Earlier this week, I gathered with YS Blog Authors, national ministry leaders, and other trusted youth ministry voices for a casual conversation about how they approach training for their volunteers. Check out the entire conversation below:

The panel included these brilliant folks:

• Rachel Dodd
• William Cumby
• Brian Aaby
• Keith Trollinger
• Stephen Hale
• Daniel Chapin
• Todd Jones
• Jim Hancock
• Jonny Radcliff
• Brandon Lynch
• Darin Weil
• Andrew May

Also, we are fortunate to have an incredible team of YS Blog Authors who have written about training volunteers from lots of different angles. Here are 12 of my favorites from the blog:

• 5 Tips for Training Volunteers When You’re Lacking in the Budget Department
• Volunteering Beyond Youth Group
• Creating Volunteer Expectations
• Create a Work and Life Balance for Volunteers
• What to Develop When You’re Developing Your Volunteers
• 7 Ideas That Will Help You Connect with Busy Volunteers
• Communicating with Youth Ministry Volunteers
• Dangerous Volunteers: Understanding Signs of Sexual Abuse in Youth Ministry
• How to Remove a Youth Leader
• 7 Deadly Sins of Student Ministry Volunteers
• YS Idea Lab: Five Tips for Training Your Own Volunteers

JACOB ECKEBERGER is the Content Manager at Youth Specialties, an itinerant worship leader, the spouse of a church planter, and a long time volunteer youth worker. You can find him blogging about social media and digital strategy ideas at JACOBECKEBERGER.COM.