Course 4:  Working With Volunteers

At the end of this 3 week course participants will acquire the necessary skills to mindfully connect with their volunteers. This connection can be used to help them understand where volunteers’ skills are best suited and why their roles may change over time.

UNIT 1 Embracing Formal and Informal Inclusivity
Know your volunteers
Building meaningful relationships
Demonstrating value through training
Meditation focusing on the big picture

UNIT 2   Motivational Alignment
Addressing volunteers basic needs
Reinforcing volunteer commitment
Encouraging referrals for volunteering
Meditation focusing on inner body sensations

UNIT 3   Easy Delegation
Assessing available resources
Mindful Delegation
Weighing up the options
Meditation focusing on being grounded

This course runs for 9 hours and can be scheduled to fit with individual organisations’ needs ie a 1.5 day workshop (run over consecutive or non-consecutive days) or 3 three-hour workshops.

Individual Units may also be taken and run for 3 hours each.  Each Unit can also be broken down into two 1.5 hour workshops, which, when run on separate days, reinforces the practice and the benefit of grounded presence.

A Certificate of Completion will be provided at the end of each Course and can be used for Professional Development points or to demonstrate acquired skills. Each participant of the full course (all 3 Units) will receive a personalised ten minute recorded attunement to facilitate clearing the mind and being in the present moment.

Workshops are designed to appeal to different learning styles and may incorporate interactive powerpoint presentations, case studies, role plays and group discussions.