Volunteer Action Training

Volunteer Action Training is a hands-on leadership development workshop teaching Oregonians how to envision, organize, and implement successful community projects.

The workshop is FREE to participants who agree to coordinate a SOLV project in their community within one year (fee-based training is also available with no project requirement). The workshop provides training, resources, ongoing project support, and covers a wide range of topics, including how to:

• Envision and identify a community project
• Plan and coordinate a volunteer project
• Define an outreach strategy
• Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers
• Add new energy to volunteer projects
• Prevent volunteer burnout and other common problems
• Approach and work with sponsors and the media