Cultivating tree leaders

On March 17, from 10 to 11 a.m. PDT, Friends of Trees Development Manager Greg Tudor will join Trees Atlanta Program Director Greg Levine to present an Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) national webcast on cultivating tree leaders. The webinar is free, and people can register on ACT’s web site.

ACT’s web site gives the following description of the webinar:

In promoting the value of urban forests, successfully cultivating repeat volunteers can become the most effective strategy for spreading the word, facilitating projects, and building broader support for a mission. Retaining volunteers develops a corps of supporters who may become future project leaders, donors, political advocates, and best ambassadors for the message that trees matter.

Webcast attendees will learn about:
* Strategies for rewarding and encouraging repeat participation
* Building a volunteer growth structure
* Identifying high-potential volunteers
* Training programs to develop volunteer leaders

About the Webcast Series:
ACT’s monthly webcast series held at the lunch hour and made possible through support from The Home Depot Foundation and USDA Forest Service. The goal is to create informal training opportunities for local urban and community forestry organizations. The content is geared to mainly serve the needs of volunteer organizations and community groups, although webcasts are open to all.

The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations’ methods, materials, and approaches. Sessions are planned to last no more than one hour, with two presenters speaking on the same topic from slightly different perspectives, each for 10-15 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes of questions and answers.

CEU Approved: 1 Hour
CFE Category 2 Approved: 1 Hour