Volunteer Management Plan
Please use the following questions to help determine your needs and plan for volunteer management
LSC Development Committee
Volunteer Task Force
September 2016
Basic Volunteer InformationHow many LSC | club board | event/meet (circle one)
members do you have?
How many LSC | clubboard | event/meet (circle one)
volunteers do you have?
Which months of the year do you use volunteers and how many do you need each month?
Jan. / Feb. / March / April / May / June / July / Aug / Sept. / Oct. / Nov. / Dec.Which months of the year do you need to recruit volunteers and how many do you need each month?
Jan. / Feb. / March / April / May / June / July / Aug / Sept. / Oct. / Nov. / Dec.Do you have any software or a computer application to track participation of your volunteers?
Do you have a list of volunteer skills that you have with your organization/event (e.g. financial, communications, planning, legal, etc.)?
Do you have list of volunteer skills that you will need?
If not what are those skills that you need?
Does your organization currently have a volunteer orientation?
Is yes, what does the orientation cover?
If no, how do volunteers know what is expected of them?
Does your organization have job descriptions for volunteers?
List who has to be oriented?
What is your organization’s mission?
How do you engage volunteers in this mission?
Do all volunteer positions support this mission?
Yes or no, please explain
How many leadership positions do you have that are filled by volunteers?
How often are volunteer leadership positions filled (e.g. annually, bi-annually)?
Do you have a formal succession plan?
If yes, please explain:
Do you have an informal succession plan?
If yes, please describe:
Do you conduct “exit” interviews with volunteers?
If yes, please describe
How are you avoiding overloading your volunteers? How are you delegating to volunteers?
How are you keeping the “joy” in volunteering? How do you keep things “fresh?”
How do your volunteers provide feedback about their experience or satisfaction?
How are recognizing your volunteers?
How do you create or build a culture of celebration and gratitude of volunteers?
What are the strengths of your current volunteer program? / What are the weaknesses of your current volunteer program? / What are the opportunities for your current volunteer program? / What are the threats to your current volunteer program?
What is priority to leverage a strength listed? / What is priority to address a weakness listed? / What is priority to implement an opportunity listed? / What is priority to address a threat listed?
What are the resources needed to leverage this strength? / What are the resources needed to address this weakness? / What are the resources needed to implement this opportunity? / What are the resources needed to address this threat?
Based on when you need volunteers what is the optimal timing for this action? / Based on when you need volunteers what is the optimal timing for this action? / Based on when you need volunteers what is the optimal timing for this action? / Based on when you need volunteers what is the optimal timing for this action?
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