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Effective Volunteer Training Programs: Key Principles and Development Strategies

Training programs for volunteers play a crucial role in familiarizing new recruits with their roles, establishing competency standards, and showcasing organizational proficiency. Developing such programs involves various steps like deciding on topics, teaching methods, budgeting, material selection, logistics planning, and evaluation. Principles of adult learning such as addressing different learning styles, creating interactive sessions, and emphasizing problem-solving are essential. Ongoing training ensures volunteers continually improve and adapt to evolving needs.

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Effective Volunteer Training Programs: Key Principles and Development Strategies

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  1. Developing Training Programs for Volunteers

  2. Why have training programs? • Familiarizes new volunteers with job • Establishes competency standards • Is seen as a benefit by many volunteers • Shows proficiency of organization • "Weeding out" technique

  3. How do you develop training programs for volunteers? • Decide what you want to teach volunteers. • Decide how you will teach them. • Write a budget. • Decide the materials to use. • Get the word out.

  4. How do you develop training programs for volunteers? • Consider the logistics. • Consider physical comfort. • Set people at ease. • Develop lesson plans. • Evaluate trainees. • Celebrate the end of training.

  5. Principles of adult learning • Presence of a need to learn • Share experiences • Teach to solve problems • Make it interactive • Support and challenge • Urge use of creativity

  6. Be sure to consider all learning styles. People aren't all the same.

  7. Training is ongoing

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