Building a Great Volunteer Program

Course Overview: (Download as PDF)

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe how the five integrated parts of a volunteer management system can help you build a great volunteer program.
• Illustrate how to prepare your organization for volunteers.
• Design new volunteer positions or revise existing ones.
• Use a variety of methods for finding new volunteers.
• List the tools used in the screening process.
• Support your volunteers so they stay with your organization for a long as possible.
  
  
• Download full Course Curriculum in Adobe PDF format.
  
  

Downloadable Resources:

• 20 downloadable resources in this course
• Free sample resource (PDF): Position description template
  
  

Course Level/Prerequisites/Certification Credits:

• Introductory level.
• Take the optional final quiz. If you pass with 70% or more, you can download a Campus Certificate of Completion.
• Participation in the course is applicable for 2 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
• Continuing education certification-eligible through the Professional Administrators of
  Volunteer Resources - Ontario (PAVR-O).
  
  

Duration:

• This course is on-demand, meaning that you can take it anytime, at your own pace.
• The course takes approximately 2 hours to complete from start to finish, but you have access for 3 months. Take it all at once. Take it in 15-minute bites. Take breaks between each module. Come back in a month for a refresher. It's entirely flexible and up to you!
  
  

Price: $127 per user; 3 month access (check for specials)

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Course Author: Donna Lockart of The Rethink Group

User Feedback:

"I have been employed in the field of volunteer administration for 31 years (since 1977) and I have to say e-learning is a great way to learn. The course "Building A Great Volunteer Program" covers all the basics of the 3Rs, Recruitment, Retention and Recognition of volunteers. For seasoned practitioners of Volunteer Mnagaement it is a great refresher course. Way to go Charity Village, you have done a great job; I will be taking more of your courses."

--Colin Thacker, Coordinator of Volunteer Services
Northeast Mental Health Centre

-- Helen Smits,
Foundation of Resources for Teens (FORT), Grimsby, ON

"I loved this course [Building a Great Volunteer Program]! It is well set-up, the content is sufficient but not too much and it gives the student good resources and future actions/ behaviors to consider. Kudos to the designers and to all of you at CV for allowing us access to this great resource! Now I'm hooked - I've already found 4 other courses that I'm planning on taking."

-- Tara Egan, Lanark, ON

"I have just completed the course on 'Building a Great Volunteer Program' and have successfully printed out the certificate. This is my first e-learning course. The course was very easy to follow, audio definitely helped take out the boredom of learning from books, links were clear, print size and format excellent, and content wise, wonderful for a newcomer into the world of charity work, like me. Part one of my pursuit for a paper credential in this sector has been accomplished."

-- Nancy Cheong, Edmonton, AB

Excellent course [Building a Great Volunteer Program] - immediately usable at all stages - will definitely be taking other courses and will suggest the same to others. Thank you.

-- Debbie Barnhart, Minden, ON

Great course [Building a Great Volunteer Program] -- thank you! The resources are quite useful.

-- Aleks Vasic

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