Strengthen your skills for leading volunteers in natural areas management with this interactive primer for volunteer stewardship activity planning, group dynamics, safety, and volunteer empowerment.Learn how to plan and run a productive volunteer workday for activities such as tree planting, invasive brush removal, and seed collection that will inspire volunteers to keep coming back.
Gain the skills to recruit, retain, and empower volunteers to lead others with community organizing fundamentals. Discover methods of bringing volunteers together with social media, mailing lists, and in-person meetings.
This program includes self-paced online components and a live online session.
Instructor: Spencer Campbell, plant clinic manager, The Morton Arboretum
Continuing education: This class fulfills a requirement for the Natural Areas Conservation Training (N-ACT) Program.
Age: 18 and older
Course number: W510
Instructor
Spencer Campbell, plant clinic manager, The Morton Arboretum
Spencer Campbell is dedicated to inspiring people to develop a deeper connection with the natural world. His horticultural and natural areas management experience guides his work in The Morton Arboretum’s Plant Clinic, a service to educate professionals and the public about how to select, care for, and protect plants. He leads classes, workshops, seminars, and public presentations about gardening techniques, ecological restoration, climate change, and wilderness conservation. His teaching philosophy is that true knowledge of the natural world is best acquired by immersing oneself in the company of the plants and the animals.
What to Know
This program includes an online component you will complete on your own and a live, scheduled Zoom session.
Online Materials
Please provide a unique email address for each registrant at registration. Registrants will receive an email with instructions on how to access Treelearning, the Arboretum’s online learning portal.
Access to online materials begins at noon on the class start date and is available for 60 days after the start date.
Complete self-paced activities, such as e-learning modules, reading material, short videos, interactive activities, and quizzes to check your understanding. The self-paced activities do not need to be completed in one sitting. Your instructor will not be online with you.
Complete the online component before the scheduled Zoom session. It should take about 90 minutes.
Live Zoom Session
The link to the live Zoom session will be provided via email.
Continuing Education
This class fulfills a requirement for the Natural Areas Conservation Training (N-ACT) Program.
Program Schedule
This program includes self-paced online components and a live online session.
Thursday, January 16, 2025, noon. Online materials become available.
TreeLearning
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Attend a live online session.
Zoom
