Volunteerism: Recruitment to Retention
Volunteerism is a valuable way for people to contribute to nonprofit organizations. It is becoming increasingly popular among students, retirees, and employees of corporations. Volunteering helps every party involved as it gives much-needed support to nonprofits while offering volunteers tools that can impact their career choices and their lives. People volunteer for many reasons. Some hold specific causes close to their hearts and want to make a difference. In contrast, others hope to gain skills and experience or want to connect with individuals associated with an organization. Volunteering requires a certain kind of person who is empathetic, open-minded, confident, adaptable, and available to get involved. Volunteers can be individuals who work side by side with paid staff contributing what they can. They can be the unpaid staff who start a non-profit. They may help out for a day or for years.. Board members are unpaid volunteers at non-profit organizations, which agencies are legally required to have. This course will explore ways to find volunteers, review volunteer motivation, provide volunteer orientation and training, ways to manage volunteers, and methods of engaging, retaining, and, if needed, encouraging volunteers to leave.
You'll Walk Away with
- An understanding of the importance of volunteerism
- How to identify varied types of volunteers Multiple ways to recruit volunteers
- How to orient and train volunteers
- Advice from experienced volunteer managers
- An understanding of the importance of board members
- Methods of engaging, stewarding, and retaining volunteers
- How to evaluate volunteers
- Ways to encourage unhelpful volunteers to leave
Ideal for
- Nonprofit leaders and staff who are responsible for recruiting and/or managing volunteers
- Activists and community organizers interested in cultivating and activating networks
NO open sections available for this course at the moment. Please check back next semester.