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Show your AVRM style at the upcoming conference or at your next DOVIA meeting. Check out AVRM’s new online store where you can get a variety of items such as t-shirts, tote bags and mugs. A portion of the proceeds goes to support the new organization. Please visit www.cafepress.com/avrm.
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Upcoming Events

 

Sign up NOW for the first-ever Volunteer Management 201 Workshop, sponsored by NOVAA in cooperation with TACS, and team-taught by NOVAA members June Bass, Holly Denniston, Nancy Gaston, and Autumn Ray.  This workshop, to be held on May 7, will not only go into greater depth on information presented in Volunteer Management 101, but introduce a number of CVA (Certified in Volunteer Administration) topics to those hoping to move ahead in the profession.  This will be an excellent opportunity for those who have taken 101 to benefit from these advanced practitioners' knowledge and experience and gain more insight into such topics as:

Understanding Your Role as Leader

Mission implementation, professional ethics, leading effective meetings, understanding organizational culture, communicating the value and impact of volunteers

Equipping Staff to Engage Volunteers

Appropriate delegation and boundaries, identifying assumptions as to who does what, explaining the volunteer program to paid staff, tools for effective supervision, getting and using volunteer feedback

Risk Management

How to assess your program’s risk factors; screening, including background checks; consistent procedures for paid staff and volunteers; insurance for volunteers

Attendance at a previous Volunteer Management 101 workshop is not required.

To sign up or learn more, please visit the Training Event Calendar at www.tacs.org.
Workshop date and time:  Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:  $150.00 (Members of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon and NOVAA members receive a 10% discount)
Location:  Ecotrust Conference Center, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland
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2008 Annual National Conference

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE!

 
AVRM 2008 Annual National Conference
 
Binghamton, New York
October 1-3 2008
(pre-conference activities September 29-30, 2008)
 

Please see the “Conference” page for updates as information becomes available.

2008 Conference Committe Positions are Available!  Join the Team!

To view the positions, please download here.
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The Registry is Growing!

Add Your DOVIA, Chapter or State Association!

The DOVIAs/Chapters Registry system is a listing of DOVIAs, chapters and state associations that's free to use. We designed it to fully automates the process of contributing a listing. With full automation, a representative of a DOVIA, Chapter, State Association or similar association can instantly add a listing, and even log back in later to change it.

Here's how it works:

An authorized representative of a US-based DOVIA, Chapter, State Association or similar association signs up as a Registry Contributor on the Add Your Association's Listing page. The new Registry Contributor, upon registering, is immediately taken to the listing form.

The listing form asks for:

  • the type of association,
  • its name
  • its acronym or other informal name
  • a description of the association's service area
  • the states served by the association
  • meeting details (such as where, when, who may attend, whom to contact, and so on)
  • the contact information for the association
  • any additional information that the Registry Contributor would like to add about the association.

The system enables the Registry Contributors to edit using word processor-like tools, from their web browser. They can also include hyperlinks and email links, if they wish.

Updating the Registry Listing

The Registry Contributor essentially "owns" the listing, and can return any time to update or even delete it.

To ensure that listings are legitimate, a volunteer with the VRM Roundtable project, called the Registry Editor, approves all submissions and updates before they go live in the registry.

 Fully Searchable

The new Registry lists associations alphabetically. A search box enables colleagues to enter in any criteria they want, such as, say, a state name. It will then list just those associations that meet the search term.
Help Spread the Word!

This is a new Registry and we need your help in spreading the word about it. You can help by letting your friends and colleagues know about it!
Keynote Speaker

Martin Cowling will deliver the keynote address at the 2008 AVRM Conference.

Martin J Cowling is one of Australia’s leading consultants on not for profit and volunteer management. He has worked with commercial and not for profit organizations for over twenty years. Currently CEO of People First -Total Solutions, Martin works regularly with individuals and organizations in the US, UK and Australia on areas connected with not for profit management, organizational culture staff motivation, effective volunteer management, constructive personal development and financial disadvantage.

Martin’s presentations are informative, thought provoking and beneficial. He is regarded in Australia and internationally as an entertaining, practical and helpful speaker. He is a regular speaker at the Points of Light Foundation National Conference on Volunteering and National Service and Volunteering Australia National Conference. He is founder and faculty member of The Australian Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management.
 
Martin has published a number of articles in journals nationally and internationally and is currently co-authoring a text on volunteer management. His qualifications include: BA (Psychology), Grad dip Adult Education & Training, Grad dip HR & IRM,Dip Vol Management, Cert IV Coaching.
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Upcoming Events

 SAVE THE DATE

Advanced Volunteer Management Conference
"Diving Deeper, Reaching Higher"
October 27-29, 2008
Portland, Oregon

Join internationally known volunteer management experts Susan J. Ellis,
Rick Lynch, Steve McCurley, Linda Graff, and Martin J. Cowling as they
lead us through timely and relevant topics designed for the experienced
manager of volunteers.  Don't miss this opportunity to gather best
practices and develop new skills from the top trainers.

Sponsored by:

  • Institute for Nonprofit Management at Portland State University
  • Mid-Valley Volunteer Managers Association – MVVMA
  • Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association – NOVAA
    Oregon Volunteers

What:  Advanced Volunteer Management Conference
When: October 27-29, 2008
Where:  Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Nearby hotel accommodations will be available.

Watch your inbox for upcoming registration information! Visit the website at www.oregonvolunteers.org

AVRM woud like to start supporting your events and regional conferences.  If you have events that you would like to promote, please email the information to Celeste Sauls.
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