Volunteer Leaders Orientation
Do you supervise volunteers in your unit or organization? Do you need volunteers for your unit or organization? If the answer to either question is yes, then you need to know the role of a volunteer supervisor. The Fort Bliss Army Volunteer Corps office is now offering a Volunteer Leaders Orientation online. The Volunteer Leaders Orientation will provide you with the information needed in order to have a volunteer work in your unit or organization. After completing the quiz with a final score of 80 percent or better, please notify wendy.m.foxx.civ@mail.mil and you will receive a certificate of completion via e-mail for this course. Click here to take the Volunteer Leaders Orientation online.
Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS) Training
Do you want to volunteer, but you are not sure where to start? Are you already a volunteer, but you are not sure how to track your volunteer hours? The Fort Bliss Army Volunteer Corps office now offers a Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS) training online. You will learn how to track your volunteer hours, how to search for new volunteer opportunities, and how to navigate the VMIS system. After completing the quiz with a final score of 80 percent or better, please notify wendy.m.foxx.civ@mail.mil and you will receive a certificate of completion via e-mail for this course. Click here to take the Volunteer Management Information System Training online.
Professional Development
The Fort Bliss Army Volunteer office follows the corps mission statement that emphasizes having a trained and resourced professional volunteer force that is supported by Army leadership and contributes to the Army readiness and well-being. Professional Development opportunities are open to all volunteers and volunteer leaders be it the Commanders, FRGs , or Private Organizations.
Volunteer Management 101
This class will aid FRGs, Commanders, Private Organizations, schools, etc., with getting their volunteer programs organized. Volunteer Management 101 will help you to learn the core foundations of volunteer management including:
- Understanding Volunteering
- Organizing a Volunteer Program
- Recruiting and Placing Volunteers
- Orienting and Training Volunteers
- Supervising Volunteers
- Retaining and Recognizing Volunteers
Volunteer Management Information System
This class will go over usage of VMIS to include registration, input of monthly volunteer hours, and updating your volunteer records with any trainings or awards received.
Recognizing Your Volunteers – Award Write- Up Class
This class addresses writing effective nominations for volunteer awards, and the criteria for the awards for Fort Bliss, US Army, as well as other civilian awards.
Team Building for Volunteers
This class will address team building strategies, as well as ways to deal with difficult behaviors
Volunteer to Career
This class will focus upon on how to market your volunteer experience on a resume to attain a job or a new career.
Event Planning 101
This class focuses on practical "need to know" tools and skills in planning any event from a Holiday Party to a Training Conference. Class attendees will gain a solid understanding of the myriad details and behind-the-scenes considerations needed to assure your event is a success.
Myer Briggs Personality Indicator
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality inventory based on the theories of Carl Jung developed by the mother and daughter team of Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs. The MBTI is nonjudgmental and allows people to gain an understanding of their preferences, particularly with respect to energy source, information gathering, and decision-making and lifestyle/work patterns.
What Are the Benefits of Knowing Your Type?
- Greater understanding of yourself
- Greater understanding of others
- Improved communications skills
- Ability to understand and reduce conflict
- Improved time management
- Knowing your contribution to a team
- Identifying tasks and jobs/volunteer opportunities that give you satisfaction
.“The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever."
-- Louis Lamoure
May 2012
May 8 Volunteer Managemnent 101,
1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
May 10 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
May 16 What's My Communication Style?, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
May 22 VMIS/OPOC Training, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
May 24 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
June 2012
June 7 Volunteer Advisory Council, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
June 26 VMIS/OPOC Training, 1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
June 28 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
June 28 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
July 2012
July 10 Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
July 12 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
July 18 Learn Over Lunch: Bridging the Gap between Volunteers and Employees, 1130-1300, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
July 24 VMIS/OPOC Training, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
July 26 Installation Volunteer Orientation,1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
August 2012
August 7 Volunteer Managemnent 101,
0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
August 8 Bienvenidos a Bliss Volunteer Fair,
1300-1700, Location: Centennial Banquet + Conference Center, Bldg 11199, East Bliss August 9 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
August 15 What's My Communication Style?, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
August 21 VMIS/OPOC Training, 0900-1100, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
August 23 Installation Volunteer Orientation, 1800-2000, Location: ACS, Bldg 2494
Sign up for classes online, at Army Community Service, or by calling (915) 566-4ACS (4227). Free child care for classes held in the daytime. (Student responsible for making childcare arrangements through Child and Youth Services.
