Volunteers are a fundamental part of our American fabric, and they play an important role in our community. Volunteer activities can include anything from caring for children, feeding the homeless, and rescuing animals to protecting our natural resources and environment. This training explores not only the many roles that volunteers can take on within your charitable program, but also how to plan for your volunteers, how to locate volunteers, how to mitigate legal issues surrounding volunteers, and finally how to value and retain volunteers.
What you’ll learn:
- Why people volunteer.
- Various volunteer types and roles.
- How to plan an effective volunteer recruitment strategy.
- About voluntarism laws.
- Policies of practice that protect the volunteer and the organization.
- How to develop volunteer management and retention practices.
- Where to find additional resources for working with volunteers.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Cheryl Smith is a seasoned nonprofit expert with more than 25 years of hands-on experience in the nonprofit sector. She is the CEO of Dewlyn Nonprofit Services -- a small consulting firm located in metro Atlanta that provides nonprofit start-up, training, strategic planning, and grant-writing services for nonprofit leaders across the nation each year. In addition, as a national trainer, Cheryl provides nonprofit workshops for universities, financial institutions, faith-based organizations, nonprofit associations, and SCORE chapters across the country. Each year, these workshops help thousands of nonprofit and small business leaders receive guidance for establishing and scaling their charitable and business efforts.
Cheryl believes that if we work together, we can have an amazing world. And her personal and professional mission in life is to help nonprofit leaders actualize their missions and achieve this great potential.
