Interest in volunteering is at an all time high. So why is it so difficult to find and keep good volunteers?

Are people just too busy? Are they less committed? Are your programs good? Do you manage volunteers well?

These are the wrong questions.

Join us for this exciting and revealing workshop*. We’ll ask the right questions that will show you how to;

1. Design a volunteer experience that will automatically recruit new people.
2. Develop a process that naturally retains and develops your most committed volunteers.
3. Meet your volunteers at their ‘Highest Level of Contribution’ .
   
4. Reduce your volunteer managing workload and get more done.
   

* Includes catered lunch.

How to Find, Keep and Manage Your Volunteers

Whether you are a Nonprofit, Business or even Government, chances are volunteers are a big part of how you do what you do. But finding, keeping and even managing volunteers is a huge task. It doesn’t have to be any longer.

This workshop will explore the factors keeping people from volunteering and how to use those same factors for your benefit. We’ll show you how to design a transformational volunteer experience that will make your program outstanding. This workshop is based on over 12 years of success with this method. We guarantee you’ll attract more volunteers, they’ll keep coming back, and they’ll bring their friends. Oh, and you’ll love your job!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 from 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)

Key Takeaways:

• Discover current trends in society that are changing the motivations and expectations of volunteers and how to make them work for you.
• Learn how to keep your volunteers by helping them discover their own personal reasons for volunteering
• Explore how to create a sense of achievement for your volunteers in order to heighten their commitment to your cause.
• Receive simple steps to designing exceptional employee volunteer experiences.
• Learn how to use structure to leverage your volunteer’s connections and abilities, instead of limiting them.
• Design a real world solution to use right away using the concepts and tools of the workshop.

Workshop Presenter:

Chris Jarvis is the Senior Consultant for Realized Worth located in Toronto, Canada. His expertise is in designing and implementing Employee Volunteer Programs. Over the past 20 years, Chris has worked alongside NPO's across North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia utilizing a model that elevates volunteerism from a task-oriented activity to a transformative experience.

Recently, Chris and his partner Angela were advisers in the writing of “Mapping Success in Employee Volunteering: The Drivers of Effectiveness for Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs and Fortune 500 Performance”; produced by Boston College and authored by Bea Boccalandro. Chris and Angela are also members of the blogging community on FastCompany, 3BLMedia.com, APEsphere.com, SocialFinance.ca, and  Volunteer Canada’s CorporateVolunteering.ca. Chris is currently collaborating on a book which will be a comprehensive guide to Corporate Social Responsibility for HR managers.

Chris is a popular speaker, offering inspiring presentations to audiences as large as 7000. His style of wrapping gripping story lines around key observations has proven to be an effective method to capture and keep an audiences attention. Over his speaking career, Chris has delivered presentations to over 50,000 people in Canada, the US, Australia and Africa.

What people are saying about Chris' presentations:

“I highly recommend Chris as a leader and a speaker. Chris has the unique ability to deliver a hard hitting message with humor and humility. Most importantly, the messages that Chris delivers stay with you long after the speech or presentation. He is in touch with the realities of todays world, the bright side and the dark side, and can help motivate you to action by tapping into all of your emotions.”

Rebecca Hession , Client Partner , FranklinCovey
http://www.franklincovey.com/4dflv/4D_2Vid.html

“Chris is an exuberant presenter and engages his audience from the moment he starts speaking.  His wit and playful approach to teaching and facilitating made attending his workshop a pleasure.  His examples, in particular, made it possible to really absorb and understand the material… as did the anecdotes he shared with the group.  Finally, I got the distinct impression that Chris was there to not only share with us, but to learn from and with us – and I value that highly in a presenter.  I will seek out other opportunities to hear Chris speak – I really enjoyed being a part of his audience.”
Kirsten Keil-Mehlenbacher, Manager, Volunteer Programs, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
http://www.cbcf.org/en-US/ontario.aspx

“Chris is an engaging, humourous, practical speaker.  He challenges you to think beyond the borders of what you are doing today to see different possibilities and potential for tomorrow.”
Faiza Kanji, Manager of Volunteer Services, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto
www.surreyplace.on.ca

“I attended a workshop on volunteerism facilitated by Chris and found him to be very engaging. He was very knowledgeable on the topic, used humour to illustrate concepts, and allowed the audience to participate, always keeping it interesting.”
 Nattasha Lue, Coordinator, Volunteer Resources, Self-Help Resource Centre, Toronto
www.selfhelp.on.ca

“Chris has a remarkable ability to help people see their gifts and then to provide them the space in which to find their own magic. In the context of groups Chris can assimilate large amounts of information and integrate it into a meaningful and inspiring message for people to follow. He helps people see more clearly how to have a more meaningful life.”
Jim Struck , Owner , Leadership Vision, LLC
http://ldrshipvision.com/

“Chris is an energetic leader with a passion for helping people, and for people who are helping people. He delivers what he says and always seems to have the right mix of humor and candor that supports confidence and comfort for those around him.” 
John W Samples , President / CEO , Lighthouse Ministries, Inc


Contact Info:

Chris Jarvis
Senior Consultant, Realized Worth
416-567-2004
chrisjarvis@realizedworth.com
realizedworth.blogspot.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjarviscan
http://twitter.com/RealizedWorth