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Leading for Good

Everyone has the potential to become a leader

Leading for Good

We’re building a generation of leaders

The success of a community will be defined by its next generations. At the Volunteer Center, we believe it is our responsibility to help build a next generation of leaders who are engaged within their community and who know how to use their personal strengths and talents to benefit those around them, in their workplace, in their neighborhood, and every area of their lives.

Workshops

Upcoming Workshops (click for more details):

November 2nd – Board Fundamentals

Transformative Leadership

We are eagerly planning our transformative leadership program for 2024. Email us at volunteer@volunteerlubbock.org for details!

Emerging Leaders

Are you an emerging professional ready to lead the way in your community? Do you want to make a difference, but you’re not quite sure where to start?

High Performing Teams

Have you ever started a sentence with the words, “I wish my team was more…?” Your team CAN be the team you’ve always wished for.

Volunteer Manager Leadership Program

Leading an entire team of volunteers is an amazing experience. Do you manage volunteers through your business, your school, or your organization? Would you like to build a more successful volunteer program? 

Executive Director Boot Camp

Gather resources to maximize your role as Executive Director/CEO of your organization.

Additional Opportunities to Lead

Lubbock HYPE

Lubbock HYPE

Lubbock HYPE – Helping Youth Purposefully Engage offers high school juniors the opportunity to engage in their community in a whole new way by:

  • Developing a concept of what it means to have purpose and act on it
  • Finding their best volunteer fit
  • Using their strengths to be a leader and a strong team member
  • Exploring the opportunities and challenges in our community
  • Imagining a community that they want to continue championing

We believe that by encouraging young people to explore their leadership potential and understand the importance of service we are building a more engaged community. To that end, we want every program participant to walk away knowing that they can use their unique skills and characteristics to make an impact in the world. At meetings, participants:

  • Hear from and interact with leaders from various businesses and organizations.
  • Give back to the community through hands-on service.
  • Develop leadership and teamwork skills.
  • And much more!

Students apply for HYPE in the spring of their sophomore year. For more information, contact Lilly at lcamp@volunteerlubbock.org

Youth for Impact

United Way Youth Division

Serving. Leading. Collaborating.

Youth for Impact is a youth-led organization for high school students from the Lubbock area who are interested in learning leadership skills and serving the community through volunteering.  Through collaboration with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock and their network of partners, Youth for Impact will find ways to make a meaningful impact in the community. 

Participants engage in youth-organized meetings, hands-on service projects, and opportunities for leadership. All of these activities work toward creating the next generation of community leaders!

If you are interested in joining Youth for Impact, please contact Lilly Camp at lcamp@volunteerlubbock.org

Workshops

Lubbock Leadership Workshops

Opportunities offered to all community-based groups, individuals and nonprofit organizations for a nominal fee. Workshops are designed to share knowledge, enhance leadership and management skills, and provide tools and techniques that help board members, staff and volunteers respond effectively to the needs of their organization.

Consultations

Lubbock Non-profit Consultation

The Volunteer Center offers consultations that address:

  • Board governance
  • Strategic planning
  • Organizational assessments
  • Volunteer recruitment and management
  • Fundraising
  • Team building
  • Stress-management
  • Effective meetings
  • Other topics of your choice
Conversations on Impact: Amanda Kuhn

Vice President of Benchmark Business Solutions Amanda Kuhn participated in our High Performing Teams and High Performing Teams II programs. As a business leader, she continues to send her employees to Volunteer Center leadership programs and regularly collaborates with us on a number of projects. Click the video above to hear her story.

Fees for consultations are based on an hourly rate; agency partners receive a discount. To schedule a consultation or ask questions, contact Sharon Bass at sbass@volunteerlubbock.org

Conversations for Good

Conversations for Good is a part of our Gathering for Good series that the VCL created in the Fall of 2020 when COVID-19 forced us to rethink everything. When we were forced to think of how to do an effective, meaningful virtual event, we created virtual Gathering for Good Moments.

Conversations for Good are free of charge to all participants and take place over Zoom. 

2023 Conversations for Good coming soon!