Volunteer

Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers can also pose some major challenges. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for managing the most difficult challenges that volunteer coordinators often face, including: Ethical and legal challenges in volunteering - theft, harassment, conflict of ...

Do your volunteers have untapped potential? Join UMSL and MVMA for a fast-paced, interactive workshop on developing your volunteers into more engaged, invested supporters of your organization! Instructor Rick Skinner joined the United Way of Greater St. Louis in 1999 and is the Vice President of the Volunteer Center. He is responsible for the leading the nation’s second oldest volunteer center ...

Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers also involves potential risks to your organization, the people you serve, and even to the volunteers themselves. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for volunteer program risk management, including: Identifying risks to your volunteers, organization, ...

Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers can also pose some serious interpersonal challenges. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for managing the most difficult interpersonal challenges that volunteer coordinators often face, including: Creating and enforcing clear expectations for volunteer behavior Designing ...

Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways:  time, resources, connections, and more.  But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs?  In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment, such as: Designing your recruitment strategy Creating targeted recruitment communications Writing attractive recruitment appeals Sweetening the deal:  volunteer-benefits-centered recruitment Utilizing ...

This class will explore various new, low cost, and free resources to help you recruit, communicate with, and inspire volunteers. Topics: Tips & Tricks for Using Digital Media to Recruit Volunteers - presented by Katie Stuckenschneider, Marketing & Digital Media Manager at Forest Park. Do the Hustle! - Learn about Hustle, an effective peer-to-peer text messaging tool to reach volunteers quickly and ...

Both volunteers and paid staff are crucial to the success of your organization, but how can you create and maintain a culture in which they all feel supported, valued, and part of the mission? This interactive workshop will explore best practices to help foster good working relationships between volunteers and staff. Participants will learn practical techniques for: Addressing and overcoming ...

Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways:  time, resources, connections, and more.  But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged?  In this interactive workshop, we will discuss best practices for the basics of volunteer engagement, such as: Volunteer recruitment ...

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 ...

In these challenging times, it's crucial to focus on appreciating and retaining your volunteers! This interactive workshop will be an in-depth exploration of best practices for volunteer appreciation and retention. We'll identify ways to motivate and retain volunteers through our daily engagement practices, as well as specific appreciation techniques. Participants will also learn how to craft a strategic plan for ...