Hands On Partner Program Benefits 2014

PARTNER

PROGRAM BENEFITS Receive Partner Agency Exclusive E-Newsletter containing news, events and resources Listed in online Affiliate Partner Directory Partner to create Flex/Portable projects Partner with Hands On for corporate volunteer projects Opportunity to recognize volunteers via Governor’s Award Attend free networking socials and Lunch & Learn events Receive discounts on volunteer management workshops Eligible to apply for scholarship to attend the North Carolina Association of Volunteer Administration annual conference.

Borrow tools via our new Tool Lending Library Take advantage of individualized support. Schedule a site visit from Hands On staff to strategize: maximizing your membership, engaging skills-based volunteers, technology assistance, etc.

Access to other Hands On events, activities, and media promotions (as available) Be featured as a partner on Hands On sponsorship page

PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS Basic Premium Super User Free

1-3 Programs: $50 Premium, Plus $100 4-6 Programs: $100 (per agency) Limited 7+ Programs: $150 to 12 agencies/yr.

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Opportunity to participate in Day of Caring – the largest volunteer event in Buncombe County

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Advertise your holiday volunteer and donation opportunities through Hands On web site and monthly e-newsletter

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Hands On can post about your events on Facebook and in our monthly e-newsletter Receive referrals of group volunteers (as available) Access the Partner Portal of the Hands On database to post opportunities, confirm and track volunteer hours Promote volunteer projects and events in online project calendar Post all volunteer opportunities in online searchable database Guaranteed posts on Hands On Facebook page during featured month Receive one free volunteer management training per year.

Receive recognition gift for the highlighted outstanding volunteer.

Highlight one volunteer project and one outstanding volunteer on the HandsOn homepage and enewsletter for one month.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT RATE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2013.

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VISIBILITY • PROMOTION • PEOPLE • RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • RETENTION Our Visibility Will Get You Visibility We get the word out about volunteer projects in our community. Some key stats about our reach: NEWSLETTER Each month our newsletter is sent out to more than 4,000 readers. 12 percent of the pages viewed on our Web site originated from our newsletter. That is close to 17,081 individual page views!

Top newsletter links? 1. Project Calendar 2. Skills/Interests Search tools

SOCIAL MEDIA We are growing our Facebook presence. We talk about your projects on these posts and people are coming to our Web site to learn more and sign up.

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WEB SITE When you list your projects on our site they get a lot of Aug 31, 2013 visibility from our local promotions, including those listed above. And because we are a Hands On affiliate, your projects are also promoted on a national level.

Visits

Page views

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So just how many people are coming to our site?

21,386 VISITS were made by 12,605 UNIQUE VISITORS - VIEWING 129,952 PAGES. Web visibility is key when generating volunteer traffic to your programs.

In the last year, 119 Agencies/Programs listed 479 unique volunteer opportunities, which generated almost 4,651 connections back to their programs.

Professional Development

Day of Caring

So far we’ve held five opportunities for volunteer coordinators in 2013: • Hands On Database Trainings • 3 Lunch and Learns: • developing volunteer position descriptions • conducting volunteer interviews and • creating volunteer handbooks • Workshop: volunteer recruitment strategy and social media

In 2013, nearly 900 volunteers from 60 local businesses contributed more than 3,100 hours of volunteer time to complete 64 projects in support of 56 local nonprofits, schools, and public entities. Although it’s impossible to quantify the true value of this service event to the community, the estimated savings to participating organizations is valued at $69,500.

59 local volunteer coordinators attended and: • 100 percent agreed/highly agreed they gained new knowledge or skills • 91 percent felt they gained high/above average knowledge

It is so rewarding (PLUS FUN!) to share a day of caring project with my staff and my volunteers. Last year we hauled what seems like tons of mulch and loved every minute of it.

Volunteers

Agencies

When I moved here to Asheville over 3 years ago, I immediately began volunteering through Hands-On Asheville. I became familiar with the community this way, learned more about my local United Way and even ended up as “Volunteer of the Year” for one of the organizations that I volunteered with!

When we ask how people have heard about us - both volunteers and book donors - we are regularly told that they found us through the Hands On website. Our volunteers say it’s easy to navigate, and they like the calendar feature.

We have been grateful for the continued support and success of our stock-up projects. The project has helped us to be more efficient and it has also helped us to reach out to a larger community with our mission.

The email newletters are what keep me focused on my responsibility to my community.

The newsletter is very well done, reader-friendly, and helpful. I like the format of the calendar (the past days in grey, the current and future days in white, as well as being able to look ahead a month or two). HOA provides a way to contact and express interest in most every type of volunteer/non-profit that a person might be looking for.

This is a wonderful way for us to promote needs for volunteers at all of our sites.

I love the calendar and the newsletter- great organization, very well done. I need to utilize the service more!