Volunteering Best Practice Guidelines Series: Train and Grow/Feedback and Recognition

Volunteering Best Practice Guidelines Series: Train and Grow/Feedback and Recognition

Boost your skills in training, recognising, and rewarding volunteers. Join this interactive online session to gain fresh ideas, share experiences, and leave with practical tools to strengthen your volunteer programme.

Date: Sep 3

Time: 10am to 11.30am

Cost: $55

Presenter: Heidi Quinn (Volunteering New Zealand)

Location: Zoom

Overview: In this online session, we will focus on Practice Area 4 – Train and Grow Volunteers, and Practice Area 5 – Feedback and Recognition.

Key learnings:

·  Why training is important for volunteers

·  How to recognise and reward volunteers

Outcomes:

·   Greater confidence in training and recognition of volunteers

·   Tailoring recognition to the needs of volunteers

We shall work through guided questions as a group and in break-out sessions. You will have the opportunity to work on these practice areas together – learning from each other and formulating new approaches. It will be interactive and fun!

Takeaway: You will leave with a digital workbook that you can use to help you learn more about and brainstorm new ideas for all 7 Practice Areas.

Audience: These sessions are aimed at people that work with and manage volunteers who are keen to learn more about the Volunteering New Zealand Best Practice Guidelines.

Feedback from previous attendees:

“Thank you so much for the workshop yesterday.  There was so much wonderful information that my head was spinning by the end of the day!  I was concerned beforehand that it would be geared towards larger organisations but you made it very practical for small communities and groups such as ours.”

“That was a very helpful session, thanks very much!”

“Thanks to you all and especially Room 1 peeps, awesome to connect with you and learn together, today.”

“Thank you from North Haven Hospice Whangārei!  Great to share and learn!”