Managers: Keep An Eye Out for New Projects

3/23/17


Last year while scouting around for new projects to keep our volunteer department fresh and on everyone's radar, I realized that our broadcast department had never hosted a conference. As a member of a professional broadcast organization, we received industry updates via email from time to time. Scanning the organization's newsletter, I found a contact name and asked if the annual conference had ever had a host from the East Coast. Not for some time, but we would be the first host station from New Jersey. Realizing that the bulk of the work would fall on me (we are a two-person station), I nevertheless decided it would be worth the trouble for me, and by extension, our volunteers.


The experience left me exhausted but glad that I was able to use my organizational and creative skills on a much larger scale. Our volunteers made me proud and  we received quite a few compliments on their professionalism.


You may be understaffed, overworked, and busy just maintaining your daily schedule, but consider taking on a larger project.

Volunteering Essential With Baby Boomers

3/22/17


It's amazing that nearly eight years after my last post about volunteerism, that Baby Boomers are still some of our most loyal volunteers! Volunteering seems to be something that is built into the weekly schedule of those who are 50 years old and older. Many of our volunteers make initial contact with our office a year before they submit their retirement documents. They like to hit the ground running!