Recruiting & Managing Event Volunteers

Does your organization have special events that require volunteer help?  Do your volunteers sign up a year in advance and tell their friends because your event is so well run and so much fun?

Join us for a panel discussion about making volunteers part of a successful event.  Whether your events are small or large, planning, recruitment and coordination are key.

Learning Objectives
- Know how to calculate the number of volunteers needed
- Know tactics for recruiting event volunteers
- Effective communication tools for staff assignments and volunteer roles

Level
Introductory/Intermediate

Audience
Volunteer Managers and staff responsible for special events

Panelists
Traci Pepper, Volunteer Programs Coordinator, Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico.  Traci manages the volunteers for both the House and Family Room as well as special events such as Girls Night Out, Southwest Charity Golf Tournament and the Swing Fore the House Golf Tournament.

Tanya Robinson, Director of Special Events & Donor Relations, Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation.

Melissa Winters, Event Assistant, Albuquerque International Ballon Fiesta.  Melissa's responsibilities include volunteers, chase crew arrangements, the Balloon Discovery Center, Gondola Club management and entertainment.  Her passion is event planning.  Melissa has a master's and a bachelor's degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration.

Scholarships available.