iVolunteer Institute of Volunteer Management (IIVM), after successful completion of it’s Volunteer Management Workshop in Delhi and Bangalore city in October 2009, is now heading towards Chennai city to conduct the Workshop on "Developing Volunteer Management Systems" on 16th and 17th November 2009, by iVolunteer’s best Volunteer Management Facilitators and Trainers.

Organisations often say “we have used volunteers in the past, but…

• The volunteers start off very keen and enthusiastic, then they quickly lose interest and just hand around, or


• We can’t seem to find and retain skilled volunteers, or


• Volunteers never seem very clear what they want to offer our organisation.

These are some of the issues that the workshop will consider. The workshop will be especially appropriate for the CEO, Volunteer Coordinator or Senior staff within your organisation.

We look forward to your participation and meeting your representative at the workshop. Many community organisations fail to make the best use of volunteers because they have little or no process for supporting and managing voluntary helpers. This will be a very good opportunity for you to network, share ideas and learn on how to best utilise and manage a volunteer and have volunteer polocies in place for your organisation. For your organisational development and benefit, don’t miss it.

By the end of the two day workshop participants will have

• a good understanding of the concepts of volunteering and volunteer management


• identified some of the tools, methods and skills needed to set up a volunteer management system (VMS)


• drafted basic policies and procedures for the operation of their own VMS


• explored key aspects of volunteering, such as effective recruitment methods


• considered the importance of maintaining volunteers’ motivation and goodwill by providing appropriate support, recognition and resources


• understood the value of feedback from volunteers in retaining voluntary helpers

Kindly spread a word to your contacts. Will be very useful to all NGO’s!!! So don’t miss it…

Thanks and as we need to confirm to venue for no. of participants by this weekend, request you to quickly contact Dheepam S at 9940482042 for any clarifications and confirmations ASAP.

P.S: Plz ignore if already registered.

Best Regards, Prarthana Prarthana Unkalkar Head - iVolunteer Centres

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