Societies: Working With and Inspiring Volunteers

Societies: Working With and Inspiring Volunteers

Most genealogical and historical societies rely heavily on the kindness and generosity of volunteers for everything from day-to-day operations to special projects, conferences, and workshops. Volunteers are hard enough for societies to find, and even harder to keep. How can you make sure your volunteers don't feel like they are being taken for granted, or being ignored altogether? 

Roger Moffat of member society Western Michigan Genealogical Society discusses how their society learned to work with and inspire volunteers, such as:

• How to structure a volunteer committee
• Remembering to acknowledge the volunteers
• How to attract and engage new volunteers
• Choosing new projects and getting them off the ground

Listen to the archived broadcast (and Roger's New Zealand accent) of "Working With and Inspiring Volunteers" on the blogtalkradio My Society channel by FGS, or you can listen below:

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