Program Benefits
Participants in both options will increase their volunteer engagement and administration knowledge and skill in such topics as recruiting, training, supervision, evaluation, risk management, and recognition.
- Gain ideas from seasoned instructors and colleagues.
- Network with other professionals.
- Learn to
- Identify the steps to successful volunteer engagement.
- Assess the needs for new volunteer positions and of current volunteers.
- Organize a recruiting campaign for a specific style of volunteering, using a volunteer recruiting team.
- Organize a “training” session.
- Work well with difficult volunteers.
- Review motivational theories as they relate to the engagement of three styles of volunteering.
- Understand the reasons for evaluating program, events, or projects.
- Understand methods of collecting information to complete evaluations of program, events, or projects.
- Use the Multi-Paradigm Model of Volunteering Styles.
- Identify the elements of a successful volunteer program
- Screen people as appropriate for placement
- Explore the leadership role of managers of volunteers in relationship to volunteers, their organization, colleagues, and administrators
- Lead and manage in a volunteer setting.
- Effectively supervise volunteers
- Use different recognition techniques for different styles of volunteering.
