Volunteers and Burnout: Why Volunteer Appreciation Needs Improvement (Plus an Important Announcement!)

Volunteers are such an important part of nonprofit organizations, but we don’t always treat them the way we should and it leads to big time burnout. Volunteers give their time because they believe in a cause and want to support it, but so often they get taken advantage of and it needs to stop. In today’s episode, we’re talking about how volunteers need to set boundaries with their time and skills, how we can honor those boundaries by involving them in future planning, and why volunteer appreciation is so vital. Also, we have a bittersweet announcement: The Nonprofit Reframe podcast is coming to an end. Tune in for all the details. What’s in this episode:[00:24] We catch up on the hot weather we’re having, and Nia shares some big news!![05:39] A bittersweet announcement about this show[10:05] Brittny’s confession about working with volunteers[13:24] Volunteers have to set boundaries so they don’t get taken advantage of in terms of time, skills, and compensation[21:21] Volunteer appreciation shouldn’t be “one and done” and should involve succession planning at some point[23:16] Many volunteers donate their time because they can’t donate funds, but still want to be impactful to their cause, and we should recognize their contributionsFor full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit our website: https://thenonprofitreframe.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.