Trainings and Activities
at the VBM

The Essentials (1)
Volunteer Recruitment

Volunteerism has evolved significantly in recent years, and so must our recruitment strategies to attract and retain attention. Are you launching or revamping your volunteer recruitment? Need to revisit the essential steps? Looking to update your tools to make your postings more attractive and impactful?

The Essentials (3)
Volunteer Supervision

Effective supervision fosters volunteer retention and loyalty while uniting staff and volunteers around shared values and missions. Volunteer resource management is an ever-evolving skill set. This workshop explores how to supervise and support volunteers from onboarding to long-term engagement.

The Essentials (2)
Volunteer Screening and Selection — At the Heart of Service Quality and Safety

Screening and selection are critical steps in recruiting volunteers.

The main goal is ensuring alignment between the organization's needs and the volunteer’s motivations.

This practical workshop will help you reflect on your current processes and assess risks associated with your activities.

After this training, you will be able to:

• Define your organization’s due diligence toward volunteers and clients
• Assess the benefits and limitations of background checks
• Identify risks associated with volunteer roles and practices that mitigate risks
• Apply the 10 steps to an effective volunteer screening and selection process

The Extras (1)
Preventing and Managing Problematic Situations in Volunteer Settings

Effective supervision strengthens volunteer engagement and retention while supporting a healthy team culture among staff and volunteers.

This workshop explores how to support volunteers from their first day and manage challenges proactively.

After this training, you will be able to:

• Recognize volunteer needs linked to management tasks
• Describe best practices for orientation, onboarding, and training
• Implement the 5 core supervision functions
• Discover essential tools for volunteer retention

The Extras (2)

Corporate and Skill based Volunteering - Equip Your Organization to Turn It into a Real Lever

Corporate and Skilled based volunteering is a powerful force just waiting to contribute to your mission. This training helps community organizations understand and structure the hosting of corporate group volunteers as well as skills-based and governance volunteering (entrepreneurs and employees supported by their employer). 

**** New this session, we are launching a free pilot with an initial group. We are building a waitlist and, as soon as we have enough participants, we will contact you to set the date. ***

The Essentials (Special edition)
Bootcamp Training: From Recruitment to Recognition

This intensive 3-hour training offers a condensed overview of the full volunteer management cycle and brings together the 3 workshops of the serie Les Essentiels.