Why Nobody Wants to Volunteer Anymore

Why are volunteers becoming harder to find? What really happens behind the scenes of a successful event? And how do event planners stay calm when everything starts going wrong?

In this episode of Coffee with Genny B on the U Multicultural Channel, host Genny Sacco-Bak speaks with corporate event planner Tiffany Creaghe-Harder about the realities of event planning, community leadership, volunteer engagement, risk management, and turning great ideas into unforgettable experiences.

From growing a community event from 35 attendees to more than 500 guests, to handling unexpected setbacks in real time, this conversation reveals the skills, resilience, and creativity required to make events successful.

If you're interested in event planning, volunteering, community building, leadership, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work, this episode is packed with practical insights and inspiring stories.

Timecodes
0:00 Volunteers are hard to get nowadays, I'm not going to lie
2:10 "My job is to pull that together and make that a reality"
3:20 "Maybe they're just bigger than the budget"
4:13 Why she spent years volunteering before doing it professionally
5:53 The bold idea that turned a struggling event into a huge success
6:41 From 250 expected guests to more than 500 showing up
8:13 The event where absolutely everything went wrong
10:23 "I'm interested in fixing the problem and fixing the problem only"
16:25 "People are just feeling the stress of everything"
23:00 "Something is going to go wrong at every event"