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Nov 21 2024: United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2024: Navigating Feedback for Volunteer Managers with Nicole R. Smith
Oct 28, 2024 by UWBC Volunteer Engagement TeamOne important aspect of stakeholder retention (interns, volunteers, employees, donors etc.) is having the sense of being "heard", knowing their voice and ideas are valued. One way to accomplish this is by strategically navigating feedback.This helps to build trust and ultimately increase retention.
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September 24, 2024 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2024: Erin Spink
Sep 9, 2024In a time of declining and changing volunteerism, retaining current volunteers is crucial to avoid a constant need for recruitment. Understanding what drives retention today will help set you up for success as you engage volunteers. This workshop will review research-backed strategies for retention and how to manage expectations with today's volunteers.
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Yes, sign me up! Recruiting United Way BC Volunteers
Jun 26, 2024To learn more about how to motivate prospective volunteers....
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Volunteer Onboarding: Ways to Encourage Commitment
Aug 16, 2023The experience of new volunteers can be full of conflicting emotions, such as surprise, anxiety or ambiguity. Onboarding is a critical step that can help your new volunteers navigate these emotions and have a smoother experience from the start. Once volunteers are more comfortable in their roles they tend to perform their duties better, and enjoy volunteering more. A strategic and thoughtful approach to onboarding can help your volunteers have a better experience through their entire journey at your organization. A poor (or nonexistent) onboarding experience can lead to a revolving door of disappointed volunteers.
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Recognizing and Rewarding Your Volunteers
Jul 12, 2023Volunteer recognition is an important piece of developing and maintaining relationships with your volunteers. When you view recognition as just one tool in your overall strategy of volunteer stewardship, you are able to integrate recognition tools more consistently. Volunteers who have a more consistent experience of feeling recognized tend to have a more favourable view of the organization, and are inclined to volunteer longer term.
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Establishing a Strong Volunteer Screening Process
Jun 14, 2023Screening is a vital tool in the volunteer recruitment process to ensure that the volunteer is a good fit for the position. This entails not only if the volunteer is willing, able and interested in doing the tasks which are part of the position, but generally fitting into your organization��"�s culture and expectations.
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Creating an Effective Mission Statement
May 25, 2023A mission statement is the foundation for any volunteer program. It serves as a simple and effective way of sharing your organizations purpose and goals. It often is one of the things that a prospective volunteer will be aware of when evaluating where to volunteer, so your statement should be able to capture their attention and draw them in. A mission statement must offer a clear sense of your program��"�s purpose.
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October 31 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2023: Sydney Budgeon
May 1, 2023Join us to learn how to run a successful mentorship program with diverse participants.
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December 5 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2023: Lindsay Baker & Deb Young
May 1, 2023Position Descriptions & Targeted Recruitment: learn why position descriptions are a foundational piece & how they connect to all the other aspects of volunteer engagement from risk management to recruitment to retention. Use a position description to craft a targeted recruitment plan & messages. We will include templates for position descriptions, risk assessments, recruitment plans and more. A variety of tips, tools, techniques will be shared.
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November 21 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2023: Sydney Kuo
May 1, 2023In this webinar, we will explore how to utilize activities to enhance your training sessions, including: What kind of activities should you consider? How can they make your training sessions better? What can you learn about your volunteers from their participation? How can activities contribute to volunteer retention?
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November 7 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2023: Erin McLean
May 1, 2023Powerful Questions - Volunteer Engagement & Beyond. Work smarter with the answers you get though the questions you ask. Based upon an article written for e-Volunteerism's training designs section (now called the Engage Journal). Includes tangible tips and applications. We will take attendees through the creation and application of powerful questions to each stage of the volunteer cycle, from position design to supervision and evaluation
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September 19 - United Way Volunteer Management Workshop Series 2023: Sarah Olivieri
May 1, 2023Learn how to get more done in less time and reclaim your sanity.
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