To recruit, empower, and retain a diverse group of volunteers

1. Develop and implement a volunteer recruitment plan that is equitable, inclusive, and identifies a diverse group of volunteers.
2. Identify and implement more ways to connect with, engage, support, and empower our volunteers.
3. Develop and implement a volunteer retention plan that is equitable, inclusive, and allows for volunteer skill identification and growth.
4. Develop a culture of, and pathways for, giving actionable feedback and recognition freely and frequently.

Develop and implement a volunteer recruitment plan that is equitable, inclusive, and identifies a diverse group of volunteers.

Evaluate the current leadership selection & succession planning

• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to assess current International Executive Board (IEB) & International Tribunal (Tribunal) election process.
• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to assess current district format/organization.
• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to assess current selection and appointment of nonelected volunteers.
• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to assess current leadership development and funnel programs.

Research alternatives

• Identify external organizations and research how they conduct election processes for offices similar to IEB & Tribunal.
• Identify external organizations and research how their processes and procedures for selecting and appointing non-elected volunteers in international, regional, and local leadership positions.
• Identify external organizations and research how they organize and manage region and chapter equivalents.
• Identify external organizations and research how other organizations measure equality, inclusivity, and diversity in volunteer recruitment plans and processes.
• Identify external organizations and research how they structure and administer leadership development programing at an International and regional level.

Analyze and Report

• Compare and contrast current processes versus alternatives for the IEB and Tribunal election and report findings.
• Compare and contrast current processes versus alternatives for chapter organization and management and report findings.
• Compare and contrast current processes versus alternatives for selecting and appointing non-elected volunteers in international, regional, and local leadership positions and report findings.
• Compare and contrast current processes versus alternatives for selecting and appointing non-elected volunteers in international, regional, and local leadership positions and report findings.
• Compare and contrast current processes versus alternatives for selecting and appointing non-elected volunteers in international, regional, and local leadership positions and report findings.

Develop and Implement volunteer recruitment initiatives

• Develop and implement changes to the IEB and Tribunal election process.
• Develop and implement changes to selection and appointment of non-elected volunteers in International, regional, and local leadership positions.
• Develop and implement changes to organization and management of chapters/regions/districts.
• Develop and implement volunteer recruitment plans and processes for measuring equity, inclusivity, and diversity.
• Develop and implement changes to leadership development programing.

Identify and implement more ways to connect with, engage, support, and empower our volunteers.

Internal Assessment

• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead identifies current internal ways we connect with, engage, support, and empower our volunteers.
• Committee or objective lead to engage with current volunteers to solicit feedback on how they would like to be engaged with, supported, and empowered.

Research External

• Committee or objective lead to research external ways to connect with, engage, support, and empower our volunteers.
• Committee or objective lead to research external ways to grow, develop, and mentoring volunteers.

Analyze and Report

• Analyze how we currently connect with, engage, support, and empower volunteers versus alternatives and report findings.
• Analyze approaches to training and equipping volunteers with the tools to plan and execute events and report findings.
• Analyze current versus alternative approaches to managing volunteers and report findings.
• Analyze current versus alternative approaches to growing, developing, and mentoring volunteers and report findings.

Develop and implement changes to policies, process, and procedures

• Develop and implement changes to how we connect with, engage, support, and empower volunteers.
• Develop and implement changes to how we train and equip volunteers with the tools to plan and execute events.
• Develop and implement changes to how we manage volunteers.

Develop and implement a volunteer retention plan that is equitable, inclusive, and allows for volunteer skill identification and growth.

Internal Assessment

• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to evaluate volunteer retention and membership retention.
• Committee or objective lead to evaluate the current process for tracking and engaging with members who stop volunteering.

Research external organizations and methods

• Committee or objective lead to evaluate how similarly situated organizations approach volunteer retention and membership retention.
• Committee or objective lead to evaluate how external organizations track and engage with members who stop volunteering.

Analyze and report

• Committee or objective lead to analyze and how similarly situated organizations approach volunteer retention and membership retention.
• Committee or objective lead to analyze and report how external organizations track and engage with members who stop volunteering.

Develop and implement

• Develop and implement changes to increase volunteer retentionand membership retention.

Develop a culture of, and pathways for, giving actionable feedback and recognition freely and frequently.

Internal Assessment

• Appoint a committee or objective lead.
• Committee or objective lead to survey current pathways and approaches for all members to provide feedback and process to acknowledge feedback has been received.
• Committee or objective leadto survey how and where we provide recognition to all members and what actual/perceived barriers there are related to recognition.

Research external organizations and methods

• Committee or objective lead to identify organizations with a strong culture of giving feedback and recognition of members.
• Committee or objective lead to research how other organizations implement and support culture of giving feedback and recognition.
• Committee or objective lead to research technology and tools for creating pathways for providing feedback and recognition.
• Committee or objective lead to research procedures for processing feedback at an organizational level.

Analyze and Report

• Committee to analyze research findings and generate a report on current internal culture, pathways, and approaches to providing feedback and recognition.
• Committee to provide recommendations on policies, procedures, and technology to help grow and foster a culture that encourages pathways for giving actionable feedback and recognition.

Develop processes and implement

• Develop and implement suggested policies, procedures, and technology to help develop a culture that encourages pathways for giving actionable feedback and recognition.
• Develop and implement procedures for evaluating and reviewing policies, procedures, and technology so they can be modified as needed.