Life Matters

OzVPM Director Andy Fryar, along with Melanie Oppenheimer and Lynne Dalton were guests on the ABC's Life Matters radio show recently (16/5/08). You can hear the podcast of the interview by visiting

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/

National Volunteering Issues Survey

Volunteering Australia invites all volunteers and not for profit organisations that involve volunteers to participate in the 2008 National Survey of Volunteering Issues.

The National Survey of Volunteering Issues helps Volunteering Australia understand what issues are emerging in the sector and what factors help and hinder effective volunteering. Volunteering Australia uses this information to formulate policy positions to put to government, and also to target where our research and consultation efforts should be directed.

This is the third National Survey of Volunteering, which includes questions and themes from previous years’ surveys to enable us to compare and track volunteering trends, as well as including some new themes such as corporate/employee volunteering, the measurement of volunteer contribution and volunteers’ sense of community belonging. The survey has also been refined to make it easier for you to respond.

The survey takes around 10-15 minutes to complete. The survey is open until 16th March and can be accessed on the homepage of Volunteering Australia’s website:

www.volunteeringaustralia.org

The 2008 National Survey of Volunteering Issues report will be released during National Volunteer Week (12-18 May 2008).

Nikki Squelch Workshop Details

UK Volunteer Management leader Nikki Squelch will be presenting workshops in Adelaide (March 12) and Surfer's Paradise (April 12). Download the brochures for both events below

Adelaide Event

Surfer's Paradise

Asia Pacific Volunteer Management Conference in Hawaii

September sees the first Asia PAcific Volunteer Leadership Conference being held in Hawaii. OzVPM is proud to be a partner in this event, which will feature many of the world's leading volunteer management experts, as well as perspectives from right throughout the Asia Pacific region. Download the conference flyer here

New VPM resource launched

An exciting new resource for Volunteer Managers has been launched by the Northern Collaborative Project in South Australia. Based on VA's National Standards for involving volunteers, this resource conveniently separates information by standard making it an easy task to find information.

The pack is available for free download

Pdf version

Word version

Global Volunteer Management Survey

OzVPM are proud to be supporting People First -Total Solutions in conducting research into the state of volunteer management globally to:
1. identify trends and issues globally
2. develop appropriate training resources
3. provide data for articles for publication
4. assist Volunteer Centres, volunteer involving organisations and professional associations
5. raise the profile of managers/coordinators of volunteers

If you manage volunteers, please give us your views.

New technology discussion

publishing editors of e-volunteerism Susan Ellis and Steve McCurley have made publicly available the latest Keybord Roundtable discussion on the use of technology in volunteer management. It is an important debate for the entire sector and we encourage you to all read it HERE

Volunteer Magnet 2nd Edition Launched

16.11.2007, Blackpool, UK

The second edition of 'Turn your organisation into a volunteer magnet' was launched today at the Institute of Volunteer Management in Blackpool, England. Editors Fraser Dyer and Andy Fryar (Rob Jackson was unable to attend) and one of the 40 authors, Erin Tierney, launched the new publication with much fanfare.

An electronic version can be dowloaded for free by clicking HERE. Print versions will be available through the OzVPM Bookstore in coming weeks. We would love to hear your comments on the publication and thank you to all those who contributed articles

Follow Andy's adventures

OzVPM Director Andy Fryar is currently travelling through the USA, the UK, Europe and South Africa, presenting workshops on volunteer management and meeting with volunteerism leaders around the world. Andy is blogging his trip and his travels can be followed HERE

New UK Report Released

To coincide with IVMA Day, the Association of Volunteer Managers in the UK have released the results of their first ever volunteer management survey. It makes for interesting reading. You can download the full report HERE

Award Winner Announced

AAVA have announced the inaugural winner of their Volunteer Administrator Award of Excellence. Congratulations to Kaye Mahomet from Volunteering SA (pictured below with AAVA President DJ Cronin) who was the successful winner. OzVPM were proud to  part sponsor the prize for this years award

Who Cares?

Leading Canadian volunteerism experts Linda Graff and Paul Reed have produced a website and series of audio discussions exploring the alarming decline of volunteer rates in Canada. Visit the website and access the discussion at http://www.canadawhocares.ca/

New report on older Australians and volunteering

The Office for Volunteers in SA has commissioned a new report which examines volunteering trends in older Australians. Download a copy of the report HERE

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE BOOK

What we learnt (the hard way) about SUPERVISING VOLUNTEERS Packed with the advice, wisdom, and experience of over 85 real-life, on-the-job supervisors of volunteers, this guide offers a crystal clear analysis of what works and what doesn't in supervision.