WANT TO TAKE YOUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

Registration is now open for Florida Volunteer Administration Certificate, a six week course for a Certificate in Volunteer Administration. The Volunteer Administration Certificate Program course fee of $150 covers all expenses. According to research, the primary reason people stop volunteering is because of poor volunteer management. Take your volunteer program to the next level:

• Learn the next steps to successful volunteer program development

• Develop your volunteer recruitment and supervision skills

• Plan ways to improve your organization’s volunteer program
   

Classes begin on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 and run consecutively each Wednesday morning from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Leon County Community Room. To learn more and/or to register:

DATES:  WEDNESDAY'S
March 16, 23, 30 & April 6, 13, 20 -  8:00am through noon.

SIGN UP:
VolunteerLEON offers the VMTS during the Spring of each year at the Leon County Community Room, in cooperation with Florida Association of Volunteer Centers & United Partners for Human Services. Individuals wanting to register must complete an application and return it with payment to VolunteerLEON.

Complete this application and return by February 22, 2011 to VolunteerLEON

Click here, if you would like to be place on a notification list for the Spring 2010 class.

Click here, for VMTS 2010 brochure.

The case for volunteer Resources management:

1. Volunteers need support and leadership to be most effective and to sustain their commitment and involvement.

2. Volunteers are a necessary and critical resource for healthy communities.

3. Mobilizing citizens to volunteer is very challenging in today’s environment due to competition and lack of discretionary time.

4. Nonprofit and public organizations need help meeting this challenge. They must develop or enhance their capacity (skills, knowledge, abilities) to effectively recruit, focus, and support volunteer resources.

5. Competent leaders and managers build organizational and community capacity to maximize volunteer resources to meet community needs.

Source: Association for Volunteer Management, 2001.