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691. The Volunteer Strategy Gap (And How to Close It) - Nicole R. Smith, CVA

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The biggest disconnect: we know volunteers are vital but never turn that knowledge into action.
Mirror for Good examines the volunteer strategy gap: nonprofits universally claim volunteers are vital while systematically failing to invest in infrastructure, budget lines, or strategic planning integration. Nicole Smith, Executive Director of Alive (Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement), reveals how the Alive Service Enterprise program requires C-suite involvement to transform volunteer engagement from afterthought to architectural core. Without top-down backing, even brilliant volunteer engagement managers cannot implement retention strategies or prevent organizational mistreatment of volunteers.

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Volunteer leadership is treated as a structural responsibility, not just goodwill, and that shift is the episode's real point.

This Mirror for Good conversation stays focused on a simple but important point: knowing volunteers matter is not the same as building a program that supports them well. Nicole R.

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When your volunteer program needs structure more than applause or assumptions.

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