What motivates your organization to run programs with volunteers? The volunteer workforce can be an important resource to support your nonprofit’s programs and mission. How can you make the most out of the time supporters donate? And how can you recruit and retain volunteers to increase the impact of your organization?
This workshop is designed for small and mid-sized nonprofits. Whether you want to refresh your memory on volunteer management strategies or learn new ideas to expand your impact, this workshop will help you think through research-supported designs of volunteer programs.
Attendees of this workshop will learn:
- The principles and practices of volunteer management
- The difference between charity-based and transformative service
- The theories behind social change, serendipitous, and entrepreneurial volunteer programs
- The seven steps of the human resource management model for volunteer management
The workshop is designed to be interactive for you to share your own successes and challenges. Learn from the presenter and your peers in this engaging, two-hour workshop on volunteer management!
Event Details
This session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants after the live event.
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State Association Partners
This event is presented in partnership with, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, Association of Kansas Nonprofits, Common Good Vermont, Kentucky Nonprofit Network, Maine Association of Nonprofits, Nonprofit Association of the Midlands, North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, and West Virginia Nonprofit Association.
Speaker Information
Bradley Wolfe (he/him) is a communication instructor at Ridgewater College, and he has been teaching college communication courses since 2014. He currently serves on the board of MNAdopt. Bradley has previously served as executive director of a small nonprofit and as the Southwest Minnesota Regional Coordinator for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. In addition to his expertise in conflict management, his academic work includes publications and conference presentations on service-learning, equity in education, nonprofit leadership, queer studies, and video games. Bradley holds a Ph.D. degree.