Learning Outside the Volunteer Management Box

By Volunteer Victoria

We’d like to introduce guest contributor Charlene Dishaw, currently the Manager of Volunteer Resources at Delta Hospital in Ladner, BC.

After over 10 years of working in the field of Volunteer Management I was having a “heard that, seen them” feeling. I was looking for education that would elevate my work another level. The Vancouver Board of Trade brought in the Disney Leadership workshop and my passion for working with people was renewed. What did it for me? The thrill of hearing what big business has the time and money to research. And the research can be directly applied …

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May 7th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: AVRBC, Latest News, Volunteer Management | Leave a comment

Reconnecting with Passion

By Beth Cougler Blom

Clare O’Kelly, President of the Administrators of Volunteer Resources British Columbia (AVRBC), wrote this positive and passionate article to all AVRBC members – individuals who coordinate volunteers at BC nonprofit and public organizations – a couple of weeks ago. I believe it’s a must-read for all of us who work with volunteers, so with her permission we’ve reposted it here. For more information about the South Island chapter of AVRBC, please visit the AVRBC website or contact me at Volunteer Victoria.

I’ve always found September to …

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October 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: AVRBC | Leave a comment

More on Creating Enticing Volunteer Position Descriptions

By Beth Cougler Blom

In June I wrote on this blog about the AVRBC meeting that we had on “Creating Enticing Volunteer Position Descriptions”. I shared with you what Kelly Sprackett, a local coordinator of volunteers and one of the three panelists at the meeting, had to say on the issue. 

Now I’d like to share with you what Nancy Martens, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children’s Health and Christine Foster, Manager of Volunteer Resources at Saanich Peninsula Hospital had to share as well. We’re so fortunate to have such an amazing number of skilled people …

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August 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: AVRBC | Leave a comment

New Regional Rep for AVRBC

By Beth Cougler Blom

I’d like to announce that Tina Lowery of the BC Cancer Agency has stepped in to share the Regional Representative position with me for our local Administrators of Volunteer Resources British Columbia (AVRBC) chapter.  Tina replaces Nancy Martens (more on Nancy below) in this shared position as of this summer, just in time to start off our new meeting year in September.  Tina is the Coordinator of Volunteer Services at the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre and, in her words, “works with and in support of the most amazing, talented and dedicated volunteers.”

If you haven’t heard of …

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July 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: AVRBC, Latest News | Leave a comment