The 2010 Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference will be held on October 7th and 8th in Duluth, Minnesota, and Cameron will be presenting. Be sure to attend, and stop the session.
Topic: High Impact Volunteer Engagement
Presenters: Elizabeth Ellis, membership and outreach specialist, Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines; Cameron Kruger, Training and Technical Assistance Program manager, Lake Superior Initiative and Mary Quirk, Volunteer Resources Leadership Project manager, Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration
Description: Out with the obsolete and in with high impact volunteer engagement! How volunteers want to be involved and the opportunities for nonprofits with volunteers are rapidly changing. One of the ways many organizations are evolving in the current economic times is increasing reliance on volunteers. This session will offer concise key findings about current trends in volunteerism from recent research. The Minnesota Association on Volunteer Administration (MAVA) will provide practical tips developed on how to successfully incorporate skills-based volunteering, entrepreneurial volunteering, volunteering to gain workforce skills and other hot topics in volunteerism. We will show you how nonprofits have updated their volunteer program for the current times. And, you will learn indicators to check your organization’s progress utilizing volunteers and leave with an action plan for high impact volunteer engagement.
