How to Involve Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program

If you're like most nonprofit fundraisers, you probably involve volunteers in running your special events, and perhaps involving them in the office to stuff envelopes and do other clerical duties.



Did you know you could be raising a lot more money each year by involving volunteers in ALL your fundraising activities? Yes, we said ALL-everything from researching funders and helping to create your development plan to running your capital campaign and assisting with planned giving efforts. All this will result in a better bottom line for your nonprofit.



In How to Involve Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program, we show you the many ways you can involve volunteers, where to find fundraising volunteers, how to recruit them, how to train them, and how to keep them coming back!



In this fast-reading book, we show you:



How volunteers can play a critical role in fundraisingHow to help your volunteers to work along with the board and staffHow to recruit volunteer fundraisers who are enthusiastic and committedHow to ensure that volunteers are given meaningful workHow staff members should support your volunteersAnd much more!

How to Involve Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to maximize fundraising reach and effectiveness by harnessing the incredible power of volunteers. As a Nonprofit Quick Guide™, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.



As a Nonprofit Quick Guide™, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.



Contents



Chapter One: Expanding Your View of Volunteers in Fundraising



Chapter Two: Involving Volunteers in Research and Planning



Chapter Three: Involving Volunteers in Events, Direct Mail, and Phone Appeals



Chapter Four: Involving Volunteers in Your Annual Business Appeal



Chapter Five: Involving Volunteers in Major Gifts



Chapter Six: Involving Volunteers in Capital Campaigns



Chapter Seven: Involving Volunteers in Planned Giving



Chapter Eight: Finding, Training, and Retaining Volunteers



Chapter Nine: Bringing It All Together



Written by veteran nonprofit experts Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE and Joanne Oppelt, MHA, this book will help you raise more money by working smarter, not harder.