281. How to Mobilize Volunteers + Grow Holistic Generosity - Rob Peabody
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Overview
Meet Rob. After witnessing how complicated it could be to do good, he had a vision of making volunteering easier through the use of technology. VOMO takes away all the extra time that goes into managing volunteer events making it simple for you and your teammates to get involved in your own community. After this convo, you know we got nothing but FOMO for VOMO😜
💡Learn:
How to leverage technology to power our volunteers
What volunteers are looking for today & how can we better engage them
How VOMO power volunteer management and organization online
Case study examples of how VOMO powered philanthropy through volunteerism
Today’s Guest
Rob Peabody, Co-Founder and CEO of VOMO
“If we can give the whole gamut of opportunity to serve the mission and objectives of this nonprofit, and unlock holistic generosity, that’s really going to move the needle forward and change our communities, and our families and our nation.”
Episode Transcript
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Episode highlights
Rob’s story and journey to where he is today (3:30)
The story and inspiration behind the founding of VOMO (9:00)
Case Study: The story of VOMO + Stand Together + 1Day LA partnership to bring a new, innovative volunteer platform to Los Angeles (14:00)
VOMO’s scope of work and how someone would utilize the platform (17:00)
What a volunteers want today: what they are looking for and how can we as organizations better engage them and give them meaningful experiences (23:00)
Case study of an organization that found success engaging and equipping their volunteers through VOMO (27:00)
Redefining generosity to include a more holistic approach for today's giver (32:00)
A powerful story of philanthropy in Rob’s life (37:00)
Rob’s One Good Thing: Advancement and change only happens when we take risks. (42:00)
powerful quotes
“But I just finished seminary and I had a holy discontent, in a sense where I couldn't reconcile what I was studying and learning and teaching with what I was seeing happening. It wasn't bad things but it felt like we as a people did not know how to engage with those who didn't look, think or act like us.” -Rob
“I just naively booked a meeting with the mayor of our city and I said, “Hey, what are your biggest needs in the community because I feel like we've we're well resourced to be addressing the injustices and issues in our local community.” -Rob
“He said, “Number one, I've never been asked this by a pastor before”, which was very eye opening and shocking to me. And then secondly, he said, “Did you realize that there are Title One schools, literally two miles from your church?”” -Rob
“We were able to connect the dots between the people in the church and the people who want to do good with those who desperately needed it.” -Rob
“We're also helping people to to discover their their right next best step to go start serving, and it can be an on ramp to a lot of the nonprofits that we serve, who can get discovered.” -Rob
“I really believe that like society, and individuals and society, they they want to live for something bigger than themselves, right?” -Rob
“Over the years, there hasn't been much innovation in the nonprofit space compared to other verticals. And so we've made things a lot harder than they need to be a lot of times.” -Rob
“If we can start knocking down those hurdles and those walls, we should be able to have a system where those who want to go do good. And the nonprofits who need to receive the help that that should be married up. It'd be pretty simple. And so that's been the mission for us.” -Rob
“But now, we've got the ability to unlock holistic generosity for our nonprofits. And so now the conversation is about, hey, let's look at the individual what what is the best next step for them? What do they have to deploy? What generation are they in? What are they interested in? What are their passions? And let's get them on that journey that on ramp to the nonprofit and then you're gonna get their heart when it's connected, right and unlocks everything, right?” -Rob
“The one thing that can bring us all together is serving and loving and doing good for our neighbor, right? That's what it means to be American and how we've set up this nation.” -Rob
“If we can be a part of unlocking more people to give of themselves, whether it's their pocket and checkbook, or it's worth their time, then we want to be a part of unlocking that.” -Rob
“I really believe that this is the future of of nonprofits and the future of platforms and technology that are serving nonprofits. We've got to get there because we do this in the rest of our lives, so why am I in the nonprofit space where we can see the most good happen.” -Rob
“If we can give the whole gamut of opportunity to serve the mission and objectives of this nonprofit, and unlock holistic generosity, that's, that's really going to move the needle forward and change our communities, and our families and our nation.” -Rob
“I would say, for me, it's paid off many, many times to take a risk, I fully wholeheartedly believe that advancement and change only happens when we take risks.” -Rob
“Especially for the work that we do as nonprofit leaders, we've got to be looking beyond the status quo and doing the same things over and over again.” -Rob
“We have to be in a posture of being willing to take a risk and if there are others in our organization that we can share with. So it makes it a little bit easier because we can collectively take the risk together. I want to encourage that because I think that's what we need. And that's what drives us forward.” -Rob
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