703. People Power: How to Turn Volunteers Into Core Capacity - Sara Lomelin, Nicole Stewart, Nicole R. Smith, CVA, and Susan McPherson

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We're living in the loneliest moment in modern history. And at the same time, people have never been hungrier for hope, for joy, for meaningful connection. Your volunteers are at the center of that tension. And if you're not treating people power as a strategy, you're leaving your mission's most powerful asset on the table. Recorded live at the We Are For Good Summit, this conversation brings together four extraordinary leaders: Susan McPherson , founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies and author of The Lost Art of Connecting; Nicole Stewart , Executive Director of Boston CASA; Nicole R. Smith , Executive Director of ALIVE, the National Professional Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement; and Sara Lomelin , CEO of Philanthropy Together. In this episode, you'll hear: What ALIVE's data shows about organizations that treat volunteers as strategy vs.