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Why upbeat interviews work better than desperate pleas for recruiting volunteers

10 September, 2019 By Yvon Prehn Leave a Comment

There are more effective ways to recruit volunteers
There are more effective ways to recruit volunteers--and the interview video described here is an effective one.

Desperation isn't pretty in volunteer requests. If you feel like shutting down the children's ministry if new people don't sign up or closing the bathrooms on Sunday morning if no one helps the facilities team—you probably won't get sign-ups by sharing your frustration.

Instead off desperate pleas, try this……

Use interviews with current volunteers

Far better than desperate pleading are positive testimonies from people who are doing the ministry you want to recruit in. If at all possible, both video them and write-up what they have to say. You can then take this material and put it into a variety of communication channels: show them at church, put them online, email them to interested potential volunteers, and use the material in bulletins, newsletters, and brochures.

Note here: you don't need to be super-serious in your interview, but don't go for funny, stupid, and trivial questions and answers. Many of the jobs at the church might seem small, but they are jobs that can impact how a soul spends eternity. And some of the jobs may not be "fun" to serve in faithfully week after week. Honor the work of volunteers in how you recruit people to serve in the work of ministry.

A few more preliminary tips: [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Volunteer Management Tagged With: church volunteers, how to interview church volunteers, videos of volunteers for church, Volunteer Management, volunteer recruitment

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