September Workshop - Raising the Bar! Strategically Recruit, Retain & Engage Retired Professionals

Raising the Bar! Strategically Recruit, Retain & Engage Retired Professionals

Loudoun County AAA’s 2012 n4a award-winning best practice, A Comprehensive Volunteer Handbook, is a critical tool to enhance your volunteer program. By professionally representing the agency’s mission, expectations, and commitment to meaningful volunteer placement and supervision, this handbook greatly increased effectiveness of service delivery through a 146% increase in volunteers (from 284 to over 700) and led to a volunteer satisfaction rate of 94%! Receive access to the 2018 volunteer handbook and an implementation guide. This contains 30 position descriptions, including five position descriptions that offer a virtual or periodic opportunity to engage high level, retired professionals in search of a flexible schedule, plus a self-evaluation performance instrument for each position. The template handbook provides an outstanding foundation to develop, adapt or modify your handbook into a comprehensive, professionally designed guide, based on your community needs.

•  Learn how to attract and tailor positions for retired professionals and other high quality volunteers
• Receive tips and discuss ways to engage professional retirees as volunteers
•  Learn seven steps to replicate a professionally written & designed volunteer handbook, even with limited financial resources & effort
• Access and practice using FREE resources to jumpstart the process

Presenter: Debra Bressler, CVA

Debra Bressler has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and holds a Certification in Volunteer Administration (C.V.A). She is a trainer for Excellence in Volunteer Management training series for which she has trained 302 community volunteer managers.  She has been a national presenter since 2007.