A resource for Recruiting, Training, Placing, Equipping and Sustaining teams of volunteers.

One of the most significant factors impacting Christian non-profit organizations is a lack of volunteers. Discover the format to implementing a comprehensive volunteer leadership development plan that’s proven to be successful.

RECRUITING

Whom you recruit matters.

  1. Prayer Plan: How are you for praying new leaders? What else could you do?

  2. Recruitment Message: What messages do you give to potential leaders? What format do you use to recruit people to leadership? What are you recruiting them to do?

  3. Potential “Pools” of Leaders: What are the “pools” (places) from which you recruit people? What places could add?

TRAINING

How you train volunteers matters.

  1. New Leader Training Course: What is your process and content for new leader training?

  2. Year-long plan for training potential new leaders: How many times a year do you offer new leader training? Do you have different formats for different types of leaders?  What potential leaders are not fitting into your new leader training process?

PLACING

The right people in the right places matter.

  1. Screening  Questionnaire: What tools do you use to screen potential leaders?

  2. Placement Process Plan including—

    Who will own the placement process and why? Who does the placing of volunteers in your organization?

    How does the placement process actually work? What is the process for placing your volunteers? When do new leaders fill out your organization’s Faith & Conduct Acknowledgment?

    What do first 90 days look like for a new leader in your ministry? (Exactly how is your area going to help each new volunteer succeed at the beginning of their ministry?)

EQUIPPING

Ongoing training and supervision matters.

  1. A plan to equip volunteer Team Leaders: What does on-going training look like for your volunteers? What options do you give leaders to help them grow? What training do you do for team leaders?

  2. A year-long calendar for training volunteers. What does the calendar look like for equipping your leaders?

SUSTAINING

Do your volunteers know they matter?

  1. Leader Care/Community Building: How do you practically care for your volunteers? How do you build community among your volunteers?

  2. Renewing the volunteer’s call: How do you help “renew your volunteer’s call to ministry” each year?

  3. Evaluation: How do you evaluate volunteers and how do they evaluate you?

  4. Appreciation: How do you say thank you to your volunteer leaders?

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