Designing Positions for Volunteers

The second training in the 12 modules of Betty Stalling's Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers was Designing Positions for Volunteers. Master Trainers Sally Kenaston and Diane Ernst presented information on

• the importance to your organization of designing effective positions
• trends that affect positions
• creative ways to develop new positions
• the components of a well written position description

Thanks to Pat Larson of Naper Settlement for hosting the training.

Next DAVA meeting March 16, 2008

Don't forget, our March 26th meeting!
DAVA presents...Relating With Confidence:

Learn effective presentation skills from Jim Thorpe

Where: National City Bank 250 E. Roosevelt Rd.Wheaton, IL 60187
(southwest corner of Roosevelt Rd. and Naperville Rd.)
Check out the DAVA website at www. dava-il.org for more details

First Betty Stallings' Training

What a great turnout for our first training! Thanks to everyone who participated on Wednesday, February 27, 2008. There was great energy in the room as 29 colleagues came together to learn from Betty's training module and to share their experiences. The first module chosen by a vote of the DAVA members was Volunteer Recruitment - a topic close to all our hearts.

Chris Linnell and Steve Wolfe, below, were the Master Trainers presenting this module.



What's a meeting without coffee and donuts? Linda Dean enjoys the treats.

Meeting Betty Stallings

WOW! That sums up my feelings about meeting Betty Stallings, one of the current gurus of volunteer management. I and three of my DAVA colleagues had the opportunity to meet her on December 12, 2007. She presented a training to us and representatives from the Volunteer Centers of Illinois. The goal was to train us to be Master Trainers who could then train others. Thanks to Giving DuPage we were able to purchase a limited licence for her Training Busy Staff to Succeed With Volunteers - the 55-Minute Training Series. When I had read her biography on her web page http://www.bettystallings.com I was struck by how much experience she had. Then when I met her I was struck by how down-to-earth and sensible she was! I came away from the training with the feeling that what she said was not only doable but necessary. Today DAVA is presenting the first training series. I am excited that we are able to pass along Betty's training and share her years of experience and resources. Watch for more resources to come!

Welcome to the DAVA blog!

This is the first ever DAVA blog and we are very excited to share inormation and resources with you. Bear with us as we develop and grow our blog as we are novice bloggers. If any of you have blogging experience or interest and would like to help please contact Diane Ernst, DAVA Vice-President, ernst.diane@gmail.com. We are looking forward to an exciting 2008 year at DAVA. Check out our website at http://www.dava-il.org/ for more details. Again, bear with us as we develop our website. If anyone has web design experience we'd love to talk with you!