Wpblab - A Wordpress Social Media Show

This week on WPblab Bridget and Jason discuss taking on volunteers for a nonprofit and how to keep them interested in working as a volunteer webmaster for your WordPress website. Inspired by Should You Work with a Volunteer? Jason works for a nonprofit and Bridget works with nonprofit businesses With volunteers, you need to give them encouragement (“Yes, you can do this!”), but there are limitations They need to know the software (WordPress) Communication is important, even if you enable your volunteers, you need to communicate with other departments, employees, etc. that the volunteer has the authority and ability to get/share information Volunteers should be empowered & equipped – make sure they have the right access to everything they need and the right tools to get the job done. (ie. don’t have a Hackathon without making sure your participants have laptops!) Don’t require all of your volunteers to be in the office when they volunteer – they may be stay-at-home moms/dads or have other work-related