04/28/2017

National Volunteer Week Reminder: Keep Yours Engaged

Tips for engaging and involving your volunteer leadership

What better time to think about your volunteers than during National Volunteer Week? One consultant offers tips for engaging volunteers and keeping them involved.

Volunteers play a crucial role in their communities, including in associations. And to give them the recognition they deserve, this week Points of Light, an organization dedicated to volunteer service, hosted its annual National Volunteer Week.

“Volunteers allow the association to execute its mission,” said Allison Reznick, principal of Advanced Interactions, LLC. “They work to put together high-level strategies and member programs and benefits. And they participate in efforts like peer review, program committees, and related services, which wouldn’t have the same quality, or even be offered, without the engagement of our volunteers. They are really the backbone of an association who work in collaboration with the staff.”

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.