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12. Volunteers and BIG Events - Part 1 Mar 23, 2020

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#012 - Managing volunteers for large events is not an easy thing to do! "How many do I need?" "What jobs are there?" "Do I have enough people?" "Do I have too many people?" "How many things can one person do?"... Am I missing anything? There are so many things to be thinking about when planning a large event and we want to do everything we can to help make sure that your volunteers (or lack thereof) don't become your greatest stressor while planning. We have a tested and proven plan to help you organize your volunteers and event in a way that allows you, the ministry leader, to use your time and energy to pour into the mission of the event, rather than meticulously worrying about the methods.

We hope you enjoy episode 12 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

If you would like to gain INSTANT access to the volunteer job descriptions, task lists, and an in depth look at the 5 P's mentioned in this episode along with hundreds more helpful ministry tools and resources, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

11. Are Your Volunteers Bored? (And About To Leave?) Mar 16, 2020

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#011 - A lot of ministry leaders worry about burning out volunteers, but what about boring out volunteers? How can we as ministry leaders make sure our volunteers are being challenged enough? In today's episode we are continuing last week's conversation about burnout and talking through a few helpful ways that you, as the ministry leader, can get a read on the overall health and status of your volunteers. We certainly don't want to burn out our volunteers, but we don't want to bore them out either, and while the suggestions from today's episode may take a little bit of time and effort, they will help ensure the health and spiritual growth of your volunteers, which is priceless!

We hope you enjoy episode 11 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find it beneficial for their ministry context!

If you would like to gain INSTANT access to some of the tools mentioned in this episode along with hundreds of other helpful ministry tools and resources that will save you time, energy, and stress, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

10. Are You Burning Out Your Volunteers? Mar 09, 2020

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#010 - Some volunteers fill 92 slots per year and love every minute of it while others fill 11 slots and feel like they're barely hanging on. How can we as ministry leaders make sure we know how our volunteers are feeling? In today's episode we talk through a few helpful ways that you, as the ministry leader, can get a read on the overall health and status of your volunteers. These suggestions may take a little bit of time and effort, but they will help ensure the health and spiritual growth of your volunteers, which is priceless!

We hope you enjoy episode 10 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find it beneficial for their ministry context!

9. The 3 Signs Of A Miserable Volunteer Mar 02, 2020

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#009 - The last thing we want to hear from our volunteers is that they're miserable. However, it happens more than you might think, AND could even be happening within your own ministry RIGHT NOW without you realizing it. In this episode of the Lead Volunteers Podcast we talk practically about how to recognize whether or not your volunteers are reaching their full potential and making the Gospel impact God created them for, and about ways that you can easily, consistently, and repeatedly cast vision and define wins for your team.

We hope you enjoy episode 9 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

If you would like to gain INSTANT access to the volunteer survey mentioned in this episode along with hundreds more helpful ministry tools and resources, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

8. Purposelessness and Losing Volunteers Feb 24, 2020

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#008 - You would think volunteering for a ministry would naturally come with its own sense of purpose, right? Well unfortunately, that's just not the case. It is so important for you as the ministry leader to engrain a sense of vision and purpose into your ministry culture so that your volunteers know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are making a Kingdom impact!

So how do we do that? Well, in this episode of the Lead Volunteers podcast we take a look at 3 simple and easy things you can do today to help shift your ministry culture and instill a higher sense of purpose in your volunteers.

We hope you enjoy episode 8 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

If you would like to gain INSTANT access to over 50 pre-written scripture cards to inspire the volunteers in your church, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

7. The PAIN And GAIN Of Volunteer Job Descriptions! Feb 17, 2020

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#007 - Why do my volunteers need a job description? This isn't a job! What sounds like a job is creating job descriptions for every single one of my volunteer positions.

Well, this may come as a surprise, but we believe that every church volunteer should have a list of a few short, clear, and effective job descriptions in order to make your life, and their life as a volunteer, SO MUCH EASIER! Thankfully, we are here to help guide you through some of the more difficult aspects of writing job descriptions in order to make it as easy and seamless as possible for you to plug them in to your ministry context.

We hope you enjoy episode 7 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

If you would like to gain INSTANT access to over 70 pre-written job descriptions for every ministry area in your church, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

6. The Dangers Of Recruiting In A Digital World Feb 10, 2020

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#006 - Are you an Introvert or an Extrovert? Regardless of the answer, your job as a ministry leader is going to require you to talk to people and, in some cases, require you to have uncomfortable conversations. I think we can all agree that these conversations are becoming increasingly more difficult because of the digital world we live in. Do I Text? Call? Email? Write them a letter? What am I supposed to say if they answer? Thankfully, we are here to help guide you through some of these recruiting conversations by giving you tools to use, and tools to avoid while recruiting volunteers.

We hope you enjoy episode 6 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

Check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

5. How To Release A Volunteer | Part 3 & 4 Feb 03, 2020

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#005 - BONUS SEGMENT TIME! On this episode of the Lead Volunteers Podcast we are wrapping up our four-part series on how to effectively release a volunteer. We're here to help you IDENTIFY whether or not your leader should be released, NAVIGATE those conversations with practical strategies and examples, and give you a few examples of things you can implement into your ministry to help you PREVENT (as best you can) these conversations from needing to happen in the first place. We hope you enjoy part 3 AND 4 of this series and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

Check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

4. How To Release A Volunteer | Part 2 of 4 Jan 27, 2020

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#004 - On this episode of the Lead Volunteers Podcast we are continuing our four-part series on how to effectively release a volunteer. We're here to help you IDENTIFY whether or not your leader should be released, NAVIGATE those conversations with practical strategies and examples, and give you a few examples of things you can implement into your ministry to help you PREVENT (as best you can) these conversations from needing to happen in the first place. We hope you enjoy episode 2 of this 4 part series and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context!

Check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

2. Share The Vision, Not The Sacrifice Jan 17, 2020

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#002 - On this episode of the Lead Volunteers Podcast we talk about the best way that you can effectively recruit volunteers in a way that gets both you and your potential volunteers excited about ministry.

Check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today!

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