This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter. Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria. January 28th, 2010 VOLUNTEER: Assistant Restaurant Server: TLC is looking for someone…
As promised, this is the second and final installment of my Social Media Basics for Non Profits. My previous blog focused on Facebook and Twitter. Here, I will focus on the more visual aspects of social networking – looking at two popular social networking tools…
Today doesn’t have to be the most depressing day of the year – you can brighten someone’s day (including your own) by volunteering in your community. Volunteering is a great way to start off the new year and we’ve pulled a few positions that…
I’d like to welcome Charles Troger, PMP from Treehouse Consulting as today’s guest blogger. He’ll be teaching our upcoming workshop, scheduled for Feb 25, 2010, on “Managing for Success: Project Management for the Non-Profit Sector.” In this post Charles talks…
Having done extensive research on Social Media over the past five months or so, I was somewhat reluctant to attend Margaret Hoegg’s beginner level presentation on Twitter. Contributing significantly to this reluctance was the fact that, of all the social…
If you’ve lived in Victoria for any length of time, you will undoubtedly have heard people talking about “the big one.” When will the big earthquake hit, we wonder. And will we be prepared when the time comes? Although it…
Volunteer Victoria is pleased to welcome our new youth council volunteers to our social media team! The group first met in October to discuss how we could go about implementing social media as a part of our volunteer management…
Some of the Volunteer Victoria staff who worked on the house. L-R Tara, Bonnie, Louise, John, Val, Nick and Lornna. If you’ve walked into our office over the last month, you may have wondered where the sweet smell of candies and gingerbread were…
In the Youth Program , we work with people under 30. Our approach to connecting with them generally relies on meeting face-to-face in classroom presentations, at career/volunteer fairs or when they drop by the office. Over the past year, we have…
