JFFixler Group’s live training provides a deep, collaborative team experience. Live training is offered on a variety of volunteer engagement topics, and all workshops are customized to meet the needs of specific audiences. The length of workshops generally ranges from 1.5 hours to a full day, and may be offered in a series.

Workshop topics may include:

Volunteer Trends and Issues

• Overview of economic and political trends impacting volunteering
• The volunteer asset in an uncertain economy
• Understanding today's new generations of volunteers

Structuring for Innovation

• Shifting from a culture of volunteer management to a culture of volunteer engagement
• Steps to volunteer engagement
• Needs and readiness assessment
• Volunteer engagement task force
• Transitions and managing change
• Critical intervention points
• Changing staff and volunteer roles

Mapping the Volunteer Engagement Initiative

• Creating volunteer engagement Work Plans
• Effectively using Progress Reports
• Developing powerful Position Descriptions

Developing Connections

• Creating Case Statements for high-impact volunteer engagement
• Creating self-directed teams
• Inspiring entrepreneurial volunteers

Creating the Collaboration

• Targeted recruitment
• Volunteers leading change
• Motivational styles
• Interviewing and finding the fit

Nurturing the Relationship

• Support versus supervision
• Volunteer benefits
• Acknowledgment and sustainability

Strategic Planning for Volunteer Engagement

• Strategic planning as a capacity-building tool
• Steps to strategic planning
• Cornerstones: Mission, Vision, Values
• Critical issues identification
• Core elements
• Evaluation

Engaging Volunteer Facilitators for Change

• Planning and Cultivation: Getting the Right People at the Table
• Preparation: Preparing Facilitators and Cultivating Volunteer Leaders
• Innovating Change in Volunteer Engagement