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Volunteer Cycle
Mario Peraza – Director of Alumni Volunteer Programs
Joey DeSanto Jones – Club Leader Lambda Pride
Ali Wiener – Club Leader South Florida
How have volunteers
helped you as a club or
chapter leader?
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
Club and Chapter Volunteer Cycle
Recruit
Transition
Explore
Recognize
Engage
Manage
Train/Develop
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
Recruit Volunteers
People you already know
Terp friends and networks
 At events for your club
Through interest surveys through imodules
Through social media
Use campus resources
Create a list of interested alumni
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
Explore with Volunteers
Get to know and understand your new potential volunteer
 Class year? Major? Where they live? Work life? Social
Life?
Get to know Maryland and Club interest
 What did they do at Maryland? Why are they
interested in the Club?
Engage Volunteers
Find an activity that matches an interest
Work a table at an even
Plan an event
Help with club communications
Take over a committee
Engage can mean RE-engage
Determine why they stopped, and get feedback
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
Lambda Pride
Problem: Need to find a larger number
of alumni to help determine the
direction of the club as well as help
plan events.
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
Train/Develop Volunteers
Get to know what skills your volunteers have, and what
they need to learn to be successful.
Goals and outcomes of your club or chapter, Alumni
Association background, communications, event
planning, etc.
Learn what they can teach you as a club leader!
Manage Volunteers
Follow up with volunteers to ensure they are being
successful with the task you have given them.
Asked to be copied on important communication.
Volunteers are likely to not return if their first time helping is
not successful and satisfying.
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
South Florida Alumni Club
Problem: Large number of interested
alumni volunteers, with a need to find a
way to engage.
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]
How can you use the
volunteer cycle with your
club?
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center  College Park, MD 20742-1521
301.405.4678/800.336.8627  alumni.umd.edu  [email protected]