The CEOs Leaky Bucket: Why Nonprofit Leaders Are Losing Billions a Year and How They Can Reinvent Vo

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The CEOs Leaky Bucket Why Nonprofit Leaders
Are Losing Billions a Year and How They Can
Reinvent Volunteer Talent and ThriveRobert T.
Grimm, Jr.
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Volunteering Has Declined But Is It Rebounding?
NOTE The number of volunteers in 2008 was 61.8
million, and increase of 1 million volunteers
from 2007. While the volunteering rate was
relatively steady, the growth in the US
population resulted in an increase in the number
of volunteers. The source is the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Volunteer Supplement to the Current
Population Survey.
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A New Civic Generation

• In 2005, Higher Education Research Institute
  reported a 25-year high in the of students
  saying its very important or ESSENTIAL to help
  others in need.

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An Experience Boom is Coming
The number of older American volunteers will
increase by about 50 by 2020, from just under 9
million to just over 13 million.
By 2036 the number of older adult volunteers will
at least double.
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Volunteering offers significant health benefits
to the volunteer.
Longer life.
Greater functional ability and better health
outcomes later in life.

• Greater life satisfaction and lower rates of
  depression.

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Volunteering the Social Sectors Challenges

• Workforce Challenges
• Infrastructure Costs
• Diversity
• Social Relevance

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Not Just Nice, but Necessary
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• Plugging the Leaky Bucket is critical!

1 out of every 3 volunteers drop out of service
from year to year (20.9 million Americans stopped
volunteering between 2005 and 2006).
If national volunteer retention rates rose from
65 to 66, there would be 600,000 more people
volunteering this year.
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Why Do We Have A Leaky Bucket?

From the Receptionist to Human Capital Resources
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Reinventing Volunteering

• From sorting clothes for a thrift store to
  creating a new merchandising scheme

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Rethinking Too Busy

• Adults who have never volunteered spend over 400
  more hours watching t.v. in a year than adults
  who volunteer.

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Building Connections

• Substantial Time Commitments
• Social Connections

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Pour More Water Into the Bucket

• Partner with
• Faith-based Organizations
• The Growing Latino Community
• Corporations Interested in Pro Bono
  Volunteering
• Other Organizations to Share Volunteers

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Join the Virtual Revolution!

• Social Networking Sites
• Virtual (Online) Volunteering

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Final Thought

• Plugging the Leaky Bucket Takes Substantial
  Effort But Nonprofits that Reinvent How They
  Engage Volunteer Talent Will be on the Cutting
  Edge of Tomorrows Social Sector.