Charlene Dishaw
Tues April 19 2011 - 9-11 AM
Creating Job Satisfaction
and Organizational
Commitment in
Volunteers
How can studies in Organizational
Behaviour help us develop Job
Satisfaction and Organizational
Commitment in our volunteers? Key areas of
discussion will be Justice and Support, Shared
Values, Trust, Organizational Comprehension and
Volunteer Involvement.
Charlene Dishaw has been coordinating volunteers
since 1992, currently for Providence Health Care.
Charlene completed the Certificate in Volunteer
Management at Vancouver Community College,
chaired the AVRBC Community Awareness
Committee and is Past President of AVRBC.
Carol Dixon
Weds May 18 2011 - 2-4 PM
Clever & Eye-Catching
Advertising for Volunteers
Learn to use the methods of
advertising to your advantage in this
interactive workshop on getting your
recruitment message across. Find
the hook to bait volunteers to your program!
Carol Dixon is Director of Volunteer Resources for
Providence Health Care, in charge of 1400
volunteers at six sites. Carol has worked in
Volunteer Management for nearly 20 years in
Ontario and British Columbia.
COMING JUNE 2011
CAVR/AVRBC Conference
in Vancouver!
WHERE?
Place des Arts
1120 Brunette Ave, Coquitlam
presents
at Brunette & Marmont
To Register
Contact Community Volunteer Connections at
cvcinfo@volunteerconnections.net
or 604-529-5139 to reserve your seat.
Seating limited so register soon!
Membership has its privileges...
2010/11
Speaker Series
Admission FREE for
members of CVC or AVRBC.
Non-members $10
Please pay by cheque or cash at the door.
Community Volunteer Connections
As the volunteer centre for the TriCities and New
Westminster, we know volunteers don’t manage
themselves. We are proud to bring our local leaders to
share their knowledge.
www.volunteerconnections.net
Administrators of Volunteer Resources BC
BC’s professional organization for the volunteer
management profession. We are dedicated to
promoting leadership in the management of volunteer
resources and to providing a supportive network for all
our members.
www.avrbc.com
The key to our profession is
connecting, communicating and sharing
with our peers
CVC presents the...
AVRBC Speaker Series
Lillian Whitmore
Weds September 22 2010 - 9-11 AM
Building an Open-Door
Culture for Volunteers
Why is an open-door culture
important? How could it benefit your
volunteers, clients, and organization?
Start the new season off with this
energizing workshop that will open
your eyes to new possibilities for
stronger volunteer engagement.
Lillian Whitmore is president of Lighthouse
Consultants, specializing in training and consulting in
the areas of volunteer management and not-for-profit
board governance. Lillian chairs the AVRBC
Advocacy Committee.
Beth Cougler Blom
Tues October 19 2010 - 2-4 PM
Who Do You Know?:
The Power of Personal
Connections
Sandra Palmer
Weds November 17 2010 - 2-4 PM
“Funning It Up”: How the
Olympic Experience
Changed my Volunteer
Management Style
Jenny Buday
Tues February 15 2011 - 9-11 AM
Handling Difficult
Conversations:
Discipline & Volunteers
Sandra's experience as a Team Lead volunteer for the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games changed the way
she viewed Volunteer Management and how she
manages her volunteer program. Find out how you
can apply Olympic-style volunteering to your program.
Developing an excellent volunteer
program means developing your
volunteers. Jenny Buday will take us through what
works in mentoring, coaching, corrective action,
discipline and dismissal in the context of
volunteers.
Sandra Palmer is the Manager of Volunteer
Resources at Royal Columbian Hospital. She has
served on the Board of AVRBC for eight years,
currently as President.
Jenny Buday is the Coordinator of Volunteer
Resources for the City of Surrey. She serves as
the Regional Coordinator for AVRBC, and with the
Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources.
And coming in 2011...
Clare O’Kelly
Thurs January 20 2011 - 2 - 4 PM
Promoting our Profession:
Tips, Tools & Techniques
We seek “word of mouth” advice of
family, friends and acquaintances
more often than we listen to mass
media messages. Find out how you
can recognize and engage key people who exist
within your networks to enhance your volunteer
program.
Managing volunteers takes skill,
experience and knowledge, but our
profession is often overlooked in the
hierarchy of our organizations. Learn
how to promote your role in your
organization, and how we can work together to
develop our professional status.
Beth Cougler Blom is Manager of Training and
Outreach at Volunteer Victoria, and has been
Regional Co-Representative for AVRBC South
Island since 2006. Beth is completing her Master of
Education (Adult Education) at UBC and has a
Certificate in Volunteer Management from
Conestoga College in Ontario.
Clare O'Kelly is Manager of Volunteer Resources at
Burnaby Hospital, and Vice President of the AVRBC.
Clare served as AVRBC Conference Chair in 2009
and as BC's provincial rep for Canadian
Administrators of Volunteer Resources. She is mother
of five, loves gardening and is an avid reader.
Lindsay Baker
Weds March 16 2011 - 2-4 PM
Managing Special
Event Volunteer
Programs
A strong volunteer team is the
foundation for any successful
special event. But how does one
coordinator of volunteers recruit, screen, train,
schedule and manage hundreds of event
volunteers? In this interactive and lively session,
Lindsay will share tips, tricks and techniques
learned from more than 10 years coordinating
volunteers at fairs, festivals & fundraisers.
Lindsay Baker is Manager of Communications &
Training at Volunteer Richmond, and an AVRBC
Board Director as well as Marketing Chair for the
Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources
2011 National Conference in Vancouver.