Volunteer Leadership

Catalog description

Volunteers are increasingly important in the United States. Not only do financially strapped organizations use volunteers to enhance their capacity, but policy makers and community leaders see volunteering as a vehicle to improve communities and solve public problems. This course may cover topics of volunteer administration: such as planning, marketing, recruitment, screening and selection, training, supervision, evaluation, and recognition. Students will gain an understanding of how the demographic of today's volunteer is changing, how best to deploy the talents of multi-generational volunteers, and how to provide a structured, objective framework to be accomplished by the volunteer corps. Legal issues surrounding the use of volunteers and designing effective volunteer policies may also be addressed.