Looking for a group of volunteer managers in Colorado to connect with and exchange ideas, best practices, and overall support each other with all things volunteer management? Join DOVIA Colorado’s Vollee Alliance. The program name is a shortening of Volunteer Leaders Elevating Engagement, playing on the concept of a volley, or exchange of ideas. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month from 11:00am to 12:00pmvia Zoom to discuss and share ideas about important topics in the volunteer world. Anyone can join - meetings are free. A topic list for 2025 is below.
January 14-Leading through change-transitions with staff and volunteers
February 11-Saying No with Grace
March 11-Corporate Volunteerism and groups
April 8-Volunteer Orientations
May 13-Navigating Burnout and Breaks for Yourself, Supervisors and Volunteers
June 10-Volunteer Evaluations
July 8-Fostering a Culture where Staff and Volunteers work as a team
August 12-Databases and Software Systems
September-Break for CCOV
October 14-Building programs vs. Maintaining-challenges and successes
November 11-Virtual, Remote and Autonomous Volunteering
December-Break
Have you been asked to survey volunteers? But what are surveys good for? Are you just performing feedback collection that tells you the same things over and over?
In this webinar, you will learn how to collect data that identifies gaps, benchmarks sentiments, and explores new ways to engage volunteer time and talent. The session will use Mentimeter, allowing participants to easily share insights, ask questions, and brainstorm opportunities.
By the end of the one-hour online session, attendees will be able to:
- Determine the right survey objective, audience, timeline, and platform to gather data that ignites positive change
- Understand how to write clear survey questions that respect respondents and allow for their honesty and flexibility
- Design surveys with clear and easy analysis routes that link to actionable opportunities
About Jessica Pang-Parks
Our leader for this session is Jessica Pang-Parks. Jessica is highly skilled at and incredibly passionate about stewarding relationships, coaching and mentoring others, and developing and improving processes. She is the recipient of the 2021 Alison Caird Young Leader Award in recognition of her leadership and excellence in volunteer engagement and the recipient of the 2023 VMPC Exemplary Leader Impact Award in recognition of her contributions to the field as a mentor, leader, trainer, and advocate.
Jessica earned her CVA credential in April 2023 and has facilitated Fleming College’s Volunteer Management: Spectrum of Engagement course since May 2022. She has held professional volunteer engagement roles at Crohn's and Colitis Canada, Pathways to Education Canada, the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Volunteer Toronto, and WWF-Canada.
Jessica has the privilege to work on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Learn more about Jessica at www.learnwithjpp.com.
Join fellow volunteer administrators for coffee and idea sharing! This group meets quarterly at different places around Boulder and Longmont Counties. Attendance is free and open to anyone (coffee not included). Everyone in the state is welcome to join! more info...
Successful engagement begins with the right opportunity—one that meets the needs of both the volunteer and the organization. Crafting position descriptions ensures that the role is meaningful, and can be instrumental in finding qualified people, making a good match, and setting volunteers up for success. This session will focus on the elements of position descriptions, who should be involved in writing them, which elements should be negotiable, and how to leverage position descriptions for recruitment.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Identify organizational needs to identify potential volunteer opportunities.
Assess potential volunteer positions to determine if they are strategic.
Develop a comprehensive position description and understand how it sets the stage for effective engagement.
Speaker Bio: As president of VQ Volunteer Strategies, Beth partners with organizations and their leadership to increase their impact through strategic and innovative engagement. As a thought leader, Beth regularly participates in the national dialogue about volunteerism and engagement and is co-editor of the book, Transforming Disruption to Impact: Rethinking Volunteer Engagement for a Rapidly Changing World. She provides consulting and training to organizations across the US and Canada including supporting dozens of organizations to become accredited Service Enterprises.
Prior to becoming a consultant, Beth worked as an executive director and marketing director with education and faith-based organizations and spent years working with museums as an educator, manager, and anthropologist. She draws upon her anthropology experience still, helping organizations through the culture shift process – from viewing volunteer management as a program to embracing engagement as a strategy to fulfill mission. more info...
Looking for a group of volunteer managers in Colorado to connect with and exchange ideas, best practices, and overall support each other with all things volunteer management? Join DOVIA Colorado’s Vollee Alliance. The program name is a shortening of Volunteer Leaders Elevating Engagement, playing on the concept of a volley, or exchange of ideas. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month from 11:00am to 12:00pmvia Zoom to discuss and share ideas about important topics in the volunteer world. Anyone can join - meetings are free. A topic list for 2025 is below.
February 11-Saying No with Grace
March 11-Corporate Volunteerism and groups
April 8-Volunteer Orientations
May 13-Navigating Burnout and Breaks for Yourself, Supervisors and Volunteers
June 10-Volunteer Evaluations
July 8-Fostering a Culture where Staff and Volunteers work as a team
August 12-Databases and Software Systems
September-Break for CCOV
October 14-Building programs vs. Maintaining-challenges and successes
November 11-Virtual, Remote and Autonomous Volunteering
December-Break
Zoom details:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83350129534?pwd=B1AsdVlW1laHGEylHK4a7Vb9bmaCBf.1 more info...
Join us to learn about the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA), the Certification in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential, the process of applying for the exam and what you can do to prepare for the exam. This session is led by volunteers who have obtained their CVA. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and connect with others who are exploring the CVA credential. This session WILL NOT be recorded.
This session is offered by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration. Please register at the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcOmtqD8oGdwW1JWP_SuBDO328UfPn5J6#/registration more info...
Join us for our first networking session of 2025 at Coffeehouse 29 in Windsor. This is a time to connect with other volunteer administration professionals, share ideas, encourage each other, and problem-solve. This event is open to everyone in Colorado and is free to attend. We hope to see you there! *Drinks and/or food are not provided. more info...
