Rebecca Tully | 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.

Testimonials

After the first one of your sessions, three or four people asked to have you back again. Everyone who I have spoken to on the project has said that they like your style of delivery. Your training is giving the project a good identity, as people are enjoying it and the training is the strongest … Continue reading Voluntary Action Islington

― Voluntary Action Islington

I worked with Rebecca at the Hornbeam Centre and on various community projects and she is a woman of many talents! She has an ability to cut through the muddle and bring innovate solutions to small and medium groups, with humour and clarity. She’s an excellent trainer and hugely experienced in volunteer management but she’s … Continue reading Sue Wheat, Hornbeam Centre

― Sue Wheat, Hornbeam Centre

I called Rebecca with a volunteer role enquiry and she was so incredibly helpful – and more to the point willing to be helpful. She explained to me about the problems with expenses and paid vs voluntary roles, and what we could legitimately claim as expenses for a voluntee. She told me what to be … Continue reading The Manna

― The Manna

Great to have such an enthusiastic trainer. Really good at distilling complex points. Penny Fletcher, Royal Society of Biology

― Royal Society of Biology

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