Hands For Nature: A Volunteer Management Handbook

• 1. Make sure you have a Project plan
• 2. Set up your system for working with volunteers
• 3. Determining and communicating needs

• 1. Before you begin to recruit
• 2. Identify your target groups
• 3. Target your recruitment by...
• 4. Communicating with your target
• 5. When volunteers step in the door

• 1. Keep volunteers coming back

• 1. Tips to Prevent Volunteer Burnout

• Tips on recognizing your volunteers:
• 1. Recognize your volunteers or else...
• 2. Use a variety of methods to say "thanks"
• 3. Recognize frequently
• 4. Make recognition match motivation
• 5. Other things to consider about volunteer recognition

• Make it fun
• Make it easy
• Make it interesting
• Motivating your volunteers throughout the seasons...
• Scheduling
• How to put it all together - organize!
• Other helpful considerations of successful maintenance events

• References
• Additional Resources
• Web sites

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