About this course

Proficiency Area: Managing.

Volunteer Engagement measures an organization's ability to effectively manage volunteers.

In the first lesson toward your silver Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • The four key principles of management: planning, organizing, supporting, and controlling.

  • The benefit of serving as a volunteer yourself.

  • Launching a Needs Overlap Analysis (NOAH) process to refine your volunteer approaches.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect in this badge

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Putting Your Volunteer Engagement Abilities Into Practice

    1. Activating Your Own Volunteer Engagement Capacity

    2. Leading Efforts that Build Volunteer Engagement

    3. Check your learning

    1. Improving Volunteer Engagement Practices in Your Nonprofit

About this course

  • Free
  • 7 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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