How to Build a Strong Volunteer Program

Join The Chronicle of Philanthropy and nonprofit experts to learn how your charity can build a strong volunteer program that reduces operating costs, expands its reach, and attracts supporters, including big business. You'll hear from the training director of New York Cares, a group that mobilizes more than 60,000 New Yorkers for volunteer efforts throughout New York City, and provides volunteer-management training courses to nonprofits citywide so they can better manage unpaid workers. Jaime Denniston-Merced will explain the fundamentals, including how to recruit volunteers, screen and interview them, and acknowledge their good works to keep them loyal, so they'll return often. You'll also learn how the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado doubled its volunteers in just three years and is now using volunteers to carry out vital jobs within the organization. Amber Cote, volunteer director, will explain why a successful program must ensure that volunteers advance the business i