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Adopted from push and pull marketing, push and pull methods of recruitment and scheduling are two very different but valid ways of going about managing your volunteer teams for your event. Read on to learn more about push versus pull approaches to volunteer recruitment and scheduling. 

You plan for months for the big day. But the real payoff comes afterwards, when your event receives rave reviews, word of your successful event spreads, and everyone looks forward to next year. But whether or not your event gets a positive reputation depends on your volunteers. If you have any...

You might take a deep breath before you pick up a new piece of technology, bracing for the whirlwind of information that will try to engulf you throughout the learning process. True, there will be a learning curve to anything new, but when you seek out an volunteer management solution with an...

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,...

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...