Now rescheduled to: May 8, 2012, 8:30-10:30am

“Volunteers are the heart of our organization.”  As leaders, we’ve all heard this- we have probably even uttered it.  And there is truth to this sentiment.  Volunteers are the fuel for many organizations’ crucial programming. But many organizations devote too little time, support and resources, especially from the executive director and board, to most effectively tap and sustain their volunteer workforce.  Many organizations leave volunteer development to the volunteer coordinator’s domain rather than seeing volunteers as a strategic resource to be considered and strengthened with leadership attention. When did your board last focus attention on volunteers as a strategic human resource for your organization?

The most effective organizations have always seen volunteer engagement as a core strategy and resource for accomplishing mission. In these times of increasingly scarce financial resources, volunteers are one resource that is not decreasing. Successful organizations are leveraging volunteers as ambassadors for their mission, using their professional skills to augment that of staff, and developing the internal capacity needed to harness the full potential of volunteers.

Drawing from lessons and tips of leaders of the 36 organizations that went through United Way’s 2010 and 2011 Volunteer Impact Program, this seminar will help organization leaders, both executive directors and board members, better understand their critical role in raising the profile of their organization’s volunteer engagement efforts and identify steps they can take to ramp up volunteer involvement efforts and engage volunteers for impact.

Trainer:  Nikki Russell, Volunteer Management Trainer, United Way of King County. Lead trainer for Volunteer Impact Program.

This is part of our board partnership series, a forum for executive directors and board chairs or other board members to network with colleagues, learn about specific governance topics and discuss issues facing their organizations.

Cost: $25 per person
We encourage two or more from your board to attend together.

For questions, call 206.461.3727 or email us at workshops@uwkc.org.

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