Strategic Planning for Volunteer Programs

About the Workshop: 

Coordinating volunteers takes time, effort, and constant attention to detail. But sometimes the daily tasks of volunteer management can get in the way of the big-picture evaluation and planning that is crucial to the future success of your volunteer program. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical techniques to improve their volunteer program through strategic planning, including:

• Evaluating your current volunteer program – what’s working and what’s not
• Performing a needs analysis – ensuring your volunteer program is meeting relevant needs
• Using job factoring to discover new opportunities for volunteer engagement
• Creating SMART Goals for your volunteer program
• Streamlining your volunteer management processes for maximum efficiency and effectiveness
• Creating annual volunteer recruitment and retention strategies
• Aligning the mission of your volunteer program with your organization’s mission
• Creating volunteer reports – and how to use them for strategic planning

Participants will leave the workshop with a comprehensive understanding of best practices for creating strategic volunteer management plans and how to apply these techniques to their own organization.

This is a virtual workshop.

About the Presenter: 

Julie Strassman is an experienced volunteer engagement professional and educator, dedicated to helping organizations build mutually beneficial relationships with volunteers. Julie is the Manager of Support Services for Bethesda Hospice Care and has over a decade of experience in volunteer engagement. She passionately believes in utilizing best practices to create and sustain volunteer programs that mutually benefit organizations and their volunteers.

Julie currently serves with the Greater St. Louis Hospice Organization (GSLHO) Volunteer Coordinator Cohort. She has served on the board of the Metropolitan Volunteer Management Association (MVMA) as the VP of Programming, and was awarded MVMA’s Volunteer Director of the Year in 2019.  She has also 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, CASA, YNPN, Nonprofit Marketers – STL, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Lindenwood University, University of Missouri – St. Louis, and the We Raise Foundation.

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