Sarah Ford | May 29, 2015

Creating Transformative versus Transactional Volunteer Experiences

As a nonprofit, what kind of volunteer experience are you providing? Are you going through the motions, handing volunteers a paint brush or pointing them to an activity and then thanking them for their support, orÌýare you taking the opportunity to use that volunteer experience to connectÌýpeople to the reason why their help matters? ÌýWhen they complete their volunteer activity with you, do they return to help your organization through additional volunteer work or financial support? Ìý

In this video clip from ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ’s Charities 2015 Membership Assembly, Chris Jarvis, Co-founder and Senior Partner of Realized Worth, gives an example of a transactional volunteer experience, followed by an example of a transformation volunteer experience. ÌýAnd it is very clear the impact a transformative volunteer experience makes to the individual volunteering, as well as to the nonprofit organization being helped.

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