Training
Effective Onboarding of Volunteers
Having an effective onboarding process for your volunteers can improve your retention and increase your organization’s impact in your community. Here’s a template to help.
Read MoreInstructional Design for Volunteer Training
Instructional design can be a great way to not only improve your training but also help you see untapped potential in volunteers. I broke one method down for you.
Read MoreSupercharge Your Volunteer Training
Are volunteers grumbling about taking training? It’s a common problem. Here are the four most common reasons volunteers dislike training, and four tips to supercharge your volunteer training.
Read MoreEnforcing Boundaries
Enforcing boundaries is hard for many leaders of volunteers, but it’s a vital part of having a fair, smoothly-operating volunteer program. And to protecting your mental health!
Read MoreVolunteer Burnout
Volunteer burnout is endemic in the not-for-profit world. But it’s completely preventable, if you’re willing to do what it takes. And, honestly, that’s not very much! Here are the steps you need to take.
Read MoreMotivating Volunteers
By using the insights from Dan Pink’s TED talk “The Puzzle of Motivation”, you can find ways of motivating volunteers to do even the boring and unpleasant tasks you need done.
Read MoreGood Volunteer Training Needs Stories
Volunteers can sometimes push back about the amount or type of training required. Telling stories can both demonstrate the training’s importance and help them remember it.
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