Modernize Your Volunteer Engagement & Strengthen Your Nonprofit's Sustainability
VolunteerPro Premium Membership
Learn the skills and frameworks you need to establish your agency’s position as the
“go to” place in your community to contribute time, talent, and treasure.
Doors Open June 16, 2020
Engage an Army of Support to Meet Your Mission
IGNITE THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT: OUR PROVEN FRAMEWORK
I’ve taken everything I’ve learned from 30 years of launching and upgrading successful nonprofit and public sector programs and channeled it into a comprehensive membership experience that includes step-by-step training, implementation tools, and a whole lotta love!
Not only do I teach research-based theory that supports effective volunteer and nonprofit program management, I also focus on the actual real-world EXECUTION with step-by-step tactics and a compassionate ear.
The VolunteerPro Membership Experience isn’t so much a training program as it is an IMPLEMENTATION program.
Yes, you’ll learn the underlying strategies behind everything you do, but more importantly, you’ll have meticulous, step-by-step project plans to carry your vision forward. And, through our Volunteer Strategy Success PathTM you'll know exactly where you stand and what you need to tackle next.
The end result: Incredibly effective long-term SYSTEMS and time-saving ASSETS that can help reduce overwhelm as you grow your team of enthusiastic, dedicated volunteer supporters.
Here’s How It All Breaks Down
As a VolunteerPro Premium Community member, you’ll get monthly access to the 4 essential elements that separate highly-successful volunteer programs from the rest …
As a VolunteerPro Premium Community member, you’ll get monthly access to the 4 essential elements that separate highly-successful volunteer programs from the rest …
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Proven Strategies for Growth
If you’ve ever been frustrated by training that’s full of vague “fluff” and conjecture about what might work, you’ll appreciate our focus on research-based strategies and my own years in the trenches as a nonprofit professional.
We keep up to date on the evolving academic research. What’s even better – we cite it in our training slides so you can dive deeper if you want.
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Time-saving Tools & Templates
When you log in to the community, you’ll have instant access to our entire library of tools, templates, and replay recordings so you can make major progress in your volunteer strategy right away.
And, with each of our monthly masterclasses, you’ll get proven plans of attack and time-saving "cheat sheets” to guide the way.
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Coaching
To truly go big, everyone needs a coach, mentor, or guide who’s already been there. But most nonprofits don’t have the funds to hire out expensive business coaches.
With our group coaching calls, you’ll get the ongoing support you need to tackle the inevitable roadblocks and get on the road to success a whole lot faster.
Members love my direct, no-holds-barred pep talks that help them trade frustration for motivation and start living up to the potential on the other side of fear.
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Community
I wish I would have had VolunteerPro when I was that lonely nonprofit leader trying to make change for the better!
Inside our bespoke community, you’ll find a strong network of peers doing big things and cheering you on while you do the same. And, our brand-new affinity groups help members connect with organizations with similar structures and interests.
You’ll always have a place to go to see what others are doing in our space. And, we check in regularly to add our two cents to the mix. So, every question gets a response.
Here's the deal … we know you’re crazy busy.
VolunteerPro membership isn’t about piling more on your plate — it’s about taking purposeful, intentional steps toward a more modern volunteer strategy and doing the things that will make a HUGE difference at your nonprofit.
As a member of the VolunteerPro Premium Community, here are the time-saving tools you’ll get every month:
A 60-minute action-oriented program development training session
with yours truly where we’ll dig into on step of a six-month series. I'll help you roll up our sleeves and get to work. Here’s what we have in store to kick off 2020 ...
The Total Team Series
(July - Dec 2020) - Expand volunteer engagement exponentially with a focused, 6-month strategy
- July – Total Team Series Kick Off: Your Volunteer Program Recovery Plan
- August – Boost Volunteer Satisfaction & Retention with Feedback Surveys
- September – Online Training & Upskilling for Volunteers: How to Make it Work
- October – Virtual Communications: Keep the Connection with Volunteers You Don’t See
- November – Building Your Integrated Volunteer Recognition & Retention Action Plan
- December – How to Prepare and Promote Effective, Courageous Volunteer Leaders
A second 60-minute hyper-focused training session
with myself or a guest instructor where we’ll explore what’s working now in the world of volunteer management and focus on how you can implement these strategies at your nonprofit.
In July, I'll be presenting a Masterclass on how to Re-energize Volunteers with "Welcome Back" Events.
Access to a live Catalyst Coaching Call
for facilitated idea exchange where members can get an extra set of eyes on current projects and troubleshoot nagging hang-ups in a matter of minutes.
Instant access to our resource vault
with replay recordings and downloads of time-saving tools organized across our proprietary Volunteer Strategy Success PathTM ...
- ENVISION the Future
- BUILD the Foundation
- GROW Engagement
- SUSTAIN Involvement
- SCALE Leadership
Focused communications
to help you stay on track:
- Weekly update newsletter for a quick, focused forecast of upcoming events. I also often share some of my musings on leadership and volunteerism in my weekly “love letter” to our members.
- Monthly study guide that lists all of our live events and topics to map out your month of learning and offer suggestions for deeper reading from our blogs
- Learning EXCELerator pathways with curated resources and suggested steps for focused learning on a core topic – choose the path that suits your needs!
- Research-to-Practice Briefs that condense current scholarly research into digestible bites with implications for practice
VolunteerPro Premium Membership
Logged In Access to the Community Platform and our Network of Movers and Shakers
Free invites to all of our Live Masterclasses and Coaching Calls
Discount on your Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) Application or Renewal
Plus, our Time-Limited BONUSES!
Bonus #1: Volunteer Strategy Success Path Guide (a $99 value)
A complete guide of our proprietary framework so that you can quickly pinpoint where you’re at and the next steps you need to take to make progress toward a mature and effective volunteer strategy.
Bonus #2: Return-to-Work Training Plan (a $99 value)
A helpful “done-with-you” template that will help you plan how you will orient and re-tool volunteers to the “new normal” at your agency.
Bonus #3: CCVA Certification Application Discount (a $35 value)
The Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA) will grant VolunteerPro members a discount
on the CVA certification and/or recertification fee
ENROLL TODAY!
Pay as you go or save BIG with an annual membership!
Enroll Teams of Two or More & Save >>>
Doors close July 2, 2020 at 6pm EST.
Frequently Asked Questions
What our Most Successful Members Asked Before Joining our Exclusive VolunteerPro Community
I’m not going to lie. In order to bring about the full transformation your organization is seeking, you will need to put in some hard work. But we will help save you precious time by providing systems, templates, and plans you can use “right out of the box.”
If you rely on volunteers to meet your mission, meaning you can’t survive and thrive without them, then improving how you engage them makes sense – volunteer retention is an issue across the sector, but you can take proactive steps to make your nonprofit the “go to” destination for volunteers in your area.
Plus, volunteers are donors, so agencies that invest in volunteer program development reap double the rewards. My consulting clients pay tens of thousands of dollars to learn our secrets to success. You can do so at a fraction of the cost by joining today. Check out our Member Prospectus for a detailed rationale for investing. If you’ve got a team, we offer discounts when more than one person joins at a time.
Maybe your boss is recommending you develop new trainings or systems. Let's face it, it takes a TON of time to research and find examples that you’re not sure will even work. Our “done with you” step-by-step training, tools, and coaching will help you scale more rapidly, rather than hunting and pecking for systems that might work.
You have two choices. 1) go without and keep struggling or 2) invest in the next best thing to high-priced volunteer program development: expert training and systems that can get your agency traction, all while building skills along the way
Our training and coaching are chock full of “what to say” messaging and includes masterclasses focused on training your co-workers and gaining the buy in you need to succeed. Remember, I’ve been there, so I’ve developed a slate of change management practices that I will share with you. Yes, you can be an agent of change and inspire others to welcome them with open arms (or at least accept they are highly-supported forgone conclusion).
That's where an immersive membership community is so different – one-off webinars or workshops leave you high and dry. With our community, we’re there every step of the way to help you troubleshoot your implementation with sage words of advice and encouragement, based on years of experience. We also poll our members to find out their greatest needs and develop our training accordingly. Finally, our content is constantly evolving with advances in technology and the field of volunteerism, so you can keep pace with current trends and best practice.
The VolunteerPro Premium Membership Community is perfect for you if …
If you find yourself nodding with any of the following, then you are in a perfect position to enroll in the VolunteerPro Community and begin modernizing your volunteer strategy right away.
- You are the person primarily responsible for developing systems and operating procedures for recruiting and placing volunteers and for growing volunteer involvement at your agency.
- You KNOW you need to modernize you’re approach in order to generate consistent, reliable volunteer talent necessary to meet your agency’s needs now and into the future.
- You truly feel that your organization offers volunteers unique opportunities to make a significant impact and you refuse to sit by and watch other organizations beat you to the punch.
- You don’t mind (and even welcome) the extra support and detailed success strategies offered by the course … even the “tell it like it” is, non-nonsense coaching.
- You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and focus FULLY on implementing the frameworks you learn, knowing you will be wildly more effective once you have a modernized volunteer program on your hands.
- You like having fun and look forward to the idea of networking with a passionate community of like-minded peers you’re ready to tap for advice.
