Socializing Your Volunteer Program: An Ignite Session from #NTC2010

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"Socializing Your Volunteer Program," by Robert Rosenthal, Director of Communications, VolunteerMatch, for 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference Ignite. Tools, tips, and strategies for using social networking services to support your nonprofit organization's efforts to recruit, manage, and activate your volunteer base.

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SOCIALIZING YOURVOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Robert J. Rosenthal,Director of Communications,

VolunteerMatch.org

PHOTO: Anirudh Koul/Flickr

SOCIALIZING BENEFITS ALL AREAS

RecruitingManagingActivating

TRAFFIC TRENDS: GOOGLE

SOURCE: GOOGLE ANALYTICS/VOLUNTEERMATCH

TRAFFIC TRENDS: SOCIAL SITES

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

SOURCE: GOOGLE ANALYTICS/VOLUNTEERMATCH

SEARCH WAS ABOUT DISCOVERY

PHOTOS: petereed/Flickr

CAST THE NETSOCIAL IS ABOUT FILTERING

PHOTOS: yuan2003/Flickr

A LIFESTYLE CHOICE

PHOTO: Detsugo/Flickr

VOLUNTEERING IS SOCIAL CURRENCY

SOCIAL CHANNELS

SOURCE: ADDTHIS/VOLUNTEERMATCH

How Are People Sharing VolunteerMatch Opportunities?

NETWORK STRUCTURE: HUBS

VOLUNTEERMATCH

YOUR .ORG

VOLUNTEERMATCH

YOUR .ORG

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

NETWORK STRUCTURE: TIES

FeedsEvent pagesContestsGames

Group Logos (Badges)Discussions/News/ArticlesVolunteering Resumes Event pages

HashtagsListsFollowing

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RECRUITING: START WITH JUICY OPPS

RECRUITING: ENABLE SHARING

RECRUITING: BUILD YOUR NETWORKS

Your web site. Newsletters. Email blasts. Other Web sites. Flyers. Brochures. Posters. Banners. Blogs. Press releases. Events. Conferences. Job listings. Volunteer opportunities. Email signature files. Signage. Advertising. Radio and TV interviews. Speaking engagements. Cross-promotion in social networks. Research releases. Podcasts. Op-eds. Phone outreach. Fundraising letters. Annual reports. Video credits. Petitions. Door hangers. Blog comments. Letters to the editor.

RECRUITING: LEARN TO TARGET

MANAGING: COORDINATE EVENTS

MANAGING: INSPIRE SHARING

PHOTO: ryancr/Flickr

ACTIVATING: LEARN TO CREATE ACTION

PHOTO: aiesecinternational/Flickr

ACTIVATING: SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY

PHOTO: hexodus/Flickr

More Help from VolunteerMatch:

Free Webinar, “Social Media & Volunteer Engagement”, Tuesday 6/22:

http://www.volunteermatch.org/nonprofits/learningcenter

“Engaging Volunteers” Blog:

http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers

Follow Me on Twitter:

@volmatch

THANK YOU

Recap:• “Socialize” your program to take

advantage of social and lifestyle trends.

• Create ties between the hubs of your site and sites like VolunteerMatch.

• Great networking is about listening and sharing. Plus Juicy opportunities.

• Facebook and Twitter are must-haves. LinkedIn is a nice-to-have. MySpace is a used-to-have.

• Use social tools to help with managing and activating your volunteer base too.