National Volunteer
Week 2015

Theme:Down and Out And Volunteering
When: 21 May 2015
Where: State Library Victoria

Speakers:

  • MC: George Halkias
  • Keynote: Dr Arthur Stukas (La Trobe Uni)
  • Panel facilitator: George Halkias

Panellist:

  • Dr Melanie Davern (Uni of Melb)
  • Daniel Leighton (Inclusion Melb)
  • Gemma O’Brien (Melbourne City Mission)
  • Rikki Blacka (Volunteering ACT)

Volunteering Victoria CEO Sue Noble is delivering the keynote address – The Power of Volunteering: Imagine the Possibilities! – as well as a Volunteer Management Masterclass with Tara Cantwell.  Alison Duff, also of Volunteering Victoria, will discuss our recently completed pilot program Managing Spontaneous Emergency Volunteers.

Join us during National Volunteer Week for a jam packed program full of diverse workshops and information sessions on everything volunteer management. To celebrate National Volunteer Week, this is a free event.

As a lead in to National Volunteer Week, Yarra Ranges Council and Eastern Volunteers are hosting their third conference with support from Mt Evelyn & Districts and Mooroolbark Community Banks, Volunteering Victoria and Japara Living & Learning Centre.

Sessions include:

• Bite size volunteering
• The Zen of managing happy volunteers
• Young people & volunteering
• Q&A~Lets deal with your legal issues
• Corporate volunteering. What’s in it for you?
• Positive psychology & mental wellbeing for managers
• Advanced volunteer manager master class
• Special Interest Group discussions with your sector

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