2. Women’s Initiative’s Programs Volunteers: 500+ volunteers/year, at every level of the org where we have staff and beyond Fellows: 20+ hours/week over 10 weeks, runs quarterly Interns: 150 hours of work (minimum), ongoing VISTAs: an Americorps program that provides full-time, one-year positions for capacity-building

3. Recruiting Colleges/universities career centers Volunteer centers Social media Org website Through personal networks of staff, volunteers, board, etc Job descriptions “general” posting: include examples of types of skills or projects volunteers will/do support

6. Conducting Data Collection Creating a due diligence standard and modeling it Creating an easy, visual medium to assess if due diligence has been completed Creating a standard instrument with interviewing notes on the process/best practices Weekly check-ins to offer support, share best practices, and keep everyone on the team energized and engaged

7. Quality control and data entry Training manual with screen shots as reference guides Step-by-step personal trainings (or group trainings) with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic components built in: Training Manuals and PPT (visual) Reiterating and explaining the written materials (auditory) Practice data entry as part of the training (kinesthetic)

8. References for Building Volunteer Programs John L. Lipp The Complete Idiot’s Guide series: Recruiting and Managing Volunteers Kathereine Noyes Campbell and Susan J. Ellis The (Help!) I-Don’t-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management Flora MacLeod & Sara Hogarth Leading Today’s Volunteers: Motivate and Manage Your Team