Staff - Volunteer Relations
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Displaying 51 - 81 of 81This is a training video professionally produced by Energize, Inc. and features Susan J. Ellis as presenter. Content focuses on how to establish teamwork between paid and unpaid workers. Ellis reviews the basic principles of supporting volunteers to get the work done and also benefit staff. The format also includes several scenarios demonstrating various types of volunteer/staff interaction – effective and not so effective!
Helps employees and volunteers work together successfully by exploring the reasons for conflict between volunteers and employees. Scheier eases the all-too-common stresses of this relationship with a step-by-step process for analyzing tasks and work preferences for both paid and unpaid staff. Offers a great number of creative and practical solutions. Contains lots of useful planning guides.