72. How to Attract and Retain Volunteers

Leah Coss of Build a Biz Kids joins the podcast this month to talk about the benefits of engaging skilled volunteers. Rowan and Leah discuss what it can look like to take the leap and re-envision volunteerism in your organization, and how organizational leaders can get creative with volunteer engagement. Resources Build a Biz Kids bit.ly/3vfkN8Y Episode 55: “A For-Profit Lens in Not-for-Profit Organizations” bit.ly/3vdtHUq Book: The Lean Startup bit.ly/3JSvwdD Book: Lean Impact bit.ly/3IiuB5L Engaging Skilled Volunteers Workshop bit.ly/34YKpwo Customized Training at Vantage Point bit.ly/3JSYAlq Timestamps 00:00 | Intro 02:10 | A for-profit lens 06:37 | Volunteerism at Build a Biz Kids 19:12 | Why volunteer? 24:52 | Ad 25:33 | Volunteer recognition 29:45 | A closer look at group interviews 37:08 | Re-evaluating your volunteer program 41:50 | Outro 🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.