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Volunteer20
Report
What motivates people to
volunteer? ♦ What experiences do volunteers desire?
♦ What actions will
help retain volunteers?
CONTACT Community Services’
study on volunteerism, underwritten by the Central New York Community
Foundation and conducted by Vincent McCabe, Inc., explored strategies
for the recruitment and retention of CNY volunteers. The
Volunteer20 initiative revealed six distinct profiles of
potential volunteers, each of which calls for its own type of appeals
for involvement. In support of the long-term vision held by CONTACT
and the Central New York Community Foundation for building community capital, the
initiative’s findings are being shared with interested not-for-profit
organizations.
These Volunteer20 documents are available for
downloading.
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Report
(Adobe Acrobat document - .pdf file)
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Volunteer Personality Profile Planning Grids
(MS Excel worksheet - .xls file)
♦
Blank Planning Grids
(MS Excel worksheet - .xls file)
Imagine asking everyone in the community to volunteer 20 minutes of
their time to complete a survey on what motivates them to volunteer.
That’s just what CONTACT Community Services did in the spring of
2005 and the results showed that, when it comes to recruiting
volunteers in Central New York, no one-size-fits-all program will be
effective. Results from the CONTACT Volunteer20 study
demonstrated that there are six distinct profiles of potential
volunteers. Through an understanding of these profiles,
organizations can optimize their appeals for new volunteers.
While these findings are vital to CONTACT and their continuous
recruitment program, they are also a powerful new tool for all
Central New York organizations seeking volunteers.
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Press Release, 4/18/06 - Volunteer20
Findings Released
Press Release, 3/22/05 -
Volunteer20 Initiative
Announced
View a copy of the
Volunteer20 survey |
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For More Information
CONTACT Community Services, Inc., a not-for-profit agency founded
in 1971, provides telephone counseling, community and school-based
services that help individuals and organizations create positive
personal and social change to improve the quality of lives in
Central New York. To learn more about CONTACT’s services and
volunteer opportunities, visit
www.contactsyracuse.org,
send an inquiry to contact@contactsyracuse.org or call
315-251-1400.
The Central New York Community Foundation has served the community
for over 75 years, receiving, managing and distributing charitable
funds to not-for-profit organizations in Onondaga and Madison
Counties. The Community Foundation has over $100 million in
assets, and awards more than $5 million in grants to
not-for-profit organizations annually. For more information, visit
www.cnycf.org.
Vincent McCabe, Inc., the research administrator, is a
full-service, strategic research firm specializing in the use of
advanced statistical methods to discover subconscious factors that
motivate behavior. The techniques used in this report are
copyrighted to Vincent McCabe, Inc. For more information about
Vincent McCabe, Inc., visit
www.vincentmccabe.com or contact
Jean Vincent, President, at 315-685-7227.
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