Volunteer Recruitment & Retention

Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs? Then how do we retain volunteers? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment and retention, such as:

• Designing your recruitment strategy

• Creating targeted communications

• Utilizing your agency's website and social media for recruitment

• Maximizing your networks for volunteers

• The core motivations/needs of volunteers and how to fulfill them

• Designing your volunteer program for maximized satisfaction and retention

• Creating a motivating environment and preparing volunteers for success

• Engaging your entire organization in volunteer recognition and retention

This is an in-person workshop in St. Louis.

About the Presenter

Julie Strassman is an experienced volunteer engagement professional and educator, dedicated to helping organizations build mutually beneficial relationships with volunteers. Julie is the Manager of Support Services for Bethesda Hospice Care and has over a decade of experience in volunteer engagement. She passionately believes in utilizing best practices to create and sustain volunteer programs that mutually benefit organizations and their volunteers.

Julie currently serves with the Greater St. Louis Hospice Organization (GSLHO) Volunteer Coordinator Cohort. She has served on the board of the Metropolitan Volunteer Management Association (MVMA) as the VP of Programming, and was awarded MVMA's Volunteer Director of the Year in 2019.  She has also served on the Certification Committee for the United Way of Greater St. Louis' Volunteer Center. She has presented on volunteer engagement best practices for many local and national nonprofit organizations, including MVMA, Send Me St. Louis, CASA, YNPN, Nonprofit Marketers - STL, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Lindenwood University, University of Missouri - St. Louis, and the We Raise Foundation.