Common Chapter Challenges: an Interview with Katie Ketter, StarChapter Sales Team Lead
Updated: Aug. 4, 2025 | Categories: Decreasing Membership, Volunteer Recruitment
An interview with Katie Ketter, StarChapter Sales Team Lead discusses challenges common to association chapter organizations. Learn solutions to common issues, like increasing volunteering and improving the name badge process.
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The Five Love Languages: Showing Appreciation to Keep Association Chapter Volunteers Inspired
Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
Learn about the concepts discussed in Gary Chapman’s book, “The Five Love Languages. Understand how these topics can be applied to chapter volunteer engagement.
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Helping Members Find The “Best Fit” Chapter Volunteer Roles
Updated: Dec. 8, 2024 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
Learn six things that should be in your volunteer job postings that will help members find roles that they really enjoy and provide you with the support your chapter needs.
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Could a chapter association recognition day help with recruitment?
Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 | Categories: Low Engagement, Volunteer Recruitment
Learn how an association awareness day can give your chapter the visibility and relevance it needs to bring in younger members. Get ideas for holding an effective awareness event.
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Starting an Association Chapter Over Again? Do these 5 things to get off on the right foot
Updated: May. 3, 2024 | Categories: Membership, Volunteer Recruitment
Learn the five things you need to do when starting or restarting an association chapter organization.
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Association Volunteer Sweat Equity – Making Every Drop Count
Updated: Dec. 4, 2023 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
Learn how sweat equity can be applied to association chapter organizations. Find the ways association chapters can keep that sweat equity producing the outcomes your chapter needs.
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Looking for new volunteers? Time to tap into your student population for help with your association chapter activities
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 | Categories: Volunteer Recruitment
Connect with local high school and college students for help filling your volunteer needs. You get the volunteers you need while simultaneously filling your association chapter membership pipeline.
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5 ways to drive volunteers to say yes
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
To give up their limited personal time, your members need to get something a little more tangible out of association chapter volunteering. Here are a few things about volunteering you may not have thought to tell them.
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How to keep volunteering feeling good
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
Volunteering should feel like something your members want to do. Here are some things you can do and say to make volunteering in your chapter something members want to do, not feel like they must.
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When You Volunforce Members, Bad Things Happen
Updated: May. 27, 2025 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
When members are forced into taking positions, the end result could be devastating to the board and your chapter. Make your volunteer needs enticing and engaging and get more people to step into roles willingly.
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5 Ways to Revamp Your Volunteer Program
Updated: Jul. 28, 2025 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
We often hear about the struggle chapter leaders have when recruiting volunteers. A lot of times it’s the simple things that have the most impact. Check out our 5 ideas to help revamp your program.
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Perks That Show How You Value Your Volunteers
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Volunteers, Volunteer Recruitment
Volunteers are the lifeblood of your organization and critical to your chapter’s success. Show volunteers and your entire membership that you value all they do for your chapter, with a few perks that keep them feeling engaged and ready to help again.
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