Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.

In Module 4, Intake & Onboarding, on January 13th from 9 a.m. to noon, you’ll learn how to create systems to screen, place, orient, and train volunteers. This includes techniques for interviewing and matching volunteers with positions, designing effective volunteer orientation, and assessing and meeting volunteer training needs.

Objectives

Create systems to screen, place, orient and train volunteers:

• Define techniques for screening, interviewing and matching volunteers with positions.
• Describe the difference between and importance of orienting and training volunteers and staff.
• Design effective volunteer orientation.
• Assess training needs and design training to equip volunteers and staff.

Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.

In Module 3, Opportunities & Outreach, on November 11th from 9 a.m. to noon, you’ll acquire the tools to attract the volunteers you need by examining trends in volunteerism and how they might inform opportunities and outreach, developing position descriptions with a Volunteer Experience Lens, exploring targeted recruitment concepts, and developing an Outreach Strategy.

Objective

Acquire tools to get the volunteers you need in the door:

• Examine trends in volunteerism and how they might inform opportunities and outreach.
• Develop position descriptions with a Volunteer Experience Lens.
• Explore targeted recruitment concepts and consider potential audiences.
• Develop an Outreach Strategy.

Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.

In Module 2, Planning for Volunteer Engagement, on October 14th from 9 a.m. to noon, you’ll start planning how and where volunteers fit in your organization. You'll learn about each step of volunteer engagement, how to conduct a Volunteer Engagement Assessment, risks to consider when deciding how to engage volunteers, and the resources and support needed to engage volunteers effectively.

Objectives

Start planning for how and where volunteers fit in our organizations:

• Describe the many steps of volunteer engagement.
• Learn how to conduct a Volunteer Engagement Assessment.
• Consider risk when deciding how to engage volunteers.
• Identify resources and support needed to effectively engage volunteers.