About this course

Proficiency Area: Managing.

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

In the third (and final) lesson toward your silver Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • How to consider technical and adaptive skills when setting goals surrounding volunteer engagement.

  • The four components of adaptive leadership--anticipation, articulation, adaptation, and accountability--and how this leadership style can be applied to volunteer engagement goal-setting.

  • Using a matrix to understand volunteer needs.

  • The concept of "mistreatment by misdiagnosis."

Course curriculum

    1. Goal Setting to Build Volunteer Engagement

    1. Setting Personal Goals to Build Volunteer Engagement

    2. Setting Team Goals that Enhance Volunteer Engagement

    3. Check your learning

    1. More Volunteer Engagement Resources

    2. Volunteer Engagement Silver Badge Wrap-Up

    3. Before you go...

About this course

  • Free
  • 7 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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