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| Keynote Session - Morning Plenary
Gaining & Keeping Board and Management Support for Your Volunteer Program
Speaker: Julie Marks, Founder & President, Volunteer Management Group
Time: 9:00 am - 9:45am
How much of a role does your board of directors play in terms of your volunteer program? Whether an organization is starting a program or has an existing program, the board should play an integral part. In addition, volunteer managers need to effectively “manage up” to their management teams, provide program strategic plans and outcomes, and keep them informed in a structured way on an ongoing basis.
Julie will share her experiences through discussing the important aspects of gaining and keeping board and management support for your volunteer program:
- Pulling together and presenting strategic plans and program results
- 3 Important pieces of information to always have on hand
- Keys points to make in a program outcome report
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Opportunities
Reach volunteer managers and nonprofit leaders at the
Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference. Email VMG, or click here for more info.
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Media Inquiries
For media-related inquiries, email VMG.
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Speaking Opportunities
Speaking opportunities are by invitation only. Speaker suggestions can be forwarded to Julie Marks via Email VMG.
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Afternoon Plenary Session
 Volunteer Project Management
Speaker: Julie Marks, Founder & President, Volunteer Management Group
Time: 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
A significant portion of a volunteer manager's time is spent engaged in project management. What are the best practices for project management specific to volunteer projects? Gain knowledge about detailed project management methodologies, tools and techniques and their application to volunteer project management in order for you to succeed in managing projects of any size and scope. Seamless project execution will lead to improved program effectiveness, and provide a method for shaping your program. This presentation will address:
- Best practices for developing a project management plan, gauging and defining scope, cost estimating, and risk assessment
- Utilize planning worksheets and checklists to cover all the bases of your project
- Evaluate the project, implement necessary changes and incorporate project outcomes into overall program strategy
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| Afternoon Plenary Session
 Utilizing Pro Bono Professionals (Skills-based Volunteers) to Build Capacity
Speaker: Rachael Chong
Time: 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Skilled professionals offering pro bono service can be invaluable to resource-strapped organizations looking to expand their scope, launch new initiatives, and professionalize their operations. As a growing alternative to traditional volunteer models, pro bono service and skilled volunteering offer high-level professional service across a spectrum of fields. More and more organizations are turning to the pro bono model, and to services which match professionals with organizations, to complete capacity-building projects and free up staff time to focus on other organizational priorities.
- This presentation will introduce anecdotal and statistical evidence that pro bono service is a largely-untapped resource
- Participants will learn how best to utilize skilled professionals for projects that are discrete, measurable and contained
- Different types of pro bono service models will be introduced and discussed
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