Volunteer Management And 7 Success Steps In Volunteer Recognition And Volunteer Recruitment

Volunteer management means setting goals to achieve success in volunteer recruitment

, volunteer recognition and retention. But how do you ensure outstanding success in achieving these goals?

WHY PEOPLE DO NOT SUCCEED

You may not know but over 90% of the population never do any goal setting at all. This is an important part of any recruitment, retention or recognition plan. But so few people do this. Let me show you the 7 goal setting steps that will ensure your volunteer recruitment, retention and volunteer recognition success.

STEP 1 - WRITE IT DOWN NOW

So many people talk about their goals but never write them down. If they are not written down then they are really only just wishful thoughts. Committing your goals to paper by writing them down is the quickest way to move them from your mind, to paper and to action.

STEP 2 - IT IS ABOUT QUALITY NOT QUANTITY

Keep it very simple. Determine only a few quality goals instead of lots of quantity goals. If not, you will become depressed attempting to achieve a very long, long list. Write down just 1 goal for recruitment, 1 for recognition and 1 for retention.

STEP 3 - ASK MORE QUESTIONS

During our workshops on wildly successful volunteer management we ask people to get specific on only 1 recruiting, 1 retaining and 1 recognition goal for the next 12 months.

Most often people begin with very general ones. Such as 'I want to recruit more volunteers' or 'I want to retain more volunteers'. By asking a series of questions we take these from really general statements to specifically targeted goals.

You can do this by asking questions. For example, if 1 goal is to recruit more volunteers, then ask yourself. How many new volunteers do I want to recruit? 10, 20 or 50? What type of people am I looking for? Male, female, age range? What skills am I looking for? Administrative skills, people based skills? How many hours per week will be required by these new recruits?

STEP 4 - BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC

When you ask yourself questions you get clearer and very specific with your goals. You gain great focus. For example, your specific recruitment goal could be to recruit 20 more male volunteers aged 45 to 65 years with people based skills to befriend and visit older men in nursing homes for up to 2 hours per week. Now that is very clear and specific.

STEP 5 - DEVELOP THE ACTION PLAN

Now sit down and brainstorm an action list of all the actions that will need to happen. Then look at your list and organize your actions into an action plan. Starting with the first action you need to take, then the second action and so on.

STEP 6 - GIVE EACH ACTION A DEADLINE

Determine a deadline for each action step. That is, a date and time to complete each action. This will help you to get moving now. And here is a quick tip to recruit those 20 males. Save your time and energy and go where you will have the most success. Target males who already have a caring mindset, they are more likely to be responsive to this type of volunteering role for men as they are already sold on the idea. Mature age males undertaking university studies in psychology, social work and other caring professions would be a target group to concentrate on.

STEP 7 - YOU ARE NOT ALONE SO GET HELP

The final step is to remember you are not alone. Engage others to help you. The very best people to help you in recruitment, retention and recognition are your current volunteers. Have you developed a recruiting team or recognition team of volunteers whose only role is to assist in achieving success? Make sure to take every opportunity to involve your volunteers and others around in achieving these goals.

YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS IS GUARANTEED

Utilize these 7 steps and you are sure to dramatically increase your volunteer recruitment, retention and vounteer recognition success. You can also use these 7 steps to ensure goal setting success personally and in other areas of your role in volunteer management.

by: Judy Esmond

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