New Audio Feature!

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• New Audio Feature!
• You can now listen to the audio portion of our
  WebChats through the speakers on your computer!
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• On your phone dial 213-286-1201
• Enter the access code 113-183-205
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Engaging Volunteers Age 55 and Over
What your organization needs to know to harness
this booming potential
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A Changing Demographic

• Baby Boomer Largest Generation
• The Evolution of Retirement
• Increased Life Expectancy
• Current Economic Climate

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Cultural Attitudes and Self Identity

• A Generation That Demands Choice
• Very Heavily Influenced by a Consumer-Driven
  Culture
• Most Educated Generation in History
• Increased Skills and Knowledge
• Views on Service Volunteerism
• Influenced by the Social Movements of the 1960s
• Eternally Young

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Organizational Adaptation

• Shifting Roles Traditional vs. Modern
• Create High Impact Volunteer Projects
• These projects must be
• Time-limited
• Flexible
• Outcome based
• Skill-based

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Recruitment

• Speak the Language
• Use Appropriate Images
• Diversify Methods
• Include Social Media!
• Screen Match

http//www.retireelpaso.com/volunteerism.html
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Recruiting Volunteers with Disabilities

• Veterans
• Mutual Benefit
• Recruitment Tips
• Include Images of People with Disabilities
• Provide Accommodations.
• Include Nondiscrimination Clause
• Refine Application Forms

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Effective Engagement

• Flexibility is Key!
• Avoid Top-Down Approach
• Engage vs. Manage
• Organizational Buy-In/Capacity

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Satisfaction Retention

• Acknowledge Changing Attitudes
• Effective Engagement Effective Retention
• Volunteer Satisfaction MUST be the Focus

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Other Resources

• New Research on Boomers and Retirement
• http//merrillassociates.com/topic/2005/06/new-res
  earch-boomers-and-retirement/
• Toolkit For Involving Older Disabled Veterans
• http//volunteeriowa.org/downloads/G_Toolkitforinv
  olvingolderdisabledvolunteers_FINAL.pdf
• MCSC
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CNCS Resources

• Resource Center
• Tools and training for volunteer and service
  programs
• Online Courses
• Effective Practices
• Lending Library
• Related Websites

http//nationalserviceresources.org/volunteer-memb
er-staff-management/baby-boomer-volunteers
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Works Cited

• The Boomers Are Here!
• Produced by the Center for Intergenerational
  Learning at Temple University for the Corporation
  for National and Community Service, 2009.
• Increasing Non-Profit Capacity Through
  Skills-Based Pro Bono Volunteering
• Hands On Network/CNCS
• Paving The Way Volunteer Centers and Baby Boomer
  Volunteering
• Points of Light Foundation Volunteer Center
  National Network
• Engaging Older Volunteers as Leaders in Your
  Organization Webinar Series
• National Council On Aging (NCOA)

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Questions?
Evan Albert State Director 211 West Fort
Street Suite 1408 Detroit, MI  48226
313-226-3024 ealbert_at_cns.gov
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Special Thanks to Our Committee!

• Bonnie Graham, Office of Services to the Aging
• Julia DeGuise, Foster Grandparent Program/Thumb
  Area RSVP
• Doug Durand, Senior Volunteer Program of
  Northwest Michigan
• Karen Betley, Senior Services, Inc. Kalamazoo
• Careena Eggleston, Volunteer Systems Program
  Coordinator, AARP
• Jane Royer, Volunteer Center Director with Heart
  of West Michigan United Way
• Evan Albert, State Director of the CNCS- Michigan
  Office

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Matt Reaume

• 517.335.6585
• reaumem_at_michigan.gov

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Thank You for Participating!