Re-engage Volunteers | Brian Lewis (Episode 19)

Every association has one thing in common, and that is the love and gratitude that we share for volunteers. Volunteers assist associations by pushing forward their missions and visions for their members. In recent years, many volunteers have reevaluated their time and what meant most to them. Volunteer participation and engagement have dropped drastically since then and still continue. What is it that we, as association professionals, can do when it comes to recruiting and retaining volunteers? Is it the way we interact, how we are selling the experience, or is it something else? Our guests today will be able to help us explore this conversation.

Brian Lewis, CAE, CVA is with Raybourn Group International, where he serves as the Executive Director for a couple of small staff clients. He discovered his interest in Association Management about 20 years ago as a volunteer for a number of adult fraternal organizations. He feels that his volunteer involvement is important professionally as a way to see things from the volunteer’s perspective, and it provides opportunities to try out new things on a small scale.

Katie Feltman’, CAEs serves as COO for the American College of Sports Medicine, overseeing ACSM's operations, programs, and services which include membership, certification, publishing, technology, science initiatives, grant administration and key programmatic areas. Katie has a servant leader mindset finding joy in helping her colleagues succeed and seeing ACSM's members and certifieds thrive.