A Tale of Two Hospitals – How a New Hospital and a 107 Year Hospital Work Together to Cultivate Volunteers

Erica Phillips, CFRE, CAVS | Executive Director of Volunteer Engagement, Arkansas Children’s
Rebecca Neely, CVM | Volunteer Engagement Programs Manager, Arkansas Children’s Northwest
This webinar describes how two hospitals worked together to learn what support was needed from the perspective of their employees. They focused on collaboration, engagement and deployment of external recruitment efforts.
*This resource was originally developed by the Association for Health Care Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP) prior to AHVRP integrating with The Beryl Institute in July 2020. This webinar does not offer Patient Experience Continuing Education Credit (PXE).
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