How One Nonprofit Trains Its Volunteer Workforce with Jim Farmer

About this episode

This episode discusses effective training strategies for nonprofit volunteers with Jim Farmer from For the Children.

Training volunteers is one of the most complex and overlooked areas of nonprofit training and development. In this episode, I had the privilege of talking with the VP of Training at For the Children, Jim Farmer, to unpack how organizations can design training experiences that actually prepare volunteers to succeed without overwhelming them or driving them away. Jim shares how his organization has reimagined volunteer training through trauma-informed care, relational learning experiences...

People in this episode

Host: Heather Burright

Guest: Jim Farmer

Topics covered

• volunteer training
• nonprofit development
• trauma-informed care
• relational learning
• training design

Keywords

• volunteer workforce
• nonprofit training
• development
• training experiences
• success
• overwhelm
• care

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: For the Children

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