Animal Welfare Professionals

Hey Brianna! One thing we've heard from a lot of organizations is that recruitment is only half the battle; keeping volunteers engaged is usually the bigger challenge.

The rescues that seem to have the most success tend to have a simple onboarding process, consistent communication, and make it easy for volunteers to sign up for opportunities without a lot of back-and-forth. Even small things like recognizing milestones or sending regular updates about animals they've helped can go a long way toward retention.

We built volunteer management into PawPlacer with that in mind. Organizations can customize volunteer applications, keep volunteer information in one place, assign roles, communicate with their team, and manage permissions based on what each volunteer needs access to. It's completely free, but regardless of the software you use, having one central place to manage volunteers makes a huge difference.

I'd also be interested to hear what others are doing, especially creative ways to keep long-term volunteers engaged.

Hey Kyle,

Thanks for reaching out! I have been doing a lot of thinking on how to better appreciate our volunteers and make the onboarding process easier for them, also allow volunteers to switch into different roles to improve their skills and find ways to stay with us while still keeping the day-to-day interesting and enjoyable.

Are you coming from a shelter/rescue space when it pertains to volunteers?

Kindly,

Brianna

Hey Brianna! One thing we've heard from a lot of organizations is that recruitment is only half the battle; keeping volunteers engaged is usually the bigger challenge.

The rescues that seem to have the most success tend to have a simple onboarding process, consistent communication, and make it easy for volunteers to sign up for opportunities without a lot of back-and-forth. Even small things like recognizing milestones or sending regular updates about animals they've helped can go a long way toward retention.

We built volunteer management into PawPlacer with that in mind. Organizations can customize volunteer applications, keep volunteer information in one place, assign roles, communicate with their team, and manage permissions based on what each volunteer needs access to. It's completely free, but regardless of the software you use, having one central place to manage volunteers makes a huge difference.

I'd also be interested to hear what others are doing, especially creative ways to keep long-term volunteers engaged.

Hey Brianna, I used to volunteer a lot with my local shelters, but since then, I've built PawPlacer. It's a free shelter management platform currently used by hundreds of shelters and rescues across the world. My team and I work very closely with the shelters we serve, and their feedback is what has helped us develop our platform. As mentioned prior, we put a lot of that feedback regarding volunteers into the platform to help make onboarding, notifying, and potential recruiting easier. If you'd like to chat more on this I am more than available.

Hey Kyle,

Thanks for reaching out! I have been doing a lot of thinking on how to better appreciate our volunteers and make the onboarding process easier for them, also allow volunteers to switch into different roles to improve their skills and find ways to stay with us while still keeping the day-to-day interesting and enjoyable.

Are you coming from a shelter/rescue space when it pertains to volunteers?

Kindly,

Brianna

Hey Brianna! One thing we've heard from a lot of organizations is that recruitment is only half the battle; keeping volunteers engaged is usually the bigger challenge.

The rescues that seem to have the most success tend to have a simple onboarding process, consistent communication, and make it easy for volunteers to sign up for opportunities without a lot of back-and-forth. Even small things like recognizing milestones or sending regular updates about animals they've helped can go a long way toward retention.

We built volunteer management into PawPlacer with that in mind. Organizations can customize volunteer applications, keep volunteer information in one place, assign roles, communicate with their team, and manage permissions based on what each volunteer needs access to. It's completely free, but regardless of the software you use, having one central place to manage volunteers makes a huge difference.

I'd also be interested to hear what others are doing, especially creative ways to keep long-term volunteers engaged.

I would be more than happy to give you my email to chat more about PawPlacer! Is this compatible at all with Pet point?

Hey Brianna, I used to volunteer a lot with my local shelters, but since then, I've built PawPlacer. It's a free shelter management platform currently used by hundreds of shelters and rescues across the world. My team and I work very closely with the shelters we serve, and their feedback is what has helped us develop our platform. As mentioned prior, we put a lot of that feedback regarding volunteers into the platform to help make onboarding, notifying, and potential recruiting easier. If you'd like to chat more on this I am more than available.

Hey Kyle,

Thanks for reaching out! I have been doing a lot of thinking on how to better appreciate our volunteers and make the onboarding process easier for them, also allow volunteers to switch into different roles to improve their skills and find ways to stay with us while still keeping the day-to-day interesting and enjoyable.

Are you coming from a shelter/rescue space when it pertains to volunteers?

Kindly,

Brianna

Hey Brianna! One thing we've heard from a lot of organizations is that recruitment is only half the battle; keeping volunteers engaged is usually the bigger challenge.

The rescues that seem to have the most success tend to have a simple onboarding process, consistent communication, and make it easy for volunteers to sign up for opportunities without a lot of back-and-forth. Even small things like recognizing milestones or sending regular updates about animals they've helped can go a long way toward retention.

We built volunteer management into PawPlacer with that in mind. Organizations can customize volunteer applications, keep volunteer information in one place, assign roles, communicate with their team, and manage permissions based on what each volunteer needs access to. It's completely free, but regardless of the software you use, having one central place to manage volunteers makes a huge difference.

I'd also be interested to hear what others are doing, especially creative ways to keep long-term volunteers engaged.