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Description
Volunteers are at the heart of nearly every nonprofit group. Whether they are the engine that drives the entire organization, or a valuable supplement to paid staff skills, you need an effective system to manage this essential resource. The CharityVillage Campus course on Building a Great Volunteer Program will take you about 2 hours to complete on your own. Written by Donna Lockhart of The Rethink Group, it's loaded with terrific information and twenty bonus resources. As with all CharityVillage Campus courses, you'll have access along the way to helpful downloadable resources as well as short, optional self-tests to help you make sure that you're retaining what you're learning. When you've finished the course, you can take an optional final quiz. If you achieve 70% or more on the quiz, you can download a certificate of completion.
Audience
Designed for anyone who wants to develop a great volunteer program in their organization, whether it's driven by staff or other volunteers.
Prerequisites
None
Objective
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Describe how the five integrated parts of a volunteer management system can help you build a great volunteer program.
- Illustrate how to prepare your organization for volunteers.
- Design new volunteer positions or revise existing ones.
- Use a variety of methods for finding new volunteers.
- List the tools used in the screening process.
- Support your volunteers so they stay with your organization for as long as possible.
Topics Include
- The valuable contribution of volunteers
- Building an effective volunteer program
- Relationship-building and providing support
- A professional approach to your volunteer program
- The five components of a volunteer management system
- Getting your organization ready for volunteers
- Position descriptions
- The interview process
- Guidance through supervision
- When volunteers leave
- Recognition
- Retention strategies
Duration
2 hours
Minimum Requirements
Windows:
Windows 98 SE or newer operating system
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
Macromedia Flash Player 7
Windows Media Player 9
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
Internet connection (Broadband suggested)
Minimum screen resolution of 800x600, 1024x768 or higher recommended
Sound card and speakers or headphones recommended
Macintosh:
Mac OS X 10.2 or newer operating system
Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
Macromedia Flash Player 7
QuickTime 5
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
Internet connection (Broadband suggested)
Minimum screen resolution of 800x600, 1024x768 or higher recommended
Speakers or headphones recommended
Media
Web Based Training
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