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Volunteer Management 101
November 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$65Volunteer Management 101
About the Workshop:
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
- Volunteer intake (application, interview, background, check, etc.) and orientation
- Volunteer job descriptions, handbooks, release forms, and other essential documents
- Volunteer retention and appreciation
Participants will leave the workshop with a comprehensive understanding of basic volunteer engagement best practices, plus excellent resources to help them design and/or update their volunteer engagement program.
This is an in-person workshop at Network for Strong Communities (8050 Watson Rd).
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.
Register for this workshop here.