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Organizational Development Skills and Competencies

Specific skills used in development of organizations for trails and greenways work: creating and building a nonprofit organization; managing boards and staff; recruiting, training, and rewarding volunteers; managing finances and legal issues.

by American Trails Staff

Skills for Organizational Development

• Creating or adapting organizational structures
• Recruiting and managing members
• Establishing and maintaining a board of directors
• Establishing committees and working groups in the organization
• Creating work plans, timelines, and tasks for staff and volunteers
• Identifying goals and objectives for long and short term

Skills for Publicity and Promotion

• Identifying and developing an organizational image
• Developing appropriate means of promoting the orgainzation's goals
• Finding and working with media partners
• Explaining benefits and values, mission, and operation of trails and projects
• Creating and managing events
• Writing quarterly and annual reports

Skills for Volunteer Development

• Creating or adapting a successful volunteer program
• Recruiting, recognizing, and rewarding volunteers
• Identifying skill needs and training volunteers

Skills for Managing Legal Issues

• Identifying and managing risk and potential liabilities
• Applying state and federal laws on user and volunteer liability to reduce risk to a minimum

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