 Miranda Duncan: Excellent presentation! Thank you. 01:19:57 Kaitlin Burks: Thank you 01:19:57 Heather Ardrey: Thank you! 01:20:00 Alli Wells: Fabulous presentation! Thank you Court and Tobi :) 01:20:03 Jessica Brooks: Thank you! 01:20:04 Stephanie Horton: Thank you! 01:20:06 Nikki Eliason: Tobi you rock! Thank you! 01:20:10 Chloe Kinnahan: Thank you so much, Tobi! This was very helpful. 01:20:11 Laura Kelly: Many thanks! 01:20:12 Dorthey Houston: Thank You! 01:20:16 Chris Wade: Many thanks 01:20:18 Colleen Holz: Thank you!! 01:20:18 Sherie Knowlan: Thank you! 01:20:22 Kelsey Atkinson: Thank you! 01:20:23 Lori Schweighardt: Fantastic presentation! Toni you are an exceptional presenter! Thank you! 01:20:25 Therese Cagle: Awesome Thank you SO Much TObi 01:20:29 Edwin Supo: Thank you, Tobi, for everything! Great Presentation. 01:20:31 Erica La Spada: Thank you! 01:20:32 Stefanie Lebens: Thank you! 01:20:34 Carol Harney: Awesome!! Thanks so much! 01:20:37 Darya Kashani: Thank you Tobi😊 01:20:38 Sherrie Izban: Thank Tobi -- insightful as always! 01:20:38 Eddie Diaz: Thank you so much for taking time to present to us!!!! 01:20:40 zwanieke visser: This was fantastic, thank you so much! 01:20:41 Jill Young: this was fantastic 01:21:03 Erika Rodriguez: https://tobijohnson.com/volunteer-nation-podcast/ 01:21:24 Autumn Syracuse: Vision week is this November? website says November 2025 01:21:28 Cicely Allen: Very insightful and valuable presentation. Thanks so much for sharing and investing in our learning journey. 01:21:37 Anna LePetri: This was the best webinar of the year for me. Thank you, Tobi!! 01:21:41 Eddie Diaz: I just found volunteer nation on Spotify. Thank you 01:22:18 Therese Cagle: I am on the same page 01:23:02 Anna LePetri: I think it's 2025 because it's a event to plan for 2025 01:23:21 Axel Pfuhl: Thanks Tobi Outstanding and invaluable. From an Australia point of view there are similarities with volunteer recruiting. Your perspective gave me another way to look at the problem, Thanks. Axel 01:24:01 Snow Patchett: Do you have any tips on increasing volunteer recruitment in a small rural town? 01:24:05 Anna LePetri: Awesome question 01:24:37 Megan Young: They hate passwords! 01:24:56 Anna LePetri: Yes our VMS asks to create an account and I hate it. It's the biggest reason that I'm trying to move away from that platform 01:25:02 Megan Young: Does anyone have a good example interest form on Get Connected? 01:25:19 Trudi Campbell, CVA: Thank you - great ideas and reminders! 01:25:28 Lauren DeShazo: I have an interest and orientation video they can watch before applying 01:25:34 Rebekah Canales: I do the 15 minute calls and they are so helpful! 01:26:03 Megan Young: Lauren DeShazo, what's your website? 01:26:07 Therese Cagle: I agree. But I can't get my Management to agree. 01:26:11 Erin Groshek: Thank you! Excellent content! 01:26:20 Charles Lockwood: volunteers are a good source of monetary donations! 01:26:37 Charles Lockwood: if you get a good volunteer-to-donor funnel going. 01:27:15 Lauren DeShazo: @megan https://www.houstonhumanewildlife.org/volunteer-program/ (fyi we're moving so limiting volunteers at the moment) 01:27:15 danielle romero: any volunteer recruitment resources that work well to use? 01:28:07 Terri Hodge: Great info! Thank you Tobi! 01:28:08 danielle romero: thankyou 01:28:38 LeQuandra Ballen: I have to leave, could you please make sure I get this. Thank you. LBallen@dconc.gov 01:28:48 Monica Jasso: Tobi, you don't know me yet but we will be best friends. Fabulous presentation. #plantloversunite 01:29:16 Charles Lockwood: Thank you Tobi! 01:29:28 Dana Turner: Thank you! 01:29:35 Julie Ray: Thank you! great program. 01:29:37 Deanne Herber: Thank you!! 01:29:41 Emily Cory-Diller: Thank you! 01:29:48 Therese Cagle: All time matters. Thank you. 01:29:57 Amy Muhr: This is one of the best webinars I have attended in a VERY LONG TIME 01:30:06 chanell abdul-Muhaimin: thank you 01:30:07 Cathy Maddox: Thank you. Excellent information. 01:30:23 Lauren DeShazo: Thank You!! these are the best webinars 01:30:42 Vickie Ponce: Vision week is amazing, I loved it and helped me learn. 01:30:59 Monica Jasso: How does one get invited to Vision Week? 01:31:27 Erika Rodriguez: Link drop again for Vision Week: VolunteerPro’s Vision Week November 18th-22nd: https://volpro.net/vision/ 01:31:54 danielle romero: Thank you for the insight! have a great day 01:32:25 Elizabeth Lopez: Thank you! 01:32:31 Amy Muhr: Vision week - is it recorded? 01:32:42 Therese Cagle: bye take care all 01:32:45 Cicely Allen: THANK YOU 01:32:47 jesse Nichols: Thanks!