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Revitalizing Your Volunteer Programs: New Models, New People, New Strategies

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Time: 9:30 AM - 4 PM
Location: Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave., Lacey, WA

Its is getting harder and harder to find volunteers. What's happening? Spend the day with nationally known author and trainer Nancy Macduff as she leads us in a lively exploration of the issues facing those who manage volunteers. Explore a new model of volunteering based on how people are asking to volunteer. Review the practical strategies for recruiting and managing traditional and non-traditional forms of volunteering. Go home with practical ideas to enhance your volunteer program.

The Authors: Jill Friedman Fixler and Sandie Eichber, with Gail Lorenz, CVA
Publisher: VolunteerMatch

The hot issue of the moment is harnessing the energy of the baby boom volunteers who are starting to hit their retirement years. This book, published by VolunteerMatch, the online volunteer recruiting site, and written by experienced trainers in the field of volunteerism is a practical guide to engaging volunteers.

Training in Tacoma, WA in September

Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

In today’s market different people want different things in their volunteering choices. Are you aiming your recruiting efforts at bringing in the people you need? What does your Web site say to different types of people and their volunteering choices for your organization? Here is a workshop that focuses on streamlining an existing recruiting effort to attract people with different skills and interests. Do some volunteer task analysis to expand the engagement of volunteers. Get feedback on your current recruiting strategies. Plan a campaign to recruit a specific type of volunteer. All enrollees must bring print information used in the recruiting effort—brochure, flyer, or copy of Web page aimed at recruitment.

Managing the Challenging Volunteer

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

1:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Most volunteers are amiable people ready and willing to do the tasks at hand. Some volunteers, however, present creative challenges, some are bossy, some do not follow the guidelines, and some are just plain cranky. Managing volunteers who present difficulties is likely the most challenging part of the volunteer administrators task. How to cope with the “difficult” volunteer.

This workshop distinguishes between those who are creative and how to effectively channel that creativity and those who are detrimental to the overall program. Discuss with your colleagues strategies to handle your challenges in managing people. Start with some background on what motivates people to Sponsor: The Nonprofit Center of Tacoma and South Puget Sound
For registration information contact: http://www.npcenter.org/ or 253-272-5844

Trainer: Nancy Macduffvolunteer and go away with new ideas or practical tips on how to cope with that challenging volunteer.

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