How to Utilize Skill Based Volunteers to Strengthen Your Agency

Utilizing volunteers with specialized skills can provide tremendous support for projects that otherwise would be costs for the organization.  But utilizing skilled volunteers calls for a different approach than for the volunteers who will jump in to assist with a special event or help around the office.  To get the most out of a relationship with a skill based volunteer you need to address planning, engagement, orientation, supervision, performance management and involvement.

Professional skills needed by nonprofits include:
- Accounting & Financial Services
- Planning & Organizational Development
- Technology
- Human Resources
- Program Development/Evaluation
- Marketing & PR
- Facilities Planning & Management

Is your organization ready to invest in utilizing skill based volunteers?  In assessing over 1,700 nonprofit organizations, the TCC Group has learned that organizations utilizing over 50 volunteers each year have the greatest impact in their communities.

Join this interactive training to learn how to assess your readiness for skill based volunteers and develop a plan to build your capacity for engaging skilled volunteers.  Presenters from the nonprofit and corporate sector will provide different points of view about how to make the most of skilled volunteers.

At the end of this session you will be able to:
- identify factors important to a successful match
- assess readiness to use highly skilled volunteers
- develop practices that support successful skills based volunteerism