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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 55-Minute Training Series Revised
Contact: Cara Thenot,
Director of
Publications
Tel: 215-438-8342
E-mail: info@energizeinc.com
www.energizeinc.com
Energize, Inc. and Betty Stallings,
nationally-respected trainer and author, have
collaborated to revise Training Busy Staff to
Succeed with Volunteers: The 55-Minute
Training Series. Tried and trusted, the
Series is a set of 12 customizable training
sessions for teaching paid staff the
fundamentals of working with volunteers.
Each training session includes the following:
- PowerPointŪ slides - fully adaptable
- Participant Handouts - just print and
copy
- Trainer's script - follow along or
personalize
- Timed overview - keep it under 55
minutes
- Resources and Web sites to augment each
topic
- Suggestions for further workshop
activities
The new version includes:
- A fresh face-lift
- Links to full dynamic PowerPoint
presentations
- 3 brand new topics: Orienting and
Training Volunteers, Handling Volunteer
Performance Problems, and Volunteer Program
Evaluation
The Series can be purchased as a complete set
or each training module can be purchased
individually. As a bonus, the complete set
includes a 39-page introductory section,
"Designing a Training Program," a guide for
assessing staff training needs, resources and
practical techniques for gaining staff
"buy-in," tools for promoting staff's
effective utilization and support of
volunteers, and a review of the basics of
good training and delivery.
A limited multi-use license of the complete
Series is available for volunteer centers,
technical assistance providers, and
independent trainers/consultants. There is
also an unlimited multi-use license for
national organizations.
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For a review copy or to interview the
authors, please contact Cara Thenot, director
of publications, Energize, Inc., at
215-438-8342 or cara@energizeinc.com.
Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers:
The 55-Minute Training Series
Betty Stallings
$69.00 Complete Set, ISBN: 978-0-940576-44-5
$10.00 Individual Training Modules
$200.00 Limited Multi-Use License, ISBN
978-0-940576-44-5
345 Pages + PowerPointŪ slides
April 15, 2007
Reviews
"Betty understands that effective volunteer
engagement only occurs when all staff and
leadership volunteers are committed and
competent to partner with volunteers. This
training series gives volunteer program
managers the tools to design and deliver
trainings on the key issues impacting the
success of volunteer involvement in any
setting. It is easy to use and adapt and has
everything you need to deliver professional
training, right down to the evaluation form!
This would take hundreds of hours to design
but here it is on a silver platter for you."
-Joan Brown, Volunteer and Employee Programs
Manager, Marin County Human Resources, Civic
Center Volunteers
About the Author
Betty Stallings, MSW, is an international
trainer, consultant, author, and keynote speaker,
specializing in volunteerism, nonprofit
fundraising, board development, and leadership.
She has written many popular books including:
Getting to Yes in Fundraising, A
Resource Kit
for Managers of Volunteers and How To
Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap
Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort.
She has also authored "Families as Volunteers," a
chapter from the book, Managing Volunteer
Diversity, and has written numerous articles
focusing on volunteerism and fund
development. Since 2000, Betty has served as the
editor/designer in charge of the "Training
Designs" feature section in
e-Volunteerism: The
Electronic Journal of the Volunteer
Community. Betty is currently developing
electronic
resources focusing on the critical roles that
executive staff and boards must carry out to
ensure an effective volunteer program.
Betty has received numerous awards for
creative volunteer contributions to her community
and received the 1999 AVA Harriet Naylor
Award for Distinguished Service to the field of
volunteerism.
Formerly, Betty was the founder and 13-year
executive director of the Valley Volunteer
Center in Pleasanton, California. While at
the Center she initiated such programs as the
Women's Re-entry Internship, Career-Links,
Borrow-An-Expert, Project Manage, and the
Corporate Volunteer Council. Several of these
programs have served as national models of
volunteer utilization. While directing the
Center, Betty obtained funding and supervised
innovative research on volunteer management
which resulted in the publication of the book,
At the Heart: The New Volunteer Challenge
to Community Agencies. Success in seeking
financial resources for nonprofit
organizations became Betty's hallmark while
directing the
Valley Volunteer Center.
Currently, Betty is an instructor in
university nonprofit and extension programs;
a popular
trainer for state, national and international
conferences on volunteerism and fundraising;
and a trainer and consultant to many
nonprofit organizations, corporations, and public
sector programs around the United States and
Canada.
To learn more about Betty, visit her
website.
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