Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) Kicks Off Another Successful Year!

By Lori Elder

The following is a guest post written by our new ELN Social Mavens, Yasmin Rampuri and Liz Hallett. Thank you Liz and Yasmin for hosting this very successful Fall Mingle, and for stepping up and sharing your skills and enthusiasm. It was a great event!

Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) Fall Mingle

After enjoying the lovely summer weather when it finally happened, the ELN ushered in the new season with a bang at the Fall Mingle.

The event hovered at full from days after it was posted, until the day of the event on September 15th, and we had 29 enthusiastic networkers attend in the end.

Veneto Café provided a …

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October 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Emerging Leaders Network, Latest News, Special Events | Leave a comment

VV’s Emerging Leaders Network: Engagement in action

By Beth Cougler Blom

I’m pleased to introduce guest blogger Zuzanna Szkudlarek, a Volunteer Victoria board member and member of our Emerging Leaders Network. In this post, Zuzanna writes about her great experiences (so far) as a member of the ELN. We’ve been truly fortunate to have Zuzanna participate in this Network as she is a true leader in action in our community.

Recently I was at a retreat with like minded people interested in bettering the community in Victoria. At the retreat were individuals from all sectors (nonprofits, government, and industry) ages ranging from 25-50 whereby five of us all had the commonality of being part of …

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September 27th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Emerging Leaders Network, Latest News | 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

Leadership and Management

By Lisa Mort-Putland

This article first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter on July 15th , 2011. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria.

Leadership and Management

In turbulent times, people often re-visit their assumptions and explore more closely the actions that helped contribute to organizational successes and failures. For many years, Henry Mintzberg, the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University, has explored the wisdom of focusing on organizational leadership at the detriment of investing in good management and he often shares his thoughts on the pitfalls of any number …

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July 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: E-Link, Latest News | Leave a comment

New Executive Director for Volunteer Victoria

By Volunteer Victoria

Val Green, Volunteer Victoria’s Executive Director over the past 10 years, has begun her transition to retirement. She has worked with the organization for over 20 years and has been an inspiring, adept, and visionary leader not only for Volunteer Victoria, but also in the community. A board member recently shared that no task is too big, or too small for Val; an apt description of Val’s ability to make great things happen while including and inspiring her teams along the way.

We thank Val for her years of commitment, hard work, and good humour, and we wish her well in the years …

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June 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: E-Link, Latest News | Leave a comment
 
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