Volunteer Management Training

Whether you are brand new to volunteer management or an old pro, Volunteer Frederick’s Volunteer Program Management Training Series will help sharpen your skills, and connect you with other area volunteer program managers. Our series provides in-depth, low-cost, local training workshops, as well as volunteer manager networking and discussion groups throughout the year.

Workshops are $25 per person. Please pay fees in advance; make checks payable to Volunteer Frederick. Questions? Please call (301) 663-5214 or email info@volunteerfrederick.org.

About our Training Series

Unlike previous years, the 2007 training series will consist of four workshops comprised of three sessions: Best Practices for Volunteer Management, Maximizing Your Relationship with Volunteer Frederick and Getting Your Priority Needs Met During a Disaster. You can choose to attend one, two or all three sessions! If you would like more in-depth information on a specific topic, personlized agency trainings, either on-site or at Volunteer Frederick, are also available!

• First Hour - Best Practices for Volunteer Management

  This workshop provides an overview of the elements needed for a successful volunteer program including: planning and organizing, developing policies and procedures, recruitment, screening and placing, orientation and training, supervising, evaluating and retention. These topics will each be touched on briefly. For more in-depth information on a certain topic, please contact Volunteer Frederick to register for the Volunteer Management and Training Conference in September.

• Second Hour - Maximizing Your Relationship with Volunteer Frederick

  This workshop will provide an overview of Volunteer Frederick’s programs and services that can support your agency’s volunteer program. It includes a demonstration of how to use our on-line volunteer recruitment and management tool and describes our Partner Agency program and its benefits.

• Third Hour - Getting your priority volunteer needs met during a disaster by utilizing volunteer mobilization centers

  This workshop will cover all aspects of the county-wide Volunteer Mobilization Centers (VMC’s). Come learn how to have your disaster needs met quickly. Also learn how VMC’s are staffed and how volunteer managers can play a pivotal role in the event of an emergency.

Location and dates for 2007: TBA

2007 Volunteer Management & Service Learning Conference Workshops

Liability Issues in Volunteer Management - Provide practical guidelines to help you understand the major law related topics that affect volunteer program management. Volunteers and Maryland Law; Board Member Liability; Responsibility; Risk Management Strategies; Personnel Issues; and Special Needs and Risks associated with Special Populations.

Volunteer Recruitment and Screening - Writing strategic position descriptions, selling the benefits and features of a volunteer position; matching the right people to the right jobs and checking potential volunteers’ credentials.

Volunteer Motivation, Retention and Recognition - Guiding and supporting volunteers; keeping your volunteer program fresh; effective communication; ways to keep your volunteers coming back; ensuring volunteers feel rewarded; reasons and procedures for dismissing problem volunteers.

Measuring Program Effectiveness and Evaluating Volunteers - Importance of evaluation; assessing agency’s readiness level to evaluate program; deciding what to track; collecting data; turning data into findings; using findings to improve your program; conducting volunteer evaluation discussions.

Agencies + Schools = Service Learning - Understanding service learning, the core elements of effective service learning projects, and the barriers for involving youth as volunteers. Assessing agency readiness for service learning, and learning how to connect with service learning programs at Volunteer Frederick and Frederick County schools and colleges.