Volunteer BC: Volunteer Futures Conference

Volunteer BC - Volunteer Futures Conference
Annual Training Event for Volunteer Leaders

Volunteer BC will host two substance-packed days of workshops, panel discussions and networking sessions.

Keynote: Volunteering Legacy after the 2010 Olympic Games – Fact or Fiction.

• Researcher from the University of Canberra, Australia will share results on the impact the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics Games had on BC’s volunteer sector after the games. Research on this scale and with a focus on the results for the host community is the first of its kind.

Keynote: 

• Alaina Podmorow of Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan will be one of the keynote speakers, sharing her experience of engaging other youth in raising awareness of global human rights.

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/documents/VFRegistration2010.pdf

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!!