Thanks for being. It frightens me, somehow, to imagine what the world will be like without them. Well A past issue of Nebraska Economic Developments offers another slant on the topic. It listed the 10 most effective rules for getting volunteers and using them well. The best way to get a volunteer to work is to ask him or her.
Volunteers require a well-defined, specific and understandable task.
If a specific job is crucial, recruit two volunteers for every one that's needed. Every recruiter is a potential volunteer, and every volunteer is a potential recruiter. Recognize volunteers for the time they have taken to help and for the effort they have put forth. Volunteers are the easiest to ask to work again. University Outreach and Extension is the link between resources of the four University of Missouri campuses, Lincoln University and Northeast Missouri residents.