These notes were taken at the March Roundtable and were written by individuals at each table. If you attended the roundtable and can fill in the gaps on what was talked about, please add your comments to this thread. If you were not present, but have comments or questions regarding Evaluation of volunteer leaders, please add your comments to this thread as well.
NOTES:
Use small group information seeking approach to evaluate volunteers as well as program.
Evaluate volunteer performance as well as your (volunteer coordinator) methods (are your efforts working?)
Have a focus group to talk about how things are going. It’s a way to air complaints that everyone will hear.
Evaluation and feedback
Annual surveys of volunteer program by staff and volunteers.
Ask questions with meaning to the volunteer’s task.
Document what volunteers are doing (work-wise)
Evaluation – individual, group
Identify tasks or responsibilities to be evaluated
Let volunteers help with data analysis.
Decide how long of a period for the evaluation (3 months, 6 months, 1 year).
How do you motivate the individual after the evaluation?
Surveymonkey – solicit input = buy in > long term volunteer, leader, advocate
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