| Andy
Fryar is the Founder and Director of OzVPM -
a resource, consultancy and training company specialising
in volunteerism - particularly as it relates to the
Australasian region. Andy
is the immediate past President of Volunteering Australia.
He is also a past Board member of Volunteering South
Australia (1996 - 2003), serving as Chairperson for
a total of 5 years. In 1998, he was responsible for
convening the working party that evolved into AAVA
- the Australasian Association for Volunteer Administrators
– the Australasian region’s first and
only professional association for volunteer managers.
Andy
has written many articles about volunteerism and has
edited or co-authored three books on volunteering
topics. He is a co-author of ‘Volunteer
Management – an essential guide’
(2nd edition) – Australia’s premier guidebook
to volunteering.
He
currently serves on the editorial committee of the
Australian Journal of Volunteering and is also a member
of the contributor's panel with Charity Channel's
weekly newsletter - 'Volunteer Management Review',
based in the USA. During 2000, Andy was invited to
join the editorial team of e-volunteerism,
the electronic journal of volunteerism, established
by Susan Ellis and Steve McCurley. Based in Philadelphia,
e-volunteerism, has enabled Andy the opportunity to
work with the international volunteer community on
a daily basis.
Andy
travels extensively, and has visited volunteer programs
and conducted training for volunteer program managers
in every state and territory of Australia, as well
as in Canada, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, India,
Singapore, New Zealand and the United States of America.
In 2004 he became the first person from the Southern
Hemisphere to be invited to join the Faculty of the
prestigious 'Institute of Advanced Volunteer Managenent'
in the United Kingdom.
In
2005, Andy co-founded (with Martin J Cowling) the
'Australasian
Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management'
- an annual conference for advanced level volunteer
management professionals in the Australasian region.
Most
recently, Andy has been appointed as the Chairperson
of the global committee overseeing International
Volunteer Managers Appreciation Day,
which is held on November 1 each year.
Andy
was awarded a Centenary Medal through the Australian
honours system in recognition of his service to volunteerism
in Australia in 2003.
Andy
has been employed as a Volunteer Manager since 1991,
and in addition to the above, continues to be involved
in the day-to-day operation of a large volunteer program
in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, where he
is employed as the Executive Officer of the Lyell
McEwin Regional Volunteer Association.
In
his spare time, Andy enjoys being a dad to his five
small children (which includes two sets of twins!)
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