The September Program is a must join, because national speaker Nicole R. Smith has a vital tool!
Resilience is a vital tool for Leaders of Volunteers. What is it exactly? Why is it so important? How do you build it? In this candid talk we will examine how to navigate the hurdles that you may encounter during your volunteer manager journey to build the resilience needed for both you and your volunteer program grow and flourish.
Learning Objectives
- Setting small attainable goals
- Finding Your Voice
- Obtaining Institutional Buy In
- Building a Strong Support System
- Overcoming the urge to give up
Presenter Biography
Nicole Smith is a Panamanian-American, single mother, workforce development specialist, dancer, motivational speaker and published author of many inspirational journals including 101 Affirmations for Volunteer Administrators, Non-Profit Professionals and Professional Women (available for sale at: www.amazon.com/author/nicolersmith).
She attended Oral Roberts University on a Division I full-ride track scholarship. After graduating, she founded Step It Up! Inc., a non-profit dance organization.
She has prepared more than 500 interns to enter the workforce and has inspired crowds upwards of 2,000. In 2019 she was listed as one of WLRN’s “Local Women Who Inspire You,” she was selected as one of Legacy Miami’s Most Prominent and Influential Black Women in Business and Industry of 2019 and became a contributing writer for The Life of a Single Mom.
Connect with her at www.nicolersmith.net and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. @nicolersmithnet