Manage Campaign Volunteers
3 Courses
Description
Great volunteers will help you win your election! Dive into the world of volunteer management to learn how to find volunteers, foster a community that welcomes them, and connect them to your campaign story. Enroll now to start building a true team.
Learning Plan Outline
3 Courses | 2 hrs 45 min
Course Description
No campaign wins without volunteers. They knock doors, make calls, register voters, and cover the groundwork paid staff can't handle alone, especially on a tight budget. This course teaches volunteer recruitment from the ground up: where to find people willing to give their time, how to talk to them about getting involved, and how to turn a list of names into a team that shows up.
This course covers the volunteer management practices campaigns use to keep people engaged: assigning roles that match someone's skill sets, running trainings that prepare people for the work, and tracking volunteer data so you know who's active and who needs a check-in. You'll leave with a plan to recruit, train, and manage the volunteer teams your campaign needs to reach voters.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Identify your campaign's volunteer needs by role and by phase of the campaign
- Recruit volunteers using methods that fit your budget and timeline
- Assign volunteers to roles that match their skills and availability
- Run volunteer trainings that prepare people to do the work well
- Hold 1:1 conversations with volunteers and volunteer leaders
- Organize volunteers into teams with clear leadership and results
- Track volunteer data to measure engagement and plan ahead
