Episode 172: Onboarding Volunteers Q&A with Kenny Conley

In this episode, Kenny Conley dives into three hacks for effectively onboarding volunteers within your family ministry and answers questions about having a successful volunteer orientation. This is the second part of a six-session series from an online event called Volunteer Bootcamp, hosted by Ministry Boost. Kenny Conley Connect with Kenny on Facebook, Instagram, and […]

In this episode, Kenny Conley dives into three hacks for effectively onboarding volunteers within your family ministry and answers questions about having a successful volunteer orientation. This is the second part of a six-session series from an online event called Volunteer Bootcamp, hosted by Ministry Boost.

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Volunteer Bootcamp

Get access to the full Volunteer Bootcamp sessions and notes here.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

Volunteer Bootcamp Webinar

3 Hacks for Volunteer Onboarding

Hack One: Stop Recruiting

If the odds are against you, change the game
It’s to easy for someone to tell you “no.” Instead, invite them to an experience where it’s easy to say “yes.”

Recruit them to an orientation (it’s easy to say “yes” to come to an orientation – 1-hour time commitment)
Create a compelling environment in your orientation where all the benefits of serving far outweigh the negatives

 

Hack Two: Double Your Potential

To double the number of potential volunteers, simply double the number of volunteer orientations
Few churches do orientations more than once a month. Here’s the problem with this frequency (infrequency rather)

They get sick
Their kids get sick
They have things come up
They forget

 

Hack Three: Host a Volun-TOUR

**The BEST way to engage potential volunteers is to have them GET UP and take a walk.
Don’t just talk to potential volunteers. Give them a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exciting things happening at your church. Why?

Tours are personal
Everyone loves a tour
People learn differently, tours engage everyone differently
Tours are really easy to pull off well

 

When recruiting someone to serve, they have a lot of questions. But tours help resolve the unknown in two very important ways:

Tours give potentials an opportunity to see what ministry actually looks like
Tours give potentials an opportunity to imagine themselves serving in the ministry

Action Items

Get Pipeline course
Start an orientation monthly
Hold a “volunTOUR”

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