Volunteer Retention & Recognition

Description: Volunteer Retention & Recognition
Retaining volunteers is more challenging than ever with so many demands on everyone’s attention. Meaningful recognition is a cornerstone of great retention. In this session, we’ll explore retention and recognition approaches to keep volunteers engaged and appreciated, and explore how motivations impact volunteer engagement. We'll also look at the role of effective retention and recognition planning to enhance your overall volunteer engagement strategy.

You’ll leave this session with:

• An understanding of current retention trends and motivations
• Solutions to help you overcome common barriers to create meaningful recognition strategies
• Tips and tools to adapt your existing recognition practices for the future

Speaker Bio:
Sammy Feilchenfeld, CVA (he/him) is an adult educator, volunteer manager and lifelong learner. His 20+ years of experience leading volunteers inform the interactive learning experiences that are the core of his work as Senior Manager of Learning at Volunteer Toronto. Whether supporting the learning goals of non-profit engagement professionals, Board members, volunteers or community leaders, Sammy has a strong focus on a variety of educational interventions that challenge and inspire.