Volunteer Management
WORKSHOPS - TRAINING - WEBINARS
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Free Volunteer Educational Opportunities
May-Jun 2024
| In our commitment to support area Volunteer Directors, Managers, Coordinators, and other volunteer engagement leaders, we are proud to present these volunteer management educational opportunities to you at no cost. | |
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Volunteer Recruitment at Fairs, Festivals and Other Community Events
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
2:00 – 3:00PM EDT
Seeking new volunteers at community gatherings seem like a sure thing…until you try it. Just by setting up a table, you can mine for gold (volunteers) and strike it rich. Other times, you can come up empty and your precious time was wasted. How do you determine whether this opportunity is a road to success or doomed for failure? We recommend you think this opportunity through, set a strategy, priorities, expectations, and outcomes! The webinar will discuss what to include for an effective exhibit, the importance of gathering the right materials to tell your story, preparing a team to staff for maximum outreach and set reasonable measures for investment vs. outcome goals. We will talk about all this and more at this newest webinar from Volunteer Fairfax.
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The Volunteer Manager’s Essential Inventory: Policies, Documents, Data and More
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
9:30 – 10:00AM EDT
Is your volunteer program always ready for anything? Let’s discuss the essential documents, policies, data points and communications vehicles you should have in place. Take an inventory of what has been developed as well as what still needs to be written, tweaked or revised. This is a great opportunity to stop and take stock of your volunteer program.
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Volunteer Management Basic Boot Camp
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
2:00 – 3:00PM EDT
Build a foundation or sharpen your volunteer management skills with a Volunteer Management Boot Camp! This webinar covers the basics of the volunteer management cycle. We include the volunteer management cycle: planning, recruitment, orientation, supervision, evaluation, and celebration! Whether new to volunteer management or are just in need of a basics refresher, this opportunity is a great one for you. Your summer interns are also welcome to attend!
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Thinking About Becoming a Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA)?
Thursday, June 20, 2024
12:00 – 1:00PM EDT
Have you thought about the next step in your volunteer management career? Could becoming a Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA) be a part of your vision? To prepare for the October 2024 exam (or beyond), now may be the right time to make the first step. Hear about general information as well as from those who went through the process: preparation, sitting for the test and the benefits of becoming a CVA! Speakers will be Susan Sanow, CVA, Senior Manager, Volunteer Management Education (2020) and Suzanne Hough, CVA, Director of Volunteer Engagement, FACETS (2021).
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Volunteer Management BOOK CLUB - Making Numbers County by Chip Heath and Karla Starr
Thursday, June 27, 2024
2:00 – 3:00PM EDT
Whether you love math or not, as the leaders of volunteer programs we are the keeper of the numbers. Are you crunching data to tell your volunteer stats story? Let’s read Making Numbers Count by Chip Heath and Karla Starr and discuss how we can use our data to inform ourselves, as well as our volunteers, colleagues, board, funders, community and more. The book addresses the value of numbers in the world. Let’s talk about making these numbers count when leading volunteers. Our special guest discussion co-leader will be Erin Spink, a Volunteer Engagement leader who is passionate about helping fellow leaders of volunteers identify and use metrics to enhance their work. Erin is founder of spinktank. Read the book, reflect and join us for the discussion! Available on Amazon ($13.29) Kindle ($7.49) or at your local bookstore.
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Dial-in information will be provided to you prior to the webinar. If you have any questions about Volunteer Fairfax’s educational opportunities, just ask! Contact Susan Sanow.
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Trainings offered by Volunteer Fairfax may be used to meet the requirements for applying for or renewing the Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential. One Professional Development Unit (PDU) is awarded for each 60-minute session in topics related to volunteer resources management. For more details about the CVA program and renewal requirements, visit CVAcert.org or email info@CVAcert.org | | | | |
