VANNW Professional Gatherings are a great opportunity to share ideas, thoughts, and skills with your volunteer management peers – no membership required. VAN Professional Gatherings are typically offered once a month at various locations. If you are interested in hosting a Professional Gathering or have an idea for a presentation/topic please contact ProfessionalGatherings@VANNW.org
Join Us for the May 29 Professional Gathering!
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!
Updates Regarding Professional Gatherings
By WendiLee MacLeod on June 5, 2013
SKILLS BASED VOLUNTEERING – Notes by Cara Chamberlin At our May VAN Professional Gathering we talked about skills-based volunteering. Cara gave a definition from Point of Light about what is skills-based volunteering: Skills-based volunteering (SBV) and pro-bono service is a powerful driver of social change. It is a unique approach to community engagement that matches [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on May 14, 2013
Flооd / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND 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 [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on April 30, 2013
Daniele Zedda / Foter.com / CC BY 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 [...]
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By Lisa Yeager on April 29, 2013
I always look forward to the VAN Professional Gatherings. I learn a lot but I really enjoy spending time with other volunteer managers. The most recent Professional Gathering was hosted by Janelle Kitson at the new Redmond Hopelink office. It was a small gathering as it fell during National Volunteer Week but we discussed teen volunteers. You can [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on April 22, 2013
Lester Public Library / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA Janelle Kitson will be hosting the next Professional Gathering at Hopelink. We’ll be talking about engaging older teen volunteers. Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Time: 11:30-1:00 RSVP: Janelle Kitson jkitson@hope-link.org Location: Hopelink Redmond Center, 16725 Cleveland St, Redmond, WA 98052 Hopelink’s Food Bank is located on the right [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on April 2, 2013
Wow! Detective Mike Chiu and Marjorie Trachtman of the Bellevue Police Department did a great job at the March professional gathering. The presentation was chock full of helpful information, yet I feel like we just barely scratched the surface of this topic! Detective Chiu’s powerpoint deck, Hiring the best, contains some great information – so [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on March 26, 2013
Don’t forget to attend our VAN Professional Gathering tomorrow where we will talk about conducting background checks on volunteers. Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Time: 11:30-1:00 Location: Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA, in the Council Chambers room on the Lobby Level. Please note that no food is permitted in Council Chambers. [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on March 11, 2013
The Bellevue Police Department is pleased to host the March VANNW Professional Gathering to talk about the background process for volunteers. Marji Trachtman and the Department’s Hiring Coordinator, Det. Mike Chiu, will talk about what a comprehensive background process includes and which parts should be considered vital for volunteer applicants. Topics will include what the [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on February 25, 2013
Flооd / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Don’t forget to attend this month’s professional gathering where staff from Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link program will lead an adapted version of their “Communicating Across Differences” training! Time: 11:30-1:00pm (feel free to bring your brown bag lunch). Location: Solid Ground, 1501 N 45th St, Seattle. Directions: Solid Ground is [...]
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By Jennifer Teeler on January 29, 2013
“Communicating Across Differences” is the hot topic for February’s Professional Gathering. How do you build bridges between different backgrounds? How do you reach out to volunteers from other communities? Is your organization culturally competent? Join us on Wednesday, February 27th, from 11:30-1:00pm for a brown bag lunch. We will be meeting at Solid Ground, 1501 N 45th [...]
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