The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center
Training Information
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December Nonprofit & TRIAVA Joint Training
Celebrating Service: 2026 Governor's Volunteer Service Awards
Objectives:
- Identify the key components and eligibility criteria of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award nomination form.
- Interpret the nomination guidelines to ensure submissions meet all requirements and align with the award’s intent.
- Develop a compelling and well-structured nomination narrative that effectively highlights a volunteer’s impact, dedication, and results.
Presented by Kim Shaw
December 3rd, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
FREE for all nonprofits!
Kim Shaw has served as the Executive Director of the Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center (TNVLC) for more than 15 years, where she leads initiatives that strengthen nonprofits, promote volunteerism, and build community partnerships across the Triangle region. With a passion for service and organizational effectiveness, Kim has guided programs that connect volunteers with critical needs—from supporting older adults to empowering local nonprofits through training and capacity-building. Her leadership is rooted in collaboration, innovation, and a deep commitment to helping communities thrive.
A recent graduate of Leadership North Carolina, Kim has more than 30 years of nonprofit leadership experience with nonprofits across the Triangle. She has served on several boards including the Triangle United Way, Aging Well Durham, American Red Cross, Board Chair-Durham County ABC Board, Digital Durham, Board Chair-Junior Leadership Durham, Board Chair of C3 (Christians Caring for Creation) and is the President-elect for the Rotary Club of Durham.
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September TRIAVA Training
Nonprofit Agency Policies on Volunteers
Volunteers are an essential resource for most nonprofit agencies. Many agencies could not succeed in their mission without a highly effective volunteer workforce. It is, therefore , important for nonprofit managers and staff to understand the correct and most efficient manner in which volunteers fit into their organizational structure, and how volunteers differ from paid employees. All of this is defined and regulated by the agency’s policies on volunteers. This workshop reviews important volunteer policy areas and offers suggestions and guidelines for composing a nonprofit volunteer policy document.
After completing this course, people will:
- Understand why it is important and helpful for a nonprofit agency to have a volunteer policy document
- Recognize some common concerns about which nonprofit agencies should define their policies
- Be familiar with two different policy model templates
- Have the knowledge and examples they need to create or improve their own agency’s policy document
Presented by Joel Zimmerman, TRIAVA Program Manager
September 25th, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
FREE for TRIAVA Members
Since retiring in Raleigh, NC, in 2015, Dr. Joel Zimmerman has done volunteer work and pro bono consulting with many nonprofit organizations including Braver Angels, the Executive Service Corps of the Triangle, The Triangle Nonprofit Volunteer & Leadership Center, AARP, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He has been a Director on, as well as a consultant to, several nonprofit Boards of Directors.
Joel’s 40-year career included organization and leadership development, nonprofit governance, program management, adult training, group facilitation, and team building.
Joel holds an M.A. in organizational design and effectiveness from Fielding University, where his special area of study was strategic planning. He also holds an M.S. in industrial psychology from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern in experimental psychology.