Students make up a large portion of the volunteer workforce, making them a vital resource to college events, nonprofits, and festivals. Retaining student volunteers year over year as they graduate is a top priority for the organizations that rely on them. A critical factor in retaining any...
Social Media Marketing World, held by Social Media Examiner (SME), is a conference designed for social media experts. Their speakers have complete confidence in their field and even boast that they can teach attendees how to get a 10X return on investment. More than 48,000 marketers have attended...
Volunteer management has really stepped up in the last decade. While there was once a time when event planners could address volunteers as an afterthought, today volunteer staff members fulfill a large portion of duties once covered by paid workers. So planning a volunteer management program that...
University sporting events require a tremendous amount of planning. Sports competitions in higher education depend largely on volunteer support from within the university, the surrounding community, and the families of athletes. So if you're planning your university's next game, you'll want to...
Building a solid program budget is one of the basics for ensuring that your volunteer program will be a success. But many volunteer coordinators and managers make the mistake of forgetting that they can build and actively contribute to the volunteer budget rather than accept what is handed to them...
Establishing a vibrant non-profit volunteer program is not just about recruiting volunteers. It also means partnering up with like-minded organizations and being able to elicit funding in the form of donations and grants. There are different ways to bring in funds from corporations that share a...
If you've ever planned an event at a college or university, you already know you'll be managing lots of younger volunteers. Their cooperation is crucial for the success of the event, so it's important to make the experience worthwhile. Below are six tips for volunteer management at colleges and...
For years, Media, marketing, and entertainment company Loud and Live depended upon spreadsheets for managing volunteers. Finally, after searching a number of platforms to find a way to house all their event management plans in one place, Community Relations Manager Stacy Konstantinov discovered...
Every successful volunteer program starts with a well-planned volunteer management process. A volunteer management process ensures your organization, event, or nonprofit is operating efficiently, saving time and resources while ensuring volunteer retention. This guide will help you create a...
In today’s digital world, social media is everywhere - and with almost half the world’s population using social media across the globe, the power of online social platforms as targeted marketing tools is one that shouldn’t be taken for granted. And with a new user signing up every 6.4 seconds,...
The very nature of volunteerism has changed over the years. Decades ago, event coordinators would post hundreds of flyers to see how many people would show up. Then volunteers often stood around until they were needed. In the digital age, however, a volunteer's time and skills are highly valuable...
Running a successful event means keeping an eye on your online and offline reputation. So it's important to address negative reviews before they hit today's multiple communication channels. Here are six negative reviews that affect your event's reputation, as well as tips on how to prevent them in...
Volunteer surveys are essential to nonprofits and organizations that rely on volunteerism. Volunteer feedback is valuable to help improve everything from operational planning to company culture. Receiving insight from your volunteer and staff can help you understand their needs and wants, which...
Event production is exceptionally hectic for even the most experienced professionals. There are plenty of things that can go wrong when you don’t put a good plan in place. Any little step you can take to make things more efficient goes a long way to making your event a success and creating...
If you're a nonprofit organization, you know that you need dedicated volunteers to make your event a success. But skilled, reliable volunteers don't appear magically. Every time you hold an event or program, you need to make sure you have strategies in place that will attract and retain...
Using volunteers for an event may have been a luxury in the past, but today it's essential. Not only do companies look to volunteers to save time and money on staff resources, but volunteer staff also play an integral part of the event's success. Here's a list of 5 ways in which volunteers directly...
Every volunteer coordinator knows that recruiting top volunteers is vital for having a successful program or event. To ensure that you get a great return on your volunteer investment, you need a carefully-defined screening process in place. And it's more than just matching volunteers with roles. ...
Generation Z, that group of about 97 million people who arrived after millennials, are defined as those born in 1997 or later, represent a section of society that accepts digital technology early in life, lives by its rules and creates new ones that provide a fast-paced, well-connected life...
Volunteers form the backbone of most events, especially when it comes to non-profit organizations. In the US alone, about one in three people do volunteering service annually. This amounts to a high number of hours of service with time. In fact, research shows that in the past 15 years, Americans...
Coordinating your volunteers doesn't have to be like herding cats—there's a better way! If you want to be an effective volunteer coordinator (and you do, both for the sake of your job and your sanity), there are a few skills and characteristics you'll want to develop:
A major contributing factor to the success of any event is its volunteers. In fact, according to research, volunteers are the most fundamental aspect of big events like the Commonwealth Games and World Cups. It is thus safe to say that having the right set of people volunteering for your event is...
One of the most important aspects of a successful event is the marketing strategy involved. Event Activation is the latest and highly effective way to create a positive and long-lasting impact on your event attendees through marketing and brand promotion. Not sure about how Event Activation works?...
No matter how you slice or dice it, we know that as a festival owner or operator there are things outside of your control that have the potential to impact the success or failure of your event. These outside influences come in many different shapes and sizes, from politics to technical...
Whether you are new to conference management or just starting out, as you prepare for your next conference it's always a good idea to step outside your box and explore what's changed. As with any industry or segment, technology is constantly evolving and it’s important to understand what's...
