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Volunteer Week – Training Volunteers
Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
A couple years ago, Kenny and I and our colleagues experimented with training volunteers. We did a big expo and recruited nearly 100 new workers in January. At the end of February, we held a seminar-style training on Saturday morning.
Why did we choose seminar-style training? We wanted to give our volunteers the chance to dive [...]
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Volunteer Week – Welcoming New Volunteers
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
One day I called to check on a volunteer. He’d agreed to volunteer, but according to the ministry director, he’d never showed up. Our call went something like this:
Me: “Hi. Can I speak to Mr. Jones?”
Him: “No Mr. Jones lives here. Only a Mr. Johnson lives here.”
Me: “I’m sorry. Is this <insert phone number here>?”
Him: [...]
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Volunteer Week – Cold Calling New Recruits
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
Cold calls.
Do those two words make the blood run cold in your veins?
Don’t be scared! After all, you wrangle large classrooms of energetic children week after week. If you can do that, you can take on the challenge of a few cold calls.
I found in my volunteer recruiting experience that a friendly phone call to [...]
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Volunteer Week – Examine Your Volunteer Culture
Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
What kind of culture does your ministry have? Did you create that culture on purpose? Did you get there by accident? Did you get there by poor decisions?
The Bible talks often of the church being a body. Have you ever considered the human body? The pieces and parts work together. One is not more important [...]
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Show me the registration forms!
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Kenny.
Hey people! I need your help. Last Sunday I picked up and looked at our “registration card” that first time visitors fill out. Embarrassingly, it was the first time I looked at this. I’ve got several new volunteers who are doing our data entry and I was overseeing their training. I tried to enter one [...]
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Volunteer Week – Attitude Check
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
In the summer of 1998, I’d been dating Kenny for nearly a year. He convinced me to work at a kid’s day camp with him in Germantown, Maryland all summer. We had a little drill there that has served me well as a life lesson.
When we’d see our kids’ energy dragging, the camp director would [...]
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Guest Blogger: Sara Conley – Volunteer Week
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Kenny.
Last week my wife wrote a couple of posts. If you missed them, you can catch them here and here.
I know I’m biased, but I felt she had some really good things to say. She’s actually worked on my staff as well as another campus’ staff as a volunteer director. She rocks. When she was [...]
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Volunteer Expo (Part Two)
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
Here is “part two” of the blog post from yesterday.
5. BE ORGANIZED.
Think through the details of your event and plan accordingly.
We recruited for three ministries at our recent expo. Each ministry was assigned a color. Banners, balloons and booth paperwork in these colors quickly visually distinguished the ministries from each other.
Each booth was equipped with [...]
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Volunteer Expo (Details)
Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Kenny.
Okay, I thought I’d elaborate on something Sara mentioned, but it provided to be a huge success. At the very end of the service, the staff member who oversees live production was doing announcements. She made the announcements and then ended with a big push for live production. She went on to talk about the [...]
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Volunteer Expo (Part One)
Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Sara.
Hi Friends!
My sweet hubby Kenny invited me to chat with you about a subject I love dearly – volunteer recruiting.
My, oh my. Children’s ministry is a hungry beast when it comes to volunteer recruiting huh? Ever feel like you’re nonstop asking for volunteers? I’ve been there.
Today, we’ll specifically chat about Volunteer Expos.
Recently at Gateway Community [...]
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