The ROOST - The Place for All Things Volunteer

In this episode, Tara and Kathy chat with Tiffany Zhang about San Diego,  CA's return to in person. We hit the REQUIREMENTS but we also move into  the next few Rs of the Roadmap to Re-entry: Reach Out, Reconnect, and  Re-engage!

Roost Team Co-Lead interviews Mark Hensley, ASD for Community Outreach and Advocacy along with Helen Mack, Executive Council Volunteer  (Triad Region, Winston-Salem, NC) discuss this AARP grant awarded program.  Find out how to partner with FitLot to develop this innovative program.

This podcast shares how Minnesota kept advocacy volunteers engaged  during the Pandemic and how they are reengaging volunteers with new and  revised advocacy kits mailed to the volunteer's home and includes not  just current and pertinent advocacy materials, but also includes a  special thank you gift.

Will Stoner, Kathy Kines, Tara Shaver, and Cristina Anastasio discuss the roadmap to our return to in-person volunteering. Over the next few episodes, the team will take a deeper dive into the different "Rs" so you will have a guide when you are raring to go!

​The Volunteer Fast Track  is a series of three info packed sessions designed for our fellow AARP volunteers to hit the ground running as soon as you become volunteers. It is also for existing AARP volunteers who want to catch up on all the latest and brush up on all your options as volunteers. There is so much great info in these sessions, we suggest all volunteers take them. They are f...

Lillian S. Lee chats with Emily Ingram, AARP Arkansas, ASD, Community Outreach and Lee Gordon, AARP Arkansas Lead Volunteer and AARP Arkansas Executive Council Member.  They share their in-person meeting Summit. Their fall meeting(s) was innovative, creative, and a safe way to conduct in-person meetings in groups of six or less volunteers. 

Recorded on October 6 from 3:00-4:15 ET Session Purpose: To help states think strategically about the virtual volunteer teams they’d like to create in 2022, and showcase those that have already been created as inspiration. Featuring volunteers and staff from NM, IN, CT, and FL. 

Webinars offering connection and emotional support to volunteers during these challenging times.

SHOW LESS In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver talks with Outreach Director, Jeannie Tucker, and volunteer leaders Mary Roberge, Stephanye Schuyler, and Marc Lacroix, about the early primary work in New Hampshire. The work started a full year before the 2020 primaries and the volunteer team captains ensured we showed up at more than 300 events!

OVE's Tara Shaver chats with AARP NC Mountain Region's Rebecca Chaplin, Kim Dickens, and Gretchen Badra about the quick pivot they made from in person events to virtual. 

OVE's Tara Shaver chats with AARP NC Mountain Region's Rebecca Chaplin, Bob Tomasulo, and Alan Briggs about how they pivoted their work with community partners during the pandemic. 

This audio is stripped from a video, which was originally broadcast live on Facebook.com, showcases virtual volunteering opportunities through AARP's Create the Good with Office of Volunteer Engagement Advisor Carole Ricks.

Interview with volunteer Deborah Turner of Kentucky about the 360 Volunteer Engagement Idea Exchange

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver chats with the Jeff Abramo about the new opportunity for virtual volunteering: Digital Fraud Fighters.

In this special edition, Tara talks with Jenn Baier about our role in the 2020 Census. We discuss what's new with the census, why the census is so important, and how we can help ensure everyone has the opportunity to be counted.  Whether you are a staffer or a volunteer, you can help raise awareness in your community.   Find more resources at aarp.org/census   Every household will h...

In this episode, Tara chats with Robin in NE and Mark in NC about a unique opportunity they had to connect and share (with their volunteer partners) during a visit to Greensboro, NC.

This is the recording from the Dec 19, 2019 information session for our 2020 Teams Intensive. This course is by invitation only and is primarily targeted to folks who completed The AARP Way in 2019 (Letting Go and Inviting Volunteers into Leadership). You must have a volunteer partner to participate. The deadline to express interest is January 15, 2020.

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver chats with Hawai'i's Jackie Boland about a fresh approach to starting or relaunching a community-based volunteer team. Jackie and OCE's Beau Ballinger were awarded the GOLD in the Q3 Promising Practices Recognition Program in 2019.

In this episode, OVE's Tara Shaver talks with Nancy Andersen (MT) about her efforts to cultivate “community ambassadors.” These folks are volunteers in rural areas who represent AARP in their communities.  Participating volunteers draw on resources that meet the interests and opportunities in their communities. At this point, they are mostly ‘one man bands’ but the hope is that, over time, th...

OVE Advisor, Tara Shaver, interviews Maine’s Jay Els about his experiences engaging volunteers in advocacy and in their Age-Friendly work throughout the state.

OVE Advisor, Tara Shaver, chats with Seth Boffeli of the Fraud team about some of the tools and resources available internally to help identify and engage prospective volunteers in rural areas and more. This edition was inspired by Seth’s AARP Talk at the AARP All-Staff 2019.

Volunteer Engagement Advisor Tara Shaver chats with Nebraska Outreach Director Robin Szwanek about her experience building a community-based volunteer team in Hastings and Grand Island, Nebraska.

The Roost is a new way for AARP staff and volunteers to more easily connect with great content on “all things volunteer.”   OVE's Tara Shaver is keeping it rural - with episodes focused on volunteer engagement in non-urban areas.  The Roost: The Place for All Things Volunteer is available by podcast and video so you can connect when it is convenient for you.    To connect...

This podcast will connect you to today's leaders in volunteer recruitment, engagement and development.  You will hear from real people who are experts in the field.  Join us regularly to take your volunteer work to the next level.