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As one of my volunteer commitments to the community, I teach the following in-depth and mini-workshops to nonprofit organizations on an as-available basis. Other than an up-front flat fee to cover travel expenses (if any), I do not seek compensation for this service.
In this List of Workshops |
| Title | Description | Audience, Format, and Length |
| A Crash Course in Volunteer Leadership | Leadership is a combination of many characteristics:
practical interpersonal skills, management skills, personal commitment and values, and
self-esteem. This day-long workshop explores each. By asking how you might respond to a
variety of leadership dilemmas, you’ll explore:
As you explore these issues, you’ll learn practical techniques and helpful insights to guide you in future endeavors as a community leader. |
Audience: Officers, board members, committee
managers, staff and senior volunteers of nonprofits. Format: Seminar. Length: Full-day , ideally taken at the beginning of a term of office. |
| Where You've Been and Where You're Going--Evaluation for the Smaller Nonprofit (workshop length) | How well are you meeting clients' needs and your board's vision? If you decide to add new services, which ones should you consider and how might they be received? This workshop shows you how to unearth the answers to these questions. It presents a framework for analyzing and evaluating your organization and its programming as well as practical analysis and evaluation techniques you can use. Course material is reinforced through exercises and demonstrations. | Audience: Board members, committee managers,
staff, and senior volunteers of nonprofits. Format: Seminar. Length: Half-day |
| Title | Description | Audience, Format, and Length |
| How to Avoid Volunteer Burnout | Learn to recognize the signs of burnout before they occur, and identify strategies for avoiding the burnout of volunteers, including hiring staff to handle administrative and ritual duties. | Audience: Lay leadership of nonprofits. Format: Conference presentation, or in-house technical vitality seminar. Length: 60-90 minutes. |
| Ideas for Efficient, Effective Board Interactions | Identify techniques for effectively starting the Board year, efficiently managing Board meetings, effectively handling personnel challenges that might arise, and effectively planning the transition to the next Board. | Audience: Board members of nonprofits. Format: Conference presentation, or in-house technical vitality seminar. Length: 60-90 minutes. |
| The Volunteer Connection--Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers: | Learn techniques for recruiting volunteers, "setting them up for success" in their positions, and showing appropriate appreciation for their contributions. Also learn how to handle those situations in which you cannot recruit a volunteer to handle a task. | Audience: Volunteer leaders and managers of
nonprofits. Format: Conference presentation, or in-house technical vitality seminar. Length: 60-90 minutes. |
| Newsletters 101 | Explains how to plan and publish newsletters that increase members' commitment to the organization as well as techniques that make the workload manageable. | Audience: Volunteer staff of newsletters for
nonprofit organizations. Format: Conference presentation, or in-house technical vitality seminar. Length: 60-90 minutes. |
| Educational Programs 101 | Explains how to plan and produce programs that appeal to members' intellectual and emotional needs, as well as create a sense of community among members. Also explains how to plan programs within budgets, and how to establish priorities. | Audience: Members of program committees for
nonprofit organizations. Format: Conference presentation, or in-house technical vitality seminar. Length: 60-90 minutes. |
To learn more about my qualifications, check my bio and resume.
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