Scaling Your
Volunteer Interviewing
Join Matt Baxter of WedgeHR and Mark Hopwood of VolunteerMatters for a free one-hour conversation on how nonprofit teams are screening and interviewing volunteers faster, more consistently, and without adding headcount — even when you're managing hundreds of applicants at a time.
Wednesday, August 05, 2026
Managing a high-volume volunteer program?
Bring your questions. Submit them when you register and Matt and Mark will tackle them live during Q&A at the end of the session.
Matt Baxter
Founder & CEO,
WedgeHR
Matt Baxter is the CEO and co-founder of WedgeHR, a platform that helps high-volume organizations screen candidates through short, asynchronous video interviews. He founded his first business at 15 and built WedgeHR directly from the hiring challenges he encountered as an early employer. Under his leadership, WedgeHR has grown to serve hundreds of multi-location organizations across the country, helping teams cut time-to-hire by 50%. Matt was named to Crain's Grand Rapids Business Newsmakers 2025 and is the co-author of "The Hiring Knot," a practical guide to modern recruiting.
Mark Hopwood
Co-Founder,
Volunteer Matters
Matt Baxter is the CEO and co-founder of WedgeHR, a platform that helps high-volume organizations screen candidates through short, asynchronous video interviews. He founded his first business at 15 and built WedgeHR directly from the hiring challenges he encountered as an early employer. Under his leadership, WedgeHR has grown to serve hundreds of multi-location organizations across the country, helping teams cut time-to-hire by 50%. Matt was named to Crain's Grand Rapids Business Newsmakers 2025 and is the co-author of "The Hiring Knot," a practical guide to modern recruiting.
Four things you'll
walk away with.
01
A repeatable
screening process
See how high-volume volunteer programs are building consistent, structured interview processes that don't fall apart when one person is out.
02
What good volunteer fit actually looks like on video
Learn how organizations are using short async video interviews to evaluate motivation, communication, and culture fit before the first in-person conversation.
03
How WedgeHR and VolunteerMatters work together
See how these two tools connect across the volunteer lifecycle — from application to onboarding — so nothing falls through the cracks.
04
Steps you can take
immediately
Whether you're running 50 volunteers or 5,000, you'll leave with practical next steps that work even if you're a team of one.
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