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Volunteer Support - It's More Than Training! (Session 2C)

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Time: 10:20 am - 11:50 am
This workshop best fits the experience level and category of: Basic / Intermediate

Volunteers get hooked to your organization the first time on the mission.  Is your mission to fight drunk driving, or help girls become leaders?  What is the make-up of the majority of your first-time volunteers and why do they come to you?  Once they make the commitment for that first volunteer term, whether it’s one day or a year, what can you do to make sure that experience, and each time after that feels so good they don’t even think about leaving?  Beyond the incentive gifts, how can you make their experience so easy and so meaningful, they ask what else can I do for you.

Learning Objectives

  • The real reason volunteers want to give their time to my organization is ___________________.  I know this because ________________.
  • My volunteers need (not want) __________________________.  I can provide this to them by ______________________.
  • The benefit of providing the resources for this project is _________________________.

Patricia A. Sherwood - Adult Development Director, Girl Scouts of Northeast TexasPresented by:
Patricia A. Sherwood
Adult Development Director, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

Patricia A. Sherwood began her journey with Girl Scouts as a Brownie Girl Scout. The journey took her on many camping and other trips and created memories that will always remain with her. Most importantly, it was the beginning of a leadership journey that brought her full circle.  After a 25-year career in corporate America in the computer science field, she changed the whole direction of her life and went to work for the organization she had continued to be a part of as an adult member and volunteer for 15+ years, when she joined the staff. After completing her Masters of Technology in Adult Education, she went to work for the Girl Scouts recruiting, training and supporting volunteers at many different levels.  Her personal vision is to create a volunteer environment at Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas that is the opportunity of choice for volunteers.

Thursday Night Networking Event

Please join us for a “Meet & Greet” reception Thursday Evening, March 1st.
There will be a Networking Get-Together Thursday evening 6 – 9pm, for all attendees at Fireside Pies Restaurant, 817-416-1285 (Map - Menu).  Buy your own dinner but share the table with professional Volunteer Managers from around Texas and the surrounding tri-state area.  The committee members and I look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to Dallas/Fort Worth and the 2012 Texas Volunteer Management Conference.
~ Warm Regards, Telesa Walton, CVM, Chair Texas VMC 2012. chair@texasvmc.org

Dallas Association of Directors of Volunteers
The Volunteer Center of North Texas
Tarrant County Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA)