Volunteer Victoria has the pleasure of hosting another unique learning event with Judy Lightwater later this month. “Events and Beyond” is a workshop that will help you to maximize your organizational capacity. This event will focus on building outreach and…
We’d like to welcome guest blogger Claire Doherty to the Volunteer Victoria blog! Claire is a board member with the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS), and has worked and volunteered for a wide variety of non-profit organizations. She…
I was so pleased to recently coordinate a “Get Creative with Social Media” workshop for Volunteer Victoria, facilitated by Mandy Leith. It pleased me even more that I was able to attend the workshop with my mother, Elaine Cougler. Her adoption of…
Since 2000, Volunteer Victoria has been offering an Overview of Volunteer Management course once a year for those involved (or wanting to be) in the administration of volunteers. In the course, participants learn all the basics they need to know…
Recently, Volunteer Victoria’s Emerging Leaders Network offered a five-week public speaking course to a small group of individuals made up of mostly ELN members. It was taught by Ginger Brunner of Dynamic HR Solutions Inc. and received rave reviews from all participants. In this…
Each year Volunteer Victoria works with a wide variety of trainers to deliver workshops for our community participants. As the Manager of Training and Outreach for Volunteer Victoria, I’m pleased that we are able to offer a good cross-section of…
The following is a guest blog post written by Kari Frazer, facilitator of our recent “Planning for Fundraising Success” workshop. Kari holds the international Certified Fund Raising Executive designation and has been practicing fundraising, marketing and media relations for 24…
Summer turned into fall, fall turned into winter, and now I realize that I haven’t written an update about the Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) on this blog since late July last year. Wow, where did the time go? For me,…
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…
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…
