Volunteer Programs Do Not Pay for Themselves

It’s true that volunteers do not have payroll or fringe benefits directly associated with the talents they bring to your programs and administrative tasks. However, there are usually budget line items necessary to create and sustain a volunteer program. Most corporate, private donor, and grant funding are designated for program activities. Join us for this workshop featuring easy-to-implement strategies to help cover your volunteer initiatives.

This hands-on 2-hour workshop increases organizational capacity building, facilitates nonprofit employees’ or other team members’ professional development, offers an opportunity to elevate and focus messages, and is content you won’t learn anywhere else!

You’ll understand:

• The concept that “free” volunteer labor does have costsA basic budget for your volunteer program
• Creating segments of volunteer value and how they impact the budget

You’ll learn:

• To prioritize segments of your volunteer value for funding needs
• Multiple ways to easily leverage volunteer value to secure funding for volunteer- related expenses
• How to research and identify opportunities across diversified funding streams
• Effortless approaches to communicate the value to elevate messages for volunteer funding

You’ll leave:

• Confidence in adding your volunteer program expenses in the funding and revenue strategies
• With a library of words and phrases for your mission and programs that authentically leverage the volunteer value
• With worksheets, examples, and templates to streamline using your new knowledgeWith a professionally developed tool to share with coworkers, leadership, board
• members, and even volunteers
• With an opportunity to leverage 30 minutes of free, one-on-one follow-up with the workshop instructor