Designing Volunteer Training

Some evidence-based perspectives on designing learning, aimed at those planning inductions/training for volunteers, from Tobi Johnson.

When designing volunteer training, my biggest challenge is how to create a program that doesn’t scare volunte ers away.

Often, the programs I work with have daunting amounts of information volunteers must learn in order to perform with confidence. Programs must be assured that volunteers know their role so that they can manage risk. Volunteers want to learn new things, have fun, and deliver on their missions with pride.

So, how can volunteer and program needs be balanced? By developing training that works with our brains, not against them. The good news is that we now know more than ever about how the brain learns.

From Tobi’s non-profit management blog, click on the text for full post.

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