Volunteer Training Tools

Books on this topic

Training Design archive of e-Volunteerism

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• Get Your Life Organized! - Skit #2, from the book The Time of Your Life
• Getting Together Icebreakers and Group Energizers from Getting Together

• Ice-Breakers, Event Openers, And Team Building Activities for Committees, Boards, and Volunteer Staff Meetings, by Tom McKee

• Myths and Facts about Partnerships Between Adults and Youth from Working Shoulder to Shoulder
• Orientation and Training of Event Volunteers from How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events
• Redefine Evaluation, from The Great Trainer's Guide
• The Room from Secrets of Successful Retreats
• Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program, from Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program
• Effective Event Signs, from the book Organizing Special Events and Conferences
• Simple Facilitation Tricks to Enliven Any Presentation, by Terrie Temkin from Enhance, the newsletter of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
• So, You've Been Put in Charge of the Nametags, by Scott Ginsburg
• Training Design and Content, from the book Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers
• Working Together 55 Team Games from Working Together

Free electronic books on this topic:

Facilitated Discussions:  A Volunteer Management Workbook, guide from Volunteer Canada on how to consult stakeholders in the development, design, delivery or review of service and programs (37-pg. PDF)

How to Run a Workshop, by Maeve Moynihan, Jean-Jaques Guilbert, Bryan Walker, and Adi Walker of Network Learning. This 35-page manual guides activists through the decision-making and action procedures of running a workshop. It includes planning the workshop content, planning the administration and facilitating and running the workshop. (PDF)

Web sites with information on this topic:

Charity Days UK

http://www.ukcharitydays.co.uk/

Fascinating program in the UK offering a group of professional trainers who have volunteered to give their time free of charge to registered charities to help them "ake a bigger difference by making the training budget go further."

ChristianVolunteering.org Training Materials

http://christianvolunteering.org/register.do?method=showTraining

Online registry of Christian volunteer opportunities run through TechMission, this site offers a variety of free training materials for volunteers and program managers, including PowerPoint shows, videos, Webcasts, and templates.

ConventionPlanIt Stellar Tips

http://www.conventionplanit.com/modules.php?name=Stellar_Tip_Archives

Archive of dozens of practical tips from professional convention planners that are applicable to any conference or training event.

Creating Training that Motivates

http://seniortechcenter.org/learning_paths/training/start_

lesson/creating_training_motivate.php

Instructional strategies to motivate learners by building confidence with early successes, demonstrating value and relevance, engaging learners in solving real problems that they care about, and allowing them to discover, explore, and share.  Written for Senior Corps but universally applicable.

Hello, My Name is Scott

http://www.hellomynameisscott.com

Unusual, funny, and wise Web site devoted to the power and uses of nametags (yes, nametags).  See the free article section.

Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management Teaching Center

http://www.inom-trc.org/

A comprehensive source of free nonprofit management teaching cases, course syllabi that are available for use by teachers, trainers, consultants, practitioners, and students to enhance the development of nonprofit management education.

NVSC Training Materials Database

http://www.nvsc.org.uk/groups/database/

Wide range of free learning materials from Australia's National Volunteer Skills Centre.

Online Learning White Papers and Case Studies

http://www.isophinstitute.com/whitepapers.aspx

An E-Learning Primer and various discussions about how e-learning can be best be used by nonprofits, from the Isoph Institute.

SALTO Training Toolbox
http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-tool/
Large number of group training exercises on all aspects of diversity and youth action from.

Story at Work.com/Golden Fleece

http://www.storyatwork.com/key_resources/key_resources.html#tools

Site devoted to organizational storytelling as a tool to building community, orienting new members, and passing on organizational values and culture.

Training Games

http://www.thiagi.com/games.html

60+ fun group learning activities from consultant/trainer Thiagi.  See also his "Tips for Facilitators": http://www.thiagi.com/tips.html

Voluntary Matters 1+2

http://www.voluntarymatters1and2.org/people/volunteers/index.html

Voluntary Matters 3

http://www.voluntarymatters3.org/index.html

Online learning sites supporting community television programmes of The Media Trust in the UK, focused on volunteer management.  Innovative use of case studies, discussion questions, off-line activities, and resources.

Volunteers: The Backbone of Community Initiatives

http://preventiontraining.samhsa.gov/CTW18/Ctw18ttl.htm

Training design for 6 modules on volunteer management, including trainer notes and participant manual.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Relevant Hot Topic essays:

•   Reinventing Conferences - Sept '98

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM :

http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_training.htm

7/1/08

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