My Nonprofit Reviews

"Volunteer New York" recently held a really innovative event... or at least, I had never heard of it being done before. They called it "Board Member Speed Dating." It was a very informative, also fun event at which representatives from local not-for-profits sat at tables around the room, while members of the community who felt they might be in a position to join the organization's volunteer team circulated from one table to another in 12-minute increments. It was really well thought-out. I enjoyed each of my 5 "dates"!! and wish there were more hours in the day so I could follow up with them all. A GREAT way to quickly determine who you might like to volunteer with. Very professionally run: business attire, advance copies of resumes requested from us, prep info folders provided to us, brief social hour followed for networking and business card exchange. Fantastic event! I will definitely watch for it next year and enthusiastically recommend it to my personal network.