March 2011 Everyone Ready Volunteer Managememnt Topic now online: Demonstrating the Impact of Volunteer Involvement
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As of March 21, the latest Everyone Ready® online volunteer management training topic, Demonstrating the Impact of Volunteer Involvement is now available. All AFS-USA volunteers and staff can access the monthly Everyone Ready® topics online, via the "Resources" tab in Global Link.
Explore ways to prove that volunteers make a substantive difference in the work of your organization, including how to generate reports that impress, educate, and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
Learning Objectives
After completing this seminar and discussing its content, participants will be able to:
- Identify the stakeholders of volunteer engagement and what each needs to know to understand the importance of volunteers to the organization.
- Select criteria, data, or benchmarks to evaluate level of accomplishment.
- Produce reports of various kinds that win support.
- "Tell the story" of volunteer contributions in ways that matter to different audiences.
Upcoming "Everyone Ready" topics are as follows:
- Informal Volunteer Recognition: Creating a Culture of Appreciation, Self-Instruction Guide, Apr 2011
- 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
