Get Forms | Performance Data | Directories | Store | Important Documents

National Volunteer Month is a great time to increase volunteer recruitment in your local community. Focus on recruiting and recognition on your website, emails, and other marketing channels.

Be sure to tune into the monthly Marketing Training Webinar on April 13 at 2:00 pm Eastern to learn about various volunteer recruitment strategies and best practices.

In the fall of FY21, we partnered with select volunteers to produce five videos to help new and prospective volunteers learn more about the volunteer experience. You can find the videos with tips on how to use them on the Volunteer Recruitment Toolkit page of the Support Center.

Utilize the email template titled, “National Volunteer Month,” under the SCORE 3GE tab to send a recruiting email to your newsletter subscribers. Feel free to add additional information to this template for a more local feel.

Press Release

Submit a press release on the topic of national volunteer month by using the “FY21 Impact Data / National Volunteer Month,” press release template the External Relations Team created for chapter use. You can find this template on the Press Release Templates page on the Support Center.

Field Marketing Editorial Calendar

Check out the Field Marketing Editorial Calendar for additional ideas and resources around volunteer recruitment. This calendar also includes the HQ email schedule, relevant images for monthly themes, SCORE Social Media Content Calendar, VolunteerMatch updates, and more!

Alexis leads and supports field marketing efforts. Her projects include the management of chapter VolunteerMatch accounts, creating marketing toolkits for the field, Getty Images support, maintaining the marketing tools on the support center, and other major marketing initiatives. She also oversees the marketing@score.org email address.

In her free time, she loves to explore the outdoors and go hiking. She is planning her first trip to Zion National Park in Utah this spring to hike and take lots and lots of pictures.

Older surveys in Constant Contact have been stopped and are no longer functional. If your chapter is currently utilizing these surveys, please be sure to check your survey link; most likely, you will need to re-create the survey in the new format.

All old surveys will be removed in May, and you will no longer have access to the data. We recommend exporting any survey data you wish to retain, if needed. Please email marketing@score.org if you have any questions.

If you can get into your account and would like instructions on how to add new users to your account, click here.

Visit www.score.org/pr to see SCORE’s press releases.

Nearly two years into the pandemic, more than half of small businesses report being in fair or poor financial condition, according to a March 8 SCORE press release. Most small businesses have not applied for loans, even though 54% of entrepreneurs who didn't apply for loans needed funds. Of the small business owners who did apply for outside financing, 63% used those funds to meet basic needs such as wages, rent and inventory costs, rather than to grow their company. This press release was picked up by 321 publications, including Yahoo Finance and MarketWatch, for a total potential audience of 196+ million.

SCORE is mentioned an average of 1,000 times per month in national and local media. Check out some of our latest media mentions: www.score.org/news.

In this Washington Post article, Rick Lehrer - SCORE client, entrepreneur, and baby boomer - discusses how he was mentored by SCORE NYC mentor Norm Sherman in order to come up with a succession plan for his business as he transitioned into the retirement chapter of his business journey.

SCORE’s Vice President of Marketing Candice Stennett was featured in this NerdWallet article, as she weighs in on the best ways small business owners can improve their website.

SCORE’s Social Media Team is excited to announce the implementation of a NEW Social Media Chair role in Engage. Volunteer profiles marked as the Social Media Chair for their chapter will receive all social media-related news, updates and announcements from SCORE national.

Are you the main point of contact for social media at your chapter? Fill out this quick form, and we will add Social Media Chair to your profile in Engage! Deadline: April 22.

After April 22, the assignment and management of this role will be the responsibility of the chapter. You can learn more about how to assign and remove positions in Engage here.

Effective for all travel beginning April 1^st 2022, SCORE will be implementing the following minor changes to our existing travel policy. We are updating these policies to ensure that volunteers are being appropriately compensated for their travel expenses and to remain in compliance with our Federal Award Terms and Conditions.

SCORE is increasing its personal vehicle mileage reimbursement to be the GSA privately-owned vehicle rate, currently at $.585/mile (March 31st and earlier remains at $.25/mile). The rate will be set annually by SCORE management. The Form 14 will automatically calculate this updated rate for the traveler. Please note that the difference between the IRS charity volunteer mileage rate of $0.14 and the reimbursed rate is taxable income to volunteers. SCORE is required to issue tax form 1099-NEC to a volunteer when the difference is $600 or more during a calendar year. Please see our Support Center Page on Reimbursements for additional details.

To satisfy our federal award requirements SCORE will be requiring the traveler to provide price comparisons (e.g. Kayak or Expedia screenshot) showing that they have examined at least three reasonable and comparable lodging accommodations. This documentation is required ONLY IF:

a)  The traveler is being reimbursed with federal award (restricted) funds; AND

b)  The lodging rate exceeds the posted GSA Rate

Please find additional details under the lodging section of the Form 14 - Volunteer Reimbursement Expense Report & Check Request Form – Support Center.

Wednesday, April 13 | 2pm ET

Join the Marketing Team to learn about various volunteer recruitment strategies and best practices. Topics will include reviewing a new volunteer recruitment video toolkit, how to recruit on VolunteerMatch and get optimal views, ways to highlight volunteers and recruiting on chapter websites, and more! We will also have time at the end for Q&A.

The Webmaster Training Webinar will touch on volunteer recruitment website strategies, but will primarily be an open Q&A session.

Please submit any website questions you may have through the following form: Webmaster Webinar Q&A Form.

Join SCORE’s social media team to learn how to better manage your chapter’s social media platforms, increase engagement and grow your followers. This hour-long monthly webinar includes an opportunity to ask questions and get answers to your pressing social questions!