Elements of Volunteer Management
This course is designed for newly hired World Relief Volunteer Coordinators/Managers and any other World Relief staff who will onboard, manage and supervise volunteers.
Welcome to Your eLearning Course!
Host Welcome
Introduction to the Course
Introduction to Volunteering
What Does Volunteering Mean to You?
What Does it Mean to Volunteer?
Benefits & Challenges of Volunteering
Why People Volunteer
A Case for Volunteers
Trends in Volunteering
Assessing the Trends
5 Elements of Volunteer Management
Identify the 5 Elements
What Would You Do?
The Big Picture
Manager Qualities
Core Competencies for Volunteer Managers
Action Steps
Introduction to Planning
What Would You Do?
Outcomes of the Planning Process
Creating the Operations Plan
Philosophy & Context
Scan Your Environment
Risk Management Planning
Risk Assessment Template
Targets, Goals & Outcomes
Understanding Volunteer Engagement in Service Delivery
Charting Service Delivery
Conducting a Needs Analysis
Other Planning Factors
Who is Responsible?
Implementing & Evaluating Your Plan
Action Steps
Recap of 5 Elements
Why is Role Clarity Important?
Describing Volunteer Roles
Review Your Roles
Summarizing Volunteer Roles
Recruiting Volunteers
Objections to Volunteering
Equity in Volunteering
Let's Debunk Some Myths
Moving Towards Equity
Engaging Immigrant Communities
Recruitment Takeaways
Action Steps
Introduction to Volunteer Oonboarding
Application Follow Ups
What's the Volunteer Onboarding Sequence?
Volunteer Onboarding Process
Orientation & Training
True or False
Volunteering is Like Skydiving
Reflection- Orientation & Training
Key Questions for Orientations
What's Covered in the Orientation?
What's Covered in Training?
Mind the Gaps!
Action Steps
Introduction to Supervising
Importance of Supervision
Personal Experience
The Influence of a Supervisor
What Makes a Good Supervisor?
Steps in Supervising Volunteers
Define & Communicate Expectations
Guide & Support Volunteers
Care for the Person
Diversity in Supervision
Elements of Volunteer Work Plans
Communicating Results & Outcomes
Giving Constructive Feedback
Giving Constructive Feedback
Recognizing Your Volunteers
What's Your Experience?
Recognition Ideas
How to Retain Volunteers
Action Steps