Building Volunteer Loyalty & Enthusiasm

A good volunteer program is one where volunteers keep coming back looking for more ways to engage with your organization.  If volunteers feel connected to the mission and valued, they will be loyal volunteers.  If they are having fun, they will be an enthusiastic volunteer and great public relations for your organization.

Join us for a discussion on how to create positive volunteer experiences that keep them coming back for more.

Learning Objectives
- Understand the elements of volunteer orientation that foster engagement
- Gain tips and techniques for building volunteer loyalty

Level
Intermediate 

Audience
Volunteer managers and staff who work with volunteers.

Presenters

Drora Schub is the Volunteer Coordinator at Explora, a science center in Albuquerque, NM. Her position includes the recruiting, placement and training of volunteers for all aspects of the Explora mission and programs. Previously she was the Director of Volunteers and Community Engagement with Childhelp USA Village in Arizona.

SJ Sanchez is the Manager of the Volunteer Program at Presbyterian Hospital (Downtown) and was previously the Manager of Hospice Volunteers.  She has worked with volunteers most of her career.  She is a volunteer and currently serves as the Treasurer to the NM Quilt Association which provides over 800 quilts a year to nonprofits.  SJ has a Masters in Public Administration.

Kathryn Venzor is the Education Curator at the Albuquerque Biological Park, where she oversees educational programs at the Zoo, Aquarium, Botanic Garden and Tingley Beach. Venzor and her staff are responsible for training volunteers on how to promote the BioPark mission and educational goals to emphasize the importance of conservation and environmental education.  She began her professional career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York developing public programming working alongside Museum staff and volunteers. Upon completion of her graduate work in anthropology at NMSU in Las Cruces, Venzor worked as the Education Manager at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia where she was able to collaborate with teachers and content specialists to develop curriculum for the social sciences, and bring teachers and administrators from across the nation to Philadelphia for week-long content and curriculum development workshops.