Re-engaging Your Volunteer Monitoring Organization
November 19, 2013
Julie Vastine, Director, Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM)
Kris Stepenuck, Coordinator, Wisconsin Water Action Volunteer Stream Monitoring
Dr. Bill Deutsch, Emeritus Research Fellow, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences Auburn University and Director, Alabama Water Watch
Are you a volunteer water monitoring coordinator who wants to keep your program strong and active for years to come? If so, take a moment to think about your group’s dynamics and structure. Have you achieved what you initially set out to do? Has the momentum of the group faded? Are you wishing that someone else would step up and share the burden of leadership activities? If these questions resonate with you and/or your program, then this webcast is for you!
The first part of the webcast will review go-to volunteer monitoring online forums and resources. The second part will look at volunteer recruitment and retention from the community group level then transition into discussing the findings and action items identified through the Alabama Water Watch 20-year assessment. In the third part of the webcast we will explore how our volunteer monitoring community is doing on a national level by looking at trends, successes, and outcomes. Through this interactive event, participants will learn about tools, resources, and strategies to re-engage their volunteer water monitoring program and celebrate our successes across the nation.