Adjust your thinking: Shifting the focus to volunteer retention

This article explains why you should be focused on volunteer retention rather than volunteer recruitment.

Retaining a volunteer workforce: Advice from the experts

We asked two experts in the field of volunteerism to provide their advice on how best to recruit and retain a voluntary workforce. Their answers are as enlightening as they are practical.

Volunteer fatigue: What impact on the future of volunteerism?

This article explains how volunteer fatigue differs from burnout, and how to handle it at your organization.

How to measure volunteer satisfaction

This article outlines a step-by-step process for developing a volunteer satisfaction survey.

Volunteer recognition: Appreciating volunteers 52 weeks of the year

This article provides a look at the appropriate ways to honour and celebrate the contributions of some of the most important people in the nonprofit sector: volunteers.

Team-building exercises

A list of team building exercises for use with staff or volunteers.

Treat volunteers as a non-renewable resource

Why it is important to properly steward your volunteers, and how to do so.

Elements of an effective reward and recognition program

Easy ways to both formally and informally reward volunteers.

Twenty great ways to reward volunteers

A variety of formal and informal ways to reward your volunteers.