Volunteer Management Basics Training

If your organization needs help recruiting volunteers and you want to make sure those you recruit will volunteer again, then the Volunteer Management Basics workshop can help.  This introductory course gives participants an overview of basic volunteer management procedures in developing their volunteer program.  Participants are encouraged to use the information as a foundation to strengthen their program and to accomplish their mission within their own communities.

This three-hour training is designed for newcomers to volunteer management who are managing or supervising volunteers in local agencies, schools, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations and agencies.  Based on theory and interactive exercises, participants explore trends in the field, and link the motivations of individual volunteers with their recruitment plan.
The session includes:

• why people volunteer,
• motivational theory,
• supervisory skills
• risk management,
• design of volunteer applications,
• volunteer evaluation and recognition. 

Upon completion of the training participants will have a greater understanding of their role as the leader of volunteers and how they can develop an effective, planned program of recruitment, supervision and recognition.

Volunteers are the greatest resource in West Virginia communities creating the solutions that will make a difference for today and for the future.  Organizations cannot waste the time, talent or gifts of this resource through ineffective programming, inadequate organizational structure, or poor utilization of volunteers.

The Volunteer Management Basics curriculum was developed for the WV Commission for National and Community Service by members of the WV Association for Volunteer Administration (WVAVA) and Trudy Seita, Trudy Seita Associates.  WVAVA is an organization whose purpose is to promote professionalism and strengthen leadership in volunteerism.

Visit the SkillBuilder section of our website to learn more about current Volunteer Management Basics Training in your area. 

To request Volunteer Management Basics training in your community, please contact Moya Doneghy at 304-558-0111 mdoneghy@mail.state.wv.us or Patrick Nestor 304-269-5100 pinestor@mail.wvu.edu .