For volunteer recruitment to be successful, the needs of the organization and the needs of the volunteer must be met. There are tools and resources you can use to help with recruitment.

During this workshop you will:

1. Understand what recruitment is and the impact of doing it well.
2. Understand objections and barriers that people might have to volunteering at their organization and some strategies to overcome them.
3. Develop an effective recruitment message.
4. Apply the characteristics of effective recruiters in experiential exercises
5. Receive tools that will help you strengthen your ability to recruit volunteers.

The lunch speaker will be Karmit Bulman, executive director of the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration.

You may bring your own lunch, or lunch can be ordered for $10.00 per person.

For more information, contact Holly Witt at 218-737-6515.

Register at: www.lcsc.org/workshops. The deadline to register is April 6.

This event is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, the Lakes Country Service Cooperative and United Way of Otter Tail County.