09/11/2025

Three Tips to Boost Volunteer Engagement at Your Association

Too often, volunteer training begins and ends at onboarding

Volunteers are vital to your association's ability to expand its reach, deliver quality community programs and foster a stronger professional community. Whether your volunteers are helping with event planning, member outreach, administrative work or any other task, their contributions can drive your organization's success in various areas.

Engaged volunteers show increased efficiency, feel more satisfaction in their roles, and are more likely to stick around for the long term. However, you're likely familiar with the challenges of maintaining member engagement — and just like with your wider member community, engaging volunteers requires a strategic approach.

In this guide, we will discuss three practical ways your association can deepen volunteer involvement, which benefits both your organization and its volunteers.

Please select this link to read the complete article from ASAE’s Center for Association Leadership.