Extract from Bill Hybels’ article, The Seven Myths of Volunteerism
Myth 5: Volunteers Are Not Interested in Training or Development.
Volunteers, generally speaking, love getting a little better at stuff. They would like to be a little sharper, their tools to be razor-edged. They would like to be developed. My opinion is that there should be training as well as on-going training whenever a volunteer steps into the position. Some of our departments at Willow do this beautifully. Its like every six months or once a year, they do additional training and the volunteers love it. Other departments of our church never do ongoing training. I say that to our embarrassment, because volunteers deserve better than that.
Helpful Resources:
Building a Volunteer-Intensive Church CD/MP3
Creating a Volunteer Revolution Conference DVDs/CDs/MP3s
Creating a Volunteer-Intensive Organisation CD/MP3
Living Beyond Myself Church Programme
Volunteerism CD/MP3
