Volunteer Futures: Annual Training Event for Volunteer Leaders

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Volunteer BC will host two substance-packed days of workshops, panel discussions and networking sessions for non-profits, volunteers, activists, board members, and staff who work with volunteers.

Keynote: Volunteering Legacy after the 2010 Olympic Games – Fact or Fiction. A researcher from the University of Canberra (Australia) shares results on the impact the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics Games had on BC’s volunteer sector.

Also hear from 13-year-old Alaina Podmorow, founder of Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan, as she shares her tried and tested strategies for engaging youth in volunteerism and activism.

Sample of workshops:
• Board Basics - Barbara MacLellan, North Shore Community Services
• Financial Fitness – Ricardo Saenz-Saldana, Vancity – Not-for-Profit Segment
• Fundraising – Telling your Story – Wanda Morris, Speak for Impact
• Fund Development - Become Financially Self-Sustaining – Andy Telfer, District 69 Society of
Organized Services (SOS)
• Recruiting Millennials, Gen Xers & Boomer Volunteers - Beth Cougler Blom, Volunteer
Victoria
• Volunteer Leadership – Jocelyn Wong, Volunteer Richmond Information Services
• And lots more!!

Date: September 24-25, 2010 Location: Four Points by Sheraton Vancouver Airport, Richmond, BC
Cost: Early Bird (by August 31) - $70, or $95 (after August 31)
Complete details: http://www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/events/docu...on2010.pdf