Staff and volunteers of Volunteer Ottawa member organizations can access this learning opportunity at no additional cost. If this is your case, please email us at [email protected] to process your registration.

Volunteers are essential for the delivery of programs and services for various not-for-profit organizations serving our communities. As many organizations need volunteers to meet their communities’ demands, attracting new volunteers from the community and welcoming into your organization has renewed importance for programs all across the Ottawa region.

This workshop will take you through the ins and outs of volunteer recruitment: from developing good volunteer position descriptions to identifying motivation, getting your message out in the community, and building transparent volunteer application processes.

Who should attend?

Staff leading volunteers, volunteers leading other volunteers, and generalist staff working with volunteers.

What to bring?

This workshop will be hosted live online over the Zoom platform; learners should join this session from a Zoom-capable device and be able to participate through oral or written interventions. The link will be circulated in advance. If you haven’t received the link, please contact: [email protected]

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session, learners will…
…have acquired a finer understanding of best practices and processes to incorporate new volunteers into their organizations.
…be able to create and promote compelling volunteer positions for their organizations.

About your facilitator

This two-hour workshop will be led by the Ottawa Hospital’s Volunteer Coordinator, Denise Hawken. Denise is involved in all aspects of volunteer engagement and is responsible for recruitment, volunteer onboarding and corporate training. She has been with the hospital for 13 years. Currently, Denise is a Board Member with PAVRO (Professional Administrators of Volunteer Leaders – Ontario) as Communications Director and is the Past Co-Chair of Ottawa Leaders of Volunteers. We extend our gratitude to Denise for leading this workshop.

Leaders of Volunteers Learning Path

This workshop is part of a sequence of seven Volunteer Ottawa workshops and communities of practice (Learning Path) aimed at supporting leaders of volunteers and volunteer programs. If you want to know more about this Learning Path click here.

Volunteer Ottawa member organizations can register up to two staff members or volunteers by clicking here.

Learn more about what to expect after registrations and cancellations here.