Make contact with volunteers

1
Make contact with volunteers

• Get online, use the NASPA website
• http//www.naspa.org/resources/volsearch.cfm
• Email volunteers and ask about their interests,
  time commitments, and goals
• Enter new volunteers position, start date, and
  end date into the NASPA database
• http//www.naspa.org/resources/volunteer/admin/as
  signman.cfm

2
Choosing your committee members

• Needs of the committee
• Diversity (work experience, regions, area of
  expertise)
• Volunteers interests, skills, and availability
• Try not to tap the same people over and over
• Utilize people you do not know from time to time
  (this is a great way to get new members excited
  about being involved in the organization)

3
Managing your committee

• Communication, defining the appropriate channels
• Designate officers
• Set tasks, expectations, timelines, and goals for
  committee and each member
• Lead by example
• Make sure committee understands NASPA mission and
  how committee fits in
• Pass along transitional material

4
Committee maintenance

• Continuous motivation, ongoing support
• Constant communication on needs, deadlines, and
  status/progress
• Help with the professional development of each of
  your members along the way
• Help committee members get connected with NASPA
  and its members
• History of committee
• Expectations of committee
• Political nature of committee

5
Rewarding volunteers

• What NASPA does on the volunteers end date that
  you will have already entered
• Thank you letter
• NASPA pin
• What you should do
• Thank yous (verbal and written)
• Gifts

6
Every end is a new beginning

• Have volunteer develop transitional information,
  encourage them to find a new and challenging
  volunteer opportunity, and begin the process
  again.