Feb. 4, 2009
Keep Your Volunteers Coming Back:
Tips and Tools for Volunteer Retention
Retaining SHIP volunteers from one AEP to the next sometimes can be a tricky task. It depends upon many factors, such as good volunteer management, recognition, and the fit between volunteers and their roles.
But, taking proactive steps to retain SHIP volunteers can be well worth the effort. In fact, it usually takes less effort to retain current volunteers than to recruit new ones!
We know you have little time to spare, so we’ve compiled a few resources to help you maximize your efforts and keep your volunteers coming back:
Way to Go: Ideas for Volunteer Recognition
Do you know what motivates your volunteers to help with SHIP? Once you understand their motivations, you can tailor your recognition activities to be even more meaningful. This tool includes tips to help you personalize your recognition ideas to the motivational styles of your volunteers.
Energize, Inc. Volunteer Recognition webpage
This webpage highlights some very creative ways that volunteer managers recognize their volunteers. You can share your own ideas too!
HAP’s Volunteer Management center
Our resource center has some great tips and tools to help you encourage, recognize, and manage your volunteers:
What do you do to keep your SHIP volunteers coming back? We’d love to hear your ideas! You can share them with us by sending an email to SHIPHelp@hapnetwork.org.
Sincerely,
The HAP Team
