Skillshare: Effective Volunteer Engagement October 1, 2012

Need volunteers to help with your charitable endeavors? Join Socializing for Justice for a Skillshare on Effective Volunteer Engagement on October 1, 6:00 - 8:30 PM.

Register at www.sojust.org - Newcomers always welcomed!

SoJust hosts events that draw progressives of all stripes that share common values but may work on different issues. We create social spaces that allow for the possibility of cross-issue connections and run a Skillshare Series, hosted by The NonProfit Center*, which increases our individual capacity for movement building.

6:00-6:30 Socializing - bring your own dinner (microwave and water cooler available)
6:30-8:30 Training and Q & A

Event fee: $10-$20 cash at the door.

Effective Volunteer Engagement
How do we attract and engage motivated volunteers who will further our charitable work? We will consider motivation, from the benefits of volunteering to our needs and the effort required to manage/support volunteers. No prior knowledge expected—We'll start with fundamentals. Participants will come away with a position description template and strategic approaches for customized volunteer recruitment and engagement.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER
Lori Tsuruda is the founder and executive director of People Making a Difference® (PMD), a non-profit which organizes one-time, hands-on volunteer projects for individuals and trains and assists nonprofit leaders in quality volunteer management. She recruits and manages 750+ volunteers/year and helps charities and companies improve their community involvement programs. In the past 20 years, she has engaged more than 6,300 PMD volunteers in 950+ service projects helping 124 charities in Greater Boston. She is leading the Directors of Volunteer Administration (DOVA) in Boston for her seventh term.

*DIRECTIONS (http://bit.ly/ieXreK) - The NonProfit Center is located one block from South Station at 89 South Street. The Center is accessible through the main lobby to people who have restricted physical abilities.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Invite friends to the Facebook event:http://goo.gl/iYR5Q
Join the SoJust Facebook group: http://on.fb.me/SoJust
On Twitter? Follow @SoJust (http://www.twitter.com/sojust and SoJust's Co-Founder @RobbieSamuels (http://www.twitter.com/robbiesamuels). Don’t forget to tweet about this event using #sojust!
_________________________________________________________
Socializing for Justice - http://www.sojust.org
SoJust is all about building a cross-cultural, cross-issue progressive community, network and movement in Boston. We're doing it by putting the SOCIAL back in SOCIAL JUSTICE. We focus on creating welcoming spaces that foster relationship-building across issue silos.

SoJust isn't a non-profit 501(c)(3) and receives no outside funding. We're a grassroots volunteer-run member-supported cross-issue progressive community that's been growing steadily since August 2006. We have 2,000+ members, we have hosted 130+ events and we manage an online hub of progressive events and resources at www.sojust.org. If you've benefited from this cross-issue progressive network please contribute the suggested annual membership fee of $25. You may do this online (http://www.sojust.org/dues/) or at any of our events. Thank you for helping us continue to provide a space for like-minded progressives of all stripes.

Want to know more about SoJust? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions- http://www.sojust.org/messages/boards/thread/3187615- and past event photos- http://www.sojust.org/photos/!