Event Title:

Volunteer Trends and Their Impact on Your Nonprofit

Event Date/Time:

Start: 2/24/2009 9:00:00 AM
End: 2/24/2009 12:30:00 PM

Speaker:

Wendy Biro-Pollard

Long and Short of Nonprofit Management

Consultant

Location:

Austin Community College Highland Business Center -- Room 301

Pricing:

	Before 20-Feb-09
Member:	$70.00
Non-Member:	$70.00

Event Deadline:

02/20/2009 09:00

Event Notes:

There is a new volunteer arriving on the scene int he next couple of years. The boomers will be retiring in significant numbers, and the good news is that they want to volunteer. This workshop will assist you with strategies to recruit and place these talented individulas in your agency and on your board. Prepare now and you'll have a blue print for younger volunteers as well.

Participants will:

Find out what next generation volunteers want and need
Participate in a need's assessment that will create exciting mission-focused opportunities and build your organizations capacity
Explore the ten steps to being a volunteer program champion

**Recommended for management and supervisory level staff

Event Comments:

This session is a part of our Volunteer Management Showcase Series. You may take this class individually or within the four session showcase series. We have provided a discount option for all those taking the Volunteer Management Showcase Series. Please send us a quick note (cbryant1@austincc.edu) saying you would like to sign up for the complete series and we will contact you personally to get you registered in all three sessions (other sessions in the series: Is Your Volunteer Program Hitting the Target (3/12); Strengthening Staff and Volunteer Relations (3/31))

The fee for an individual session is $70. The fee to the entire Showcase Series is $189 ($63 per session), saving you 15%.

Speaker Information:

Wendy Biro-Pollard is an expert volunteer developer and Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA) with more than twenty-five years of high profile experience. She is a seasoned speaker in demand at regional, national and international conferences. Wendy serves on the national training team for VISTA Americorp and Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning--boomer volunteer initiative. Wendy directed the Volunteer Center of Austin, Texas, supported volunteer activities throughout a 30-county region for the Texas Department of Human Services and managed volunteers for the Austin-Travis County Health Department. During the 90's, she directed volunteers at St. David's Medical Center of Austin. She recently raised funds, directed volunteers, and provided marketing and public relations support for Austin State Hospital--Texas oldest psychiatric hospital. Wendy was selected as Outstanding Volunteer Coordinator by Directors of Volunteers in Austin, and served as a board member for the American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services--an affiliate of the American Hospital Association.

Contact Name:

Neelam Noorani

Contact Phone:

(512) 223-7111

Contact Fax:

(512) 223-7208

Contact Email:

nnoorani@austincc.edu