April 2011 Everyone Ready Volunteer Management Topic now online: Informal Volunteer Recognition: Creating a Culture of Appreciation

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The latest Everyone Ready® online volunteer management training topic, Informal Volunteer Recognition: Creating a Culture of Appreciation became available on Monday, April 18. All AFS-USA volunteers and staff can access the monthly Everyone Ready® topics online, via the "Resources" tab in Global Link.

This Guide looks at the art of informal volunteer recognition and explores a multitude of ways to create a culture of appreciation that can boost the morale of volunteers and paid staff.

Learning Objectives

After reading this Guide and discussing its content, participants will be able to:

• Explain the difference between formal and informal recognition, and why informal recognition is essential.
• Understand how a volunteer’s motivational orientation affects how s/he responds to different types of recognition.
• Know how to relate different methods of informal recognition to the intensity of the volunteer assignments.
• Provide meaningful recognition for both short-term and long-term volunteers.

This topic will be the main Everyone Ready topic through Sunday, May 15. On May 16, the new topic, "Volunteer-related issues in risk management" will launch. At that time, the Informal Volunteer Recognition topic will be moved to the Archived Topics section of the "Everyone Ready" main page.

Upcoming "Everyone Ready" topics are as follows:

• Volunteer-related Issues in Risk Management, Seminar, May 2011
• Just a Click Away: Making the Most of Volunteer Resources on the Web, Self-Instruction Guide, Jun 2011
• Welcoming Diversity in Volunteer Participation, Seminar, Jul 2011
• OUR Volunteer Program: The Management Team Approach to Enhancing Volunteer Programs, Self-Instruction Guide, Aug 2011
• Designing Work for Today's Volunteers, Seminar, Sep 2011
• It Takes Two to Tango: Building Successful Relationships Between Volunteers and Paid Staff, Self-Instruction Guide, Oct 2011
• Keeping Volunteers Motivated (So They Stay!), Seminar, Nov 2011
• Turning Single Days of Service into Longer Volunteer Involvement, Self-Instruction Guide, Dec 2011
• Building and Sustaining Strong Volunteer Leadership, Seminar, Jan 2012
• Reports with Clout: Showing the Impact of Volunteers, Self-Instruction Guide, Feb 2012

See Also

• AFS-USA Volunteer Recognition Committee
• AFS-USA Volunteer Recognition Plan