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Resources to Build Strong Volunteer Teams

Expert guidance on everything you need to lead volunteers, including resources for recruiting, retaining, and recognizing volunteers who support your mission.

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WEBINARS

Free webinars for leaders of volunteers

Sign up for an upcoming webinar hosted by Jennifer Bennett, CVA to find expert tips and guidance on managing a volunteer program.

If you can’t make the live event, check back here to view the webinar recordings, slides, and resources.

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Upcoming Webinars

Back to Basics Workshop Series

In this workshop series you'll have the opportunity to take a look at the foundation pieces for volunteer engagement in your organization. We'll explore what work is currently being done by volunteers, and what work could, or should, be done by volunteers. And, we'll discuss how policies and expectations for how volunteers, paid staff, and clients interact can create an environment that supports and celebrates that work.

Each of these workshops will build on the content in the previous sessions, if you aren't able to attend live please plan on reviewing the previous recordings before attending a session.

Back to Basics: Kick Off

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Back to Basics: Planning for Volunteer Engagement

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Back to Basics: Designing the Work

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Back to Basics: Creating the Framework

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Back to Basics: Putting the Pieces Together

Tuesday, August 11th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

In this final workshop in the Back to Basic series you'll have the opportunity to explore how all of the previous workshops come together to create a strong foundation for volunteer engagement and impact-driven volunteer work. From here you may want to explore previous, recorded workshop series on topics like recruitment, or relationship building. Each of these workshops will build on the content in the previous sessions, if you aren't able to attend live please plan on reviewing the previous recordings before attending a session.

Volunteer Recruitment Workshop Series

This workshop series will walk you through the steps for designing compelling, targeted recruitment messaging for your volunteer opportunities. The Kick Off will outline some of the current trends and challenges in recruiting volunteers and the following workshops will do a deep dive into Position Descriptions, Volunteer Personas, building targeted recruitment messages, using Idealist to recruit, and designing a follow-up communication plan. If you aren't able to attend live, please register to receive the recording and resources from each workshop.

Volunteer Recruitment: Kick Off

Thursday, September 10th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Volunteer Recruitment: Volunteer Position Descriptions

Thursday, September 17th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Volunteer Recruitment: Volunteer Personas

Thursday, September 24th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Volunteer Recruitment: Recruitment Messaging

Thursday, October 1st | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Volunteer Recruitment: Recruiting on Idealist

Thursday, October 8th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Volunteer Recruitment: Follow-Up Communications

Thursday, October 15th | 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern

Is Everyone Welcome Toolkit Series

Join us for webinars specifically designed to help you put the Is Everyone Welcome Tools into practice in your organization.

From Intention to Action: Using "Inspire, Hire, Train, Retain" to Support Disability Inclusion in Volunteer Engagement

Thursday, October 22nd | 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern

Learn more about and register for the ongoing Volunteering Redefined webinar series here!

Past Webinars

How can we ensure that when a volunteer joins our organization they feel respected, valued, and like they belong? In this workshop series we'll explore the role that your organization's environment plays in creating a strong connection with a volunteer. How staff and decision-makers support and view volunteers can make a big difference - in either a positive or negative way. We'll discuss what we can do to ensure that you're creating an organization culture that elevates and celebrates volunteers. We'll also cover how to involve volunteers in decision-making in your organization to be sure that even small changes are expected and respected. And, we'll discuss when - and how - to make the decision to let a volunteer go. Each of these workshops will build on the content in the previous sessions, if you aren't able to attend live please plan on reviewing the previous recordings before attending a session.

Managing and Supporting Volunteers Kick Off

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Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement

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Managing Changes and Volunteer Transitions

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When Things Don't Go as Planned

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Ethics and Decision Making When Leading Volunteers

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Volunteering Redefined

Engaging older adult volunteers in student success for 2026

Be a part of a new Learning Community designed specifically for leaders of volunteers engaging older adults in student success. 

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Is Everyone Welcome Toolkit

Build a more inclusive volunteer program

The Is Everyone Welcome? Toolkit contains best practices for promoting equity in volunteer administration.

The toolkit is an outcome of the Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Inclusion (ADEVI) project, a partnership between Arizona State University (ASU), and the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA), with support from AmeriCorps.

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