When it comes to attracting volunteers, it's important to know what people are looking to get out of the volunteer experience. What motivates people to volunteer? How can you make your volunteer opportunity appealing? Here are a few things to consider:
When your organization or event runs on volunteers, you'll want to reach talented individuals from all walks of life. Senior citizens and graduating students looking to hone their resume are common sources for a great volunteer team. However, if you're like many organizations, you're probably...
You’re about to plan out your next event - you have all these ideas, you know who you want to market it to, and you’re super hyped to get started, but… you’ve hit a roadblock: How do you design awesome event graphics (logo, promo, hand-outs, signage, etc.) that will make your event shine without...
Old-school methods of building a volunteer program are quickly being replaced by efficient and effective technological processes. In fact, we've done some checking around and came up with six good reasons why more and more organizations are embracing technology to recruit, engage, and retain...
Organizing any event can be tricky and time-consuming, but scale that up to a sporting event and you’ll really come to appreciate the power and importance of planning. From sourcing a venue and enlisting a suitable number of volunteers, to arranging all-weather preparations and on-the-day...
On the face of it, much of the success of any event hinges on the execution of the event itself, but on closer inspection, the reality is that every stage of your event matters - from the conception and pre-planning stages, through to the post-event follow ups.
With this in mind, in today’s post,...
It's overwhelming to recruit when you know you have 100's or even 1000's of positions to fill. Here are some great places to share your event volunteer sign-up/recruitment link so that you can watch these positions fill up fast!
When it comes to giving back, Americans demonstrate a great deal of generosity through volunteering:
Any experienced event planner knows that whatever can go wrong, will. It's just the nature of the beast, another pool for Murphy's Law to dip its long tentacles in. In order to make events flow smoothly, volunteers are often needed. Finding volunteers is half the work, but even an experienced...
Maybe your boss comes from a different generation. There's nothing wrong with that, he or she just has certain ideas about how things are done based on what has been working for years. But life (and event planning) is different today than it was 10 or 20 years ago. It's different than it was one...
As of May 25, 2018, all organizations working with the data of EU citizens will need to be GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant. This data protection and privacy law spells out the handling and security needed for any personal data you may hold. The events industry in particular...
More than ever, members of today's younger generations want to engage in volunteer activities that allow them to make a difference. But what are they looking for and what do they expect? And how do those expectations impact the direction of volunteerism in the future? Here are just a few tips on...
In most cases there will be no major emergency or disaster at your next event, but that does not mean that you do not need to be prepared for one. Ensuring that your event volunteers are trained and prepared to handle an emergency could be the difference between life and death. Let's take a look at...
According to Answers.com, competitive edge “is the ability of an organization to produce goods and services more effectively than competitors do, thereby outperforming them. This means they must stay ahead in four areas: being responsive to customers, innovation, quality, and efficiency.”
In an...
As a professional event producer, you know how important it is to gather information about your staff and volunteers -- throughout the recruitment processes, and during the events themselves. But what about drawing conclusions from that data? When you understand where your volunteers are coming...
Event volunteers shouldn't be an afterthought. But, unless you're tracking and reporting on your staff and volunteer data, you're missing out big time!
How do you create a better events and grow your operations? By learning from your last one. What worked? What didn't? But, how do you know if you're not tracking data throughout the event?
No matter the size of your organization and number of events you organize, the details involved in planning, managing, setting up, running and analyzing the results are time-consuming and easily lost or forgotten. If one person tries to track everything, or a committee shares information,...
Events should be organized around an infrastructure of focused management, with a clear chain of command and communication, poised to organize chaos and deliver maximized efficiency. An event manager who wants to have control over each facet of the event, without being overwhelmed, must develop a...
Volunteers are a major part of your organization, but it takes more than your volunteers to make everything run smoothly: you need that good ol' fashioned money! When you're looking for donors, don't overlook your event volunteers. Here are a few ideas to help you convert your volunteers into some...
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Whether you organize small or large events, today's event planning industry requires that event managers have access to all sorts of data on their volunteers. But there's specific functions your volunteer management tool should have that allow you to access information quickly and make important...
Today's volunteers under 40 are tech-savvy, educated, and looking for experiences that will help them in their career paths. And they're ready to find other ways to volunteer if they don't feel appreciated for their efforts. Here are some great ways to motivate volunteers and keep them engaged...
Event technology is always providing us with invaluable long term insights on how we plan and run events. Collecting event data on your staff and volunteers, through an event management tool like InitLive, allows you to fully understand the pool of people working at your events. This can lead you...
As the world of modern marketing continues to evolve, event planners eager to make an impact are often looking to outside-the-box tactics. While mobile events certainly aren’t a new concept - having been around since the days of horse and carriage - this unique way of reaching consumers has seen...
