Networking For Success

By Beth Cougler Blom

Our Emerging Leaders Network has made some amazing learning opportunities available to its members since the Network was created this past Spring.  A recent “Networking for Success” workshop was no exception.  In this guest blog post, workshop participant and Emerging Leaders Network member Andy Renton summarizes some great networking tips for individuals at community organizations.

“Networking is the art of building mutually beneficial relationships.” This was the opener for Sarah Daviau’s recent workshop titled “Networking for Success,” which truly was beneficial to all who attended.

After over 10 years in the non-profit sector with various organizations, Sarah …

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November 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Emerging Leaders Network, Workshops | 2 comments

I want to tell you a story…

By Beth Cougler Blom

We are pleased to share with you the following guest blog post written by the Executive Director of one of our member agencies, The Glenshiel.  Laurie Mueller recently attended our “Story Skills and Telling Tales” workshop facilitated by experienced storyteller Norma Cameron. 

I want to tell you a story about a Volunteer Victoria workshop I attended that was one of the highlights of my year.  Do you have time to read 600 words to learn about something wonderful? If so, please read on.

My mother was a great teller of tales.  I remember as a child listening to …

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November 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Workshops | Leave a comment

Communicating Effectively with the Media

By Beth Cougler Blom

We’d like to thank Kim Perkins, Community Development Coordinator at the Burnside Gorge Community Association for writing the following guest blog post about her learnings from attending our recent media communications workshop.

On October 7, 2010, Volunteer Victoria hosted a half-day workshop called Media-Wise: Communicating Effectively with the Media. The session was facilitated by Ian Parker, former journalist and TV anchor who shared insights into gaining – and making the most of – media opportunities.

According to Ian, most media wounds are self-inflicted and easily avoided. Having a plan and knowing your key message can go a long way in turning …

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November 10th, 2010 | Category: Workshops | Leave a comment

Telling Your Organization’s Story

By Beth Cougler Blom

We recently held a very successful  ”Story Skills and Telling Tales” day-long workshop, facilitated by Victoria-based storyteller Norma Cameron.  In this post, Norma herself gives readers some resources to turn to while learning how to tell your organization’s stories.

In 2005, after years of being a storyteller and a fundraising/communications consultant, I decided to marry these two pursuits and build more effective communication strategies and tools.  After all, a well-told story is the shortest distance between two people and telling your organization’s story is really no different than the stories we share with each other every day. 

However, it does require a wee bit …

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November 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Workshops | Leave a comment

Nonprofit Marketing: As easy as 1, 2, 3

By Beth Cougler Blom



 A little birdie helped us out recently to learn more about nonprofit marketing.

The graphic birdie image pictured above sits in the “1, 2, 3 Marketing Tree”, developed by Mills Communications Group’s founder Erica Mills, who was in Victoria in mid-July to teach a workshop for Volunteer Victoria.  Erica delivered “Nonprofit Marketing: Make the Most of What You’ve Got!” to a collection of our member agencies – and the workshop was a fantastic success.

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August 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Workshops | Leave a comment
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