Pre-Conference Workshops

Four Cornerstones

Four cornerstones form the foundation for the Conference – opportunity, balance, community and reflection. Symbols that indicate which of these cornerstones is the basis for a particular workshop. Some workshops have more than one cornerstone.

 

 Balance is the focus in workshops on high touch vs. high tech, work life vs.
personal life, board vs. staff vs. volunteer roles, and budget vs. needed resources.

 Community is about engaging others in ways that create interdependence between
executive staff, volunteers, funders, corporate sponsors and stakeholders.

 Opportunity exists for you to learn, grow, connect with others and have fun.

 

 Reflection is time for focusing on the state of the profession, what is working and can
work better for you, the volunteers and your entire organization.

 

Each workshop is also coded by level:

B – Basic
I – Intermediate
A – Advanced

Wednesday, October 9 • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm • Fee: $50.00 US

level

category

B

Connecting People, Programs, Procedures And Policies Through Effective Volunteer Risk Management
R. Dale Safrit & Harriet Edwards, North Carolina State University, NC; Mary Merrill, Merrill Associates, OH; Ryan J. Schmiesing, Ohio State University, OH, USA
Learn five universal risk management strategies used in program development and apply these to volunteer selection, training procedures and policy development.
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A

Creating Community In Volunteer Programs
Carol Kleinmaier and David Maurice Jones, Shanti National Training Institute, CA, USA
Volunteers' relationships with other volunteers impact their motivation. Learn to intentionally create positive relationships between staff and volunteers, among volunteers, and between volunteers and service recipients.
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B

Developing Strategic Business Partnerships
Jaci Lyndon, Volunteer Calgary, AB, Canada
Collaboration between the Volunteer Administrator and the Fundraising Manager is critical to an organization's success in developing strategic business partnerships. Learn steps designed to create relationships with businesses in your community.
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I

From Ten To Tenfold: Managing Volunteers In A Growing Organization
Patricia Worthington, Donna Riley, and Kristin Lambert, Foster Care Citizen Review Boards, UT, USA
Explore innovative options for recruiting, retaining and managing volunteers through periods of rapid growth. Prepare a growth plan for your organization. View the detailed workshop description.

Wednesday, October 9 • 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm • Fee: $15.00 US

level

category

A

Challenging Assumptions About Volunteer Involvement: A Look At Executive Level Issues
Presented by Denver DOVIA, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Inc., PA, USA
Examine the critical link between the actions of the top leader of an organization and the overall success of a volunteer program. Develop a vision for volunteer involvement, evaluate the dollar value of volunteer contributions, identify how to demonstrate daily support for volunteer involvement and much more! For CEOs and Executive Directors alone or accompanied by their Volunteer Administrators.
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