By Jennifer Teeler on May 14, 2013
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Skills-Based Volunteering – What comes first: the volunteer or the volunteer job description? Skills-based volunteering means leveraging the specialized skills and talents of individuals to strengthen the infrastructure of nonprofits, helping them build and sustain their capacity to successfully achieve their missions. How do we better utilize the many skills of our volunteers while still accomplishing what needs to be done in our own organizations? Please come share your thoughts on the subject and learn from the experience of others in the field!
When: May 29th 11:30am-1p
Where: The National MS Society located near Fremont
at 192 Nickerson St, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98109
BE SURE TO RSVP to Cara at cara.chamberlin@nmss.org to receive driving and parking details!
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