Coordinating Volunteers For Large Events

Many nonprofits utilize volunteers to help them host events, such as festivals, 5K runs, fundraisers, and community engagement gatherings.  But how do you best recruit, organize, train, and supervise volunteers for your organization’s large events?  In this interactive workshop, we’ll cover everything you need to know to effectively coordinate volunteers for your next event, including:

• Getting started:  planning to implement volunteers into events
• Designing suitable volunteer positions for events
• Creating effective volunteer schedules
• Recruiting event volunteers
• Addressing screening/liability issues with event volunteers
• Training event volunteers
• Supervising event volunteers
• Covering all your bases – planning for the unexpected
• Appreciating event volunteers
• Retaining event volunteers

And more!  
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of coordinating volunteers for large events, plus have the opportunity for knowledge-sharing and practical problem solving with community colleagues.
About the Presenter:   Julie Strassman
Julie Strassman is an experienced volunteer engagement professional and educator, dedicated to helping organizations build mutually beneficial relationships with volunteers.  She currently works as the Volunteer Coordinator with Bethesda Hospice Care.  Previously, she worked with Kingdom House, where she achieved volunteer engagement goals such as a 78% increase in volunteer groups over 2 years.  She passionately believes in engaging volunteers to not only help meet an organization’s immediate needs for service, but their ongoing needs for financial support and community buy-in.
Julie currently serves on the Board of the Metropolitan Volunteer Management Association (MVMA) as the VP of Programming, and has served on the Certification Committee for the United Way of Greater St. Louis’  Volunteer Center.  She has presented on volunteer engagement best practices for many local and national nonprofit organizations, including MVMA, Send Me St. Louis, We Raise Foundation (previously Wheat Ridge Ministries), and the Episcopal Service Corps.