Northern Volunteer Managers Evening
Volunteer Management-future or failure?
Are you an experienced volunteer manager looking for the opportunity to challenge and develop your thinking?
Or a new and emerging leader in the volunteer management field who wants to be challenged? Northern Volunteering SA would like to invite you to attend a special professional development opportunity.
6:30pm . 9:00pm Thursday May 21st
Darshana.s Curry and Tea House
121 . 131 Mawson Lakes Bld, Mawson Lakes
Cost $50 and includes a sumptuous Oriental Temptation Banquet. Drinks are not included.
This is a unique opportunity to spend quality time with Martin J. Cowling and a small group of other colleagues to discuss key issues about developing your leadership.
Mr. Martin J Cowling, CEO of People First .Total Solutions possesses over 20 years of management experience with organisations including UNICEF, AFS Intercultural Programs,
The Smith Family, and Victorian Relief.
He has been CEO of People First .Total Solutions since October 2003 and works with charities and not for profits Australia-wide and globally.
Mr Cowling believes that people are the key to success or the very reason for failure of a project, strategy or company.
He is passionate about ensuring that both Organisation and their staff (employees or volunteers) have mutually beneficial relationships.
From strategic planning to volunteer management to coaching, leadership, contact Martin for input and advice.
RSVP before Thursday 14th May but places are LIMITED so book early.
Call Peter Heyworth for more details on 8250 1582 Note: this session will not probably not be suitable if you have minimal involvement with volunteers or if you are new to volunteer management
Northern Volunteer Managers Forum
Wednesday May 20th 2009
9:30am . 4:30pm
Playford Operations Centre 12 Bishopstone Rd, Davoren Park
Lunch is provided
Cost will be $60 per head which includes lunch. NVSA member organisations $50
RSVP Friday 15th May
Martin J Cowling is the keynote speaker and will cover:
4 Rs Recruitment, Recognition, Rewards And Renewal
Using knowledge and experience gained from our discussions with managers
of volunteers, our consultancy work and our Volunteer Program evaluation
packages, this session will show participants:
- What a 21st Century volunteer program needs to look like and how it needs to function
- Recruitment needs to focus on all 4 Rs to be successful
- That .retention is an outcome not an activity.
- The eight building blocks needed to build a program that will be attractive to volunteers
- The practical skills to build such a program,
- How to develop a plan to ensure a volunteer program is cutting edge
Sabotage! How Volunteer Managers Sabotage Their Volunteer Program
This training is based on the first of a series of articles published by the journal E-volunteerism from
January 2005. The article and the subsequent training has generated considerable interest from volunteer
managers so much so, this is our most requested training. This session covers:
- How Volunteer Programs are viewed globally
- How your volunteer program might be viewed by your organisation
- What are the five lethal factors that can undermine programs?
- How are these five lethal factors impacting on your organisation?
- What are some actions that can be taken to overcome these?
Mr. Martin J Cowling, CEO of People First .Total Solutions possesses over 20 years of
management experience with organisations including UNICEF, AFS Intercultural Programs,
The Smith Family, and Victorian Relief.
He has been CEO of People First .Total Solutions since October 2003 and works with
charities and not for profits Australia-wide and globally. Mr Cowling believes that people are
the key to success or the very reason for failure of a project, strategy or company. He is
passionate about ensuring that both Organisation and their staff (employees or volunteers)
have mutually beneficial relationships. From strategic planning to volunteer management to
coaching, leadership, contact Martin for input and advice.
Martin is a volunteer with the Red Cross Telecross Program, on the Board of Emergency
Relief Victoria and is on the Education Committee of Volunteering Victoria.
History & background of National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week provides a national focus for organisations wanting to recruit volunteers and promote the value of volunteering to the community. Each year, Volunteering Australia adopts a different theme for the week.
In Australia, National Volunteer Week is always celebrated in May and starts the Monday immediately after Mother’s Day and runs through to the following Sunday.
Northern Volunteering will be hosting the National Volunteer Week Volunteers Recognition Luncheon and Awards Presentation as our closing event on Friday 19 May.
Information on the Awards and Luncheon will be distributed by early March.
Phone: 8250 1582 Fax: 8281 0410 Email: nvsa@internode.on.net
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