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Principles & Practices is informative, well-organized, challenging and fun. With the combination of presentations, great handouts and small group exercises, it is a perfect blend of training. It made me feel good about what I do and proud to be a part of the world of volunteer managers. 
LOU CESARIO
To further your professional development, consider attending NYAVA's signature volunteer management course, Principles & Practices of Volunteer Program Management. In this course, you will learn about: recruitment, screening, retention, recognition and the volunteer-staff relationship, providing all the essential elements necessary to create and/or enhance your volunteer program. View our calendar of events for upcoming dates.

Course Objectives
The course gives participants the vital components for building an outstanding volunteer resource program including:
The value of volunteers to an organization The essential ingredients in a volunteer resource program The creation of a pro-volunteerism organizational climate Trends in volunteerism Program evaluation
Participants will have the opportunity to address burning issues, present new strategies for implementation and network with other volunteer management professionals.

Questions? Contact Maria H. Casey at
About the Instructor
Maria H. Casey Maria H. Casey is the Director of Volunteer Resources at Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York. She has created and implemented trainings for the foundation in such areas as fundraising, wishgranting, volunteer development, speakers' bureau, train the trainer and mentor training programs.

Maria holds a BA from Adelphi University and an MS from Long Island University at C.W. Post. She has served on the Advisory Board for Idealist.org, Action Without Borders, and serves on the Saint Peter's Church Bereavement Group, and the St. Francis Preparatory School Online Mentoring program and on the Board of NYAVA.
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