Dr Judy Esmond introduces  the 'High Five' Workshop - a LIVE one-day event that tackles your biggest challenges... Read on!

Are you prepared for the incredible number of ideas,

tips and techniques you will get when you join me at ...

The 'HIGH FIVE' Workshop

Conquering The Five Biggest Challenges for Managers of Volunteers Today…

…and we will do it all in just one day!

Now, there are no 'steak knives' included but I want you to know exactly what you will be getting at...

"You can participate in this LIVE one–day workshop where I will personally show  you what are the TOP FIVE challenges identified by managers and leaders of volunteers today. I will then show you some of the very best ideas I have discovered on conquering these challenges and assuring your continued management and leadership success.

The 'High Five' workshop is your chance to learn even more new strategies and techniques and to provide solutions to those challenges that you and others in the field are constantly facing.

I have spent the last 10 years speaking to, consulting with and assisting literally hundreds of managers of volunteers. From the multitude of issues and concerns they have, there are FIVE challenges managers across all sectors consistently identified.

Now for the first time ever, I am bringing together strategies and solutions to these five challenges, drawn from both the non-profit sector and the world of business, marketing and human resource management.

Gaining the solutions to even just one of these challenges alone would be worth attending this workshop.  But I am going to tackle all five challenges in the one day.  No matter who you are, what sector you are in and what type of volunteer program you have  - I  guarantee that you will find great ideas to help you to conquer some, if not all of the five top challenges that you are dealing with."

Click on the link if you would like to print out a 3-page summary

of this 12-page document!

From: Judy Esmond

Re: The 'High Five' Workshop

Dear Manager of Volunteers:

Are you ready to attend a workshop so very
different from the rest and discover many new ways to conquer the top five challenges?

Hi, my name is Dr Judy Esmond. You may have heard of me, subscribed to my newsletter or attended one of my many presentations.

I am one of the leading experts in this country on volunteering issues and how to gain, retain and sustain volunteers. For the last 10 years I have been working to assist organizations and groups to develop strategies and ‘out of the box’ thinking ideas to recruit, retain and recognize more and more volunteers than ever before. I have presented at the World Conference on Volunteering and been to England, the United States and Canada gathering the very best ideas from these and many other countries. I have written two of the best-selling books in Australia on recruiting and retaining volunteers and have been commissioned by governments to produce major research reports on Baby Boomer Volunteers and Volunteer Motivation.

Recently, I decided to leave my full-time lecturing position at the Curtin University but to remain in an unpaid position as an honorary research fellow in the Centre for International Health.  I was determined to now devote myself full-time to discovering, presenting and sharing with those in the field the very best ideas on gaining, retaining and sustaining more volunteers. 

In 2005, with the launch of my latest book, I conducted a 'sold-out' Australian workshop tour and established my new ‘quick read’ FREE

e-newsletter filled with even more great ideas, that now has literally thousands of subscribers.

I don’t tell you this to boast or brag, I only mention it because I want you to know that I am absolutely serious about helping you and others to develop an ever-improving volunteer program. 

My philosophy is simple - the more great ideas and strategies I can share with you, the more successful your volunteer program becomes. And that means more people will be recruited and retained as volunteers.  The more people that volunteer - the better this world becomes!

Often however, you grapple with the biggest challenges on your own or learn only by trial and painful error. Sometimes you network with others and gain snippets of valuable advice and then you give up your valuable time to attend training workshops only to find...

Many workshops are boring, mundane and lack innovative ideas. Your time would have been better spent elsewhere!

So you continue to search for ideas, feeling that there is either not enough useful information or an avalanche of information that you struggle to digest - so you're still facing the same unresolved issues and challenges that are keeping you awake at night! There is an answer...

You do not need more, or less, information. What you need is the ‘right’ information.

I understand what you are dealing with – I have represented my country in two sporting codes and know all about volunteering behind the scenes. I have also advised hundreds of managers in the non-profit sector. I have made it my business to wade through the tons of information to find those ‘gems’ of ideas that can truly help you face and conquer the biggest challenges in your leadership role.  And now I want to share the very best ideas, strategies and solutions with YOU in the field, at...

The 'High Five' Workshop -

Conquering the Five Biggest Challenges for Managers of Volunteers Today

"So what have managers of volunteers identified as the five biggest challenges?"

Good question.  But first, let's get something clear. 

This workshop contains all NEW material that I have not presented before.  It is absolutely NOT a repeat of the information covered in the 2005 workshop tour.  I aim to continually develop workshops that contain even more new, fresh and innovative ideas that have not been presented before.

This workshop is very interactive and content rich with new ideas and material. It's a "roll-up-your-sleeves, get-busy-and-make-it-happen" approach with me. I’ll teach and help you with so many practical ideas and then I will push you even further to get more of your own creative ideas flowing.

Click on the link if you would like to print out a 3-page summary

of this 12-page document!

Here's the outline for The 'High Five' Workshop - Conquering the Five Biggest Challenges

To explain each challenge I have identified them as the Five Rs:

Recruitment; Retention; Relationships; Regulations; and Resources

and I have listed the top question(s) most often asked of me by managers for each challenge.

Challenge One: Recruitment

How do we continue to recruit even more volunteers?

In this session we will cover...

• How to determine your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) to attract volunteers
• From passive to active - the most powerful and least used techniques for recruiting more volunteers
• Using the 'Three Strikes and You're In"' model for recruitment success
• What is guerrilla marketing and using it to double your volunteer numbers
• Developing the TOT (The One Thing) formula for all your website recruiting
• The 10 Laws of all recruitment advertising

Challenge Two: Retention

How do we continue to retain more volunteers?

In this session we will cover...

Challenge Three: Relationships

How do we deal with difficult volunteers? And...

How do we resolve conflict especially between staff and volunteers?

In this session we will cover...

• How to change a difficult volunteer into a raving fan
• Why difficult volunteers can also be your greatest asset and how to utilise them
• How to help volunteers who have been there too long to move on
• One simple sentence to ensure volunteers will always turn up at rostered time
• The top skills needed to resolve any conflicts between staff and volunteers
  

Challenge Four: Regulations and Rules

How do we ensure we have the most effective policies, procedures and meetings?

In this session we will cover...

Challenge Five: Resources

How do we find the time and resources to be truly effective managers of volunteers?

In this session we will cover...

Just in case you're wondering, I GUARANTEE that I will cover each and every one of these topics and YES you will still have time to enjoy both morning tea and lunch - all included in your registration fee.

I could certainly spend a day on each of these five challenges, but I am able get through so many ideas because I will only give you the very BEST ideas I have found to deal with these challenges.

Be warned! My presentations are always action-packed. My aim is to present workshops that provide ‘outside of the box’ thinking full of high content giving you practical and effective ideas that you can USE IMMEDIATELY!

Read enough and want to book now then scroll to the bottom of the page for all the details or...

Maybe you'd like to hear some comments from those who attended last year’s Australian Workshop Tour?

Here's just a few of the participants who attended last year. They have been kind enough to allow me to share their personal feelings and comments about the previous workshop with you.

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Judy, I have to tell you that there have been two one day seminars/conferences
that I have attended that I have not been bored or gone to sleep in, and both of them were yours.

You may not know but in the past I have run marathons and it never fails to amaze me just how energetic you are and to perform at that level all day is a big ask.

Anyway, not trying to embarrass you, just wanting to pass on a compliment on your presentation and energy levels, and I think that what works really well is the fact that you are down to earth and genuine. Which is very rare these days.

Take care.

--Darryl Shatte

  Victorian Safety House Association

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Many thanks for a terrific workshop. Comments from people here included:

From a former teacher ... "That was the most professional training workshop I’ve attended in years...I gained more from that workshop than from anything else I’ve ever done"

And again from another Volunteer Coordinator at Red Cross... "it was a relief not to have another powerpoint presentation but to have instead, stimulating exercises and mind teasers and real, concrete examples of what we do"

THANK YOU !!!

--Carol Lynn and the Red Cross Volunteer Coordinators

    Australian Red Cross (NSW)

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Hi Judy,

I just wanted to thank you and to let you know I thought the seminar yesterday was excellent. The content was relevant and clearly important for participants. The thoughts you shared with us were enlightening and very topical. The format of the seminar was really good and the way you conducted it was entertaining and great fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the day and look forward to developing some initiatives from the outcomes.

Thanks again and very well done.

Regards,

--Dave Hicks
   Fire & Emergency Services (WA)

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Hi Judy,

Just to say I really enjoyed the workshop yesterday. The pace, presentation, structure and content really kept me focused which isn't something I often experience at workshops of late.

Thanks again!

--Julie Morris
   Anglicare Victoria

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Judy,

I wanted to let you know how very much I enjoyed your workshop and will encourage anyone involved in the volunteering sector to attend a workshop, or seek out your books.

I learnt valuable new things (from you, and the people at my table), and, importantly for me, you reinforced many of the things I do, and believe in, when working with volunteers. It was like getting a small pat on the back, even ‘though you didn’t know it!

Regards,

--Jennie Loveridge
   Guides Western Australia

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May I also add a thank you for your workshop. It was indeed an "Ultimate" workshop... refreshing, enjoyable, insightful, rewarding, challenging, energising and enthusing.

Thank you..

--Glenys Brown
   Caring Neighbourhood Program (SA)

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Judy, thank YOU. As you can imagine I have been to many training sessions over the years. Some good and then others where the participants have done all the work and the facilitator just pulls it together and reaps the rewards! Your session was just great! You never stopped delivering information.

I have been to many training sessions where the whole time I have been thinking of the things I could be doing back at the office. Not the case here. So thank you again Judy.

--Lesley West
   Director
   Lifeline Central Coast (NSW)

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Judy, thank you for the great presentation, you should be asked to run all seminars/workshops within the human service industry as some can be quite mundane!

What I learnt from you will benefit myself, current volunteers, future volunteers, the organisation and most importantly the people who receive our service.
Again, on behalf of Albany Leisure Network and myself, thank you.

--Andy Fehrman
   Coordinator
  Albany Leisure Network (WA)

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Click on the link if you would like to print out a 3-page summary

of this 12-page document!

"Okay, I want to attend..."

That's wonderful! But I have more great news - let me also tell you about some other exciting bonuses you will receive just for joining me on the day...

Bonus No 1

You will receive a CD of a recording of my keynote presentation "Even More Ideas on Recruiting, Retaining and Recognizing Volunteers" (valued at $15)

Bonus No 2

You will have the opportunity for one free follow-up e-coaching session with me to give you a more in-depth and customized consultation on further strategies, ideas and techniques to deal with an individual challenge you are facing in your organization.  

(Please Note:  My usual hourly fee will be waived because I want to ensure that you get the most out of the workshop and have my back-up and support when you go back into the field to deal with your own challenges).

Bonus No 3

You will receive morning tea and lunch as well as all handouts and notes from the workshop in the most useful, easy-to-read format I have used combining both visual and text-based content

Bonus No 4

You will be entitled to genuine discounts for all my future workshops and products including books, CDs and videos.

"Okay, okay I really do want to attend...What does it cost?"

You get everything in the 'High Five' Workshop package plus all the bonuses for only

$179 (includes GST) per person

But Wait! I Have A Special Discount For All My E-Newsletter Subscribers!

I am rewarding all my e-newsletter subscribers with the chance to attend the Workshop and have the bonuses for only $179 $159 (includes GST)

If you have not yet subscribed to my FREE e-newsletter full of hundreds of ideas on recruiting and retaining volunteers, don't worry! Just read on and when you enrol for the workshop you can sign up for the newsletter at the same time at the bottom of this page or at the homepage www.mtd4u.com

But Wait There's More!

I Have An Early Bird Special until May 5th! (sorry now closed)

You get everything in the 'High Five' Workshop package plus all the bonuses for only

$179 $149 (includes GST) per person

Finally, Are You Sending 3 or More People?

In order to assist more people to attend from the same organization, I am offering group discounts

for 3 or more people. Please take another $5 off

the cost for each person attending.

"Judy, this is a great deal,
why do you do this?"

That is a good question, and let me give you my best answer.

I want to make sure that the ‘High Five' Workshop

is priced so everyone can benefit from it and for as many people as possible to have the opportunity to join me at the workshop and share so many new and creative ideas.  I really enjoy discovering and sharing success stories and practical ideas on what really works. 

As I said before, my philosopy is simple! If  you take just one idea from this workshop, the CD, my coaching session or my books or newsletter and it really works for you, then that means even more people can be recruited and retained as volunteers. And the more people who volunteer, the better this world becomes!

But Please Note: Places Do Go Fast!

This is not just the usual hype that everyone says about their workshops. Places for my workshops really do go fast. For my tour last year, all locations around Australia were packed and extra workshop dates had to be arranged at some venues. I don’t want you to be disappointed – please book your places NOW!

Please check the registration details below as some workshop have already SOLD OUT and other dates have been added so you do not miss out.

"My Personal Guarantee To You"

Here is my promise to you. I am so confident that you will gain so much from attending and the extra bonuses offered in The 'High Five' Workshop package that if you feel that you have not received multiple ideas to use and value for money – I will  cheerfully refund your money…I just don’t want any unhappy attendees.

If you have more questions, please send me an email judy@mtd4u.com with your questions, or give me a call on (08) 9371 2677. We can talk about all the details and answer any questions you may have prior to you making a commitment.

Sincerely,

Judy

Judy Esmond, Ph.D

P.S. I would be truly honoured and delighted to have you take up the challenge and join me for this exciting workshop.

P.P.S.  Just in case you were wondering why I have written so much, I wanted to let you know exactly what you were getting - at the workshop, with the bonuses and from myself.

Now to get all the discounts and bonuses
promised here’s all the details to book your place for The 'High Five' Workshop: Conquering the Five Biggest Challenges!

Here's How to Book Now!

Book Your Place NOW and Pay Later

I know it can take a while to authorize payment in some organizations but I don't want you to miss out on a place at

the workshop. Just book your place for the workshop NOW and you can arrange payment later.

So Please Don't Send Any Money!

Book for the workshop and within a few days I  will send you a confirmation letter with all the details and a tax invoice. You can then arrange payment via cheque, direct deposit, credit card details....whatever works best for you!

Also if you need to include this payment in next year's financial budget from July 1st 2006,  just email me mtdjudy@iinet.net.au or judy@mtd4u.com or ring me (08) 9371 2677 and we can discuss arrangements.

YES places are still available but most only have

a maximum of 3 places left.

WORKSHOP TIMES: 9.15 To 4.00

Four Easy Ways to Book Today!

By Email: Email me mtdjudy@iinet.net.au with your attendance details – name, organization, address and no. of attendees and I will get back to you within a day to reserve your place.

By Fax: Click on the link and print off the page with the workshop outline, complete the form and fax to me at (08) 9371 2688

By Phone: Ring me directly at (08) 9371 2677 or 0407 191 565 (mobile)

By Mail: Click on the link and print off the page with the workshop outline, complete the form and post to: MTD-Making The Difference  PO Box 722, Inglewood WA 6932

Please Note: If you are unable to attend you may certainly send someone else in your place - just let me know who will be attending. If you do have to cancel and cannot provide a replacement there is a cancellation fee of $33 to cover adminstration costs.

Click on the link if you would like to print out a 3-page summary

of this 12-page document!

If you are unable to attend the workshop - do still sign up for the FREE monthly e-newsletter as there are lots of great 'quick read' ideas on

recruiting, retaining and recognizing volunteers.