The Canadian Birkebeiner Society (Birkie) relies on 500+ volunteers. While many of these volunteers are returning, some may want to try something new or a complete newbie may express their interest. A WordPress form and a Google Sheet collects this interest.
Continue readingSupporting the previous website step, the key data fields needed to describe each of the volunteer roles for the Birkie.
Continue readingTo improve its volunteer management processes, the first step for the Canadian Birkebeiner Society (Birkie) took was to create a dedicated website. While this site will be folded back into the pre-existing web presence, this new site side-stepped several technical problems.
Continue readingThe first in a (hopefully) series of how the Canadian Birkebeiner can create a best in class in experience for its 500+ volunteers.
Continue readingThe results of a time-limited survey of volunteer role descriptions. The common fields used and their definitions.
Continue readingA Matrix that combines two dimensions to define volunteer roles. The dimensions are the length of time for the volunteer role and the classic ARCI responsibility matrix.
Continue readingThe LAST VeGA is a volunteer lifecycle model. Lucky 7’s in LAST VeGA expands on the model to include how volunteers are managed.
Continue readingVolunteers and Non-Profit organization members are a rare commodity. They are hard to find, difficult to screen, expensive to replace/retain and then vanish without warning. A lifecycle model may help a small non-profit better manage its volunteer cadre.
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