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.
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American Trails Staff
Hollister hills off-road association helped ensure the successful completion of a new OHV riding area in California
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
