Always By Your Side: Strategies for Success in Volunteer Management

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PATH Intl. CEUs: 6 Riding CR
About:
Join us for a hybrid (in-person and virtual) series for instructors and volunteer coordinators.
You Will Learn:
- Strategic volunteer management strategies such as how to recruit, train, engage, and retain volunteers
- Communication techniques for optimal volunteer relationship building and problem solving
- Instructor training for working with volunteers in and around EAS lessons
- Practical applications to help attendees synthesize and utilize what they’ve learned
In-Person Workshop – “Program Volunteer Management”:
- Includes role plays and is geared towards instructors and program administrators for EAS Programs
- Instructor training for working with volunteers in the barn and arena
- Communication techniques to maximize effectiveness
- Design volunteer trainings to improve skills and volunteer satisfaction
- Tactfully address common volunteer management challenges
Virtual Workshops
- Suitable for any nonprofit that manages volunteers, though will use many EAS-focused examples and activities
- Engage Webinar
- Recruitment, training, and retention
- Fostering volunteer relationships
- Managing volunteers for maximum effectiveness
- Encourage Webinar
- Optimize volunteer skills and support
- Schedule for success
- Manage cancellations and substitutes
- Empower Webinar
- Retaining and empowering volunteers for program sustainability
- Volunteer program evaluation
- Data tracking and more
- Engage Webinar
Visit our webinars webpage to sign up to attend individual webinars, live or on-demand (recorded).
Who should attend?
Anyone who wishes to learn more about volunteer management:
- Volunteer Managers/Coordinators
- Nonprofit Program Administrators
- Therapeutic Riding Instructors
Course Topics will include:
- Instructor training for working with volunteers in the barn and arena
- Communication techniques to maximize effectiveness
- Design volunteer trainings to improve skills and volunteer satisfaction
- Tactfully address common volunteer management challenges
Price Options:
This is the in-person one day lecture in the Volunteer Management Module of the High Hopes Instructor Education Course. This lecture can be taken in three different ways:
- A stand-alone lecture for continuing education purposes.
- As part of the blended learning Volunteer Management Module. (see below)
- As part of the High Hopes Instructor Education Course–a component of the Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor education process.
If you are unsure as to your educational needs or ambitions, please schedule a telephone conversation with our Training & Education team prior to signing up.
Why High Hopes?
HIGH HOPES HAS 47 YEARS OF DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN THE FIELD OF EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES & NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT:
- Program, equine, and facility management.
- Business management, marketing fundraising, and board development.
- Volunteer management. We have over 650 volunteers serving our program, facility, equines and development.
- Workshops, certifications and professional development in all aspects of Equine Assisted Services.
- PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center since 1979.
- PATH Intl. Approved Training Course since 1996.
- PATH Intl. Master, Advanced, and Specialty Certified mentors.
- Full-service indoor and outdoor facility with extensive sensory trails.
- A dedicated air-conditioned classroom, library, and kitchen facility.
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