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• Retain, Don't Recruit!

  • When
    05/14/2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join GAVA for an engaging session that explores the transformative potential of volunteer retention in driving sustainable impact within nonprofit organizations. In this interactive workshop, we'll uncover the hidden costs of volunteer turnover and showcase actionable strategies for enhancing retention rates. From cultivating a culture of appreciation to implementing targeted training and development initiatives, attendees will gain valuable insights and practical tools to build resilient volunteer programs that thrive in the long term. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the secrets to maximizing volunteer engagement and amplifying your organization's mission impact.
  
  Bio: Elizabeth Rachchh, CVA, is the Community Engagement Manager for Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), leading volunteers in advocacy locally and on a national level. Rachchh has led volunteers at state and national organizations for four years and has been a lifelong volunteer. She strongly believes that the basis to successful volunteer programs is in relationship-building. Rachchh lives in Columbus GA, with her husband, dog and two cats.
  

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• Other Tasks as Required

  • When
    06/11/2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Leaders of volunteers wear many hats – and volunteer programs often becomes an organization’s catch-all. You probably do everything that doesn’t fit neatly in coworker’s job descriptions! After all, your own job description probably says “Responsible for other tasks as required.” How do you get your main job done – caring for volunteers and leveraging their time to accomplish your organization’s goals – with all these other tasks on your plate? Join us for an honest conversation about managing your side tasks to protect yourself, your volunteers, and your program from the gradual scope creep that affects us all.

  Jared Peer, CVA, leads a Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP through AmeriCorps Seniors) in East Tennessee. He has led volunteers professionally for the past five years, but has volunteered and led volunteers through most of his life. He is passionate about building successful AND sustainable volunteer programs, and about leveraging the power of volunteers to increase our impact on the community. When not at work or volunteering, he loves gardening and building with Lego.

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• Positive Approach to Working with Difficult Behaviors

  • When
    07/09/2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  Each of us has experienced working with volunteers, coworkers, friends, or family that have habits or behaviors that are frustrating. Showing up late for a shift regularly, interrupting a training or presentation to share how what you are saying is wrong, breaking promises to complete certain tasks that risk important deadlines, and the list goes on. This presentation will discuss 6 of the most common difficult behaviors and positive approaches on how to help address and correct these actions to make for a better working environment for everyone.

  Biography: Sidney Enss has over 13 years of volunteer engagement experience and service.  As the Director of Volunteer Engagement, she is responsible for helping to recruit, train, retain and recognize volunteers for all programs the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD) administers across the state. She is also an adjunct professor at Indiana State University teaching a course on Volunteer Engagement for the Nonprofit Leadership Minor.  

  In her spare time, she does what any good volunteer engagement professional would do and volunteers!  She serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Federation for the Aging, directs many events for Special Olympics Tennessee including, the Regional and State basketball tournaments, Bocce Ball for Summer Games, and the Skills Competition at Flag Football, and actively looks for more volunteer opportunities to give back to her community.  
  Sidney has a degree in Recreation and Sport Management from Indiana State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Tennessee State University with certificates in Nonprofit Management from both universities. She completed her Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA) credential in April 2021 and is proud to be counted among some of the top volunteer leaders in the world.

  
  

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