Working with Diverse Volunteers
Volunteers can be your organization’s greatest asset as they significantly increase your capacity to serve the community. In this course, learn to enhance communications with persons of diverse backgrounds and strengthen the foundation critical for community building. Explore ways to sensitively discuss with volunteers social and cultural issues that influence a community’s decision-making process; apply principles of diversity to improve innovation, creativity, and teamwork in your program; and recruit diverse volunteers. This course was created cooperatively by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Hands On Network, and ETR Associates.
