Please note: this course is offered as a three part series with individual sessions taking place on June 18, July 2, and July 16, 2-3 p.m., respectively. It is recommended that participants engage in all three sessions.
You only need to purchase ONE ticket per person for the entire series!
For a busy nonprofit professional, effectively managing volunteers can seem challenging - even daunting. These three sessions - with some work on your own in between - will cover the basics for creating a volunteer program or bringing new vitality to an existing one. Join in lively and interactive discussion with colleagues - some new to the profession and others with valuable experiences to share – and leave with ideas you can put into action right away.
The week prior to each one-hour Zoom meeting, you will receive a link to three twelve-minute videos to watch on your own schedule, as well as handouts you may print or have available on another device when we meet for the live session. You can do the preparation whenever it works for you (it will take approximately 90 minutes to complete), but please plan to attend the live session to discuss your ideas and insights with fellow participants.
Thanks to generous funding from United Way of King County, the entire three part series is offered to organizations serving King County Washington for $15, and to the larger community for $45. If this fee is a barrier for you, please contact Jan@501Commons.org.
Session 1 of 3 | Volunteer Management Strategy | Live Discussion on June 18, 2 - 3 pm
Effective volunteer engagement begins with a strong strategy. We will explore the importance of aligning your volunteer management strategy with the mission of your organization and creating a philosophy statement for volunteer engagement. We encourage organizational leadership to participate in this session in addition to those most directly responsible for working with volunteers.
Participants will learn how to:
• Establish why your organization engages volunteers
• Develop a volunteer engagement philosophy statement
Session 2 of 3 | Effective Volunteer Recruitment | Live Discussion on July 2, 2 - 3 pm
We build on the first session by discussing how to develop clear volunteer position descriptions, how to recruit for opportunities through targeted marketing, and how to engage volunteers virtually.
Participants will learn how to:
• Develop great volunteer position descriptions
• Recruit fantastic volunteers
• Engage volunteers virtually
• Strategically match volunteers
Session 3 of 3 | Volunteer Engagement /Live Discussion July 16, 2 - 3 pm
With a solid foundation in place, we dive into supervising for success, recognition approaches that don’t require a huge budget, and evaluating your volunteer program.
Participants will learn how to:
• Orient and train volunteers
• Develop supervisory skills
• Recognize volunteers
• Evaluate your volunteer program
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