Volunteer
Management as a Profession
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS FOR VOL MANAGERS
Australasian
Association of Volunteer Administrators (AAVA)
The Australasian Association
of Volunteer Administrators (AAVA) is the Australasian
region's first professional association dedicated
to furthering the profession of volunteer management.
***OzVPM recommends
AAVA membership to any visitor with a management role
for volunteer workers.
MOVE
- Managing and Organising Volunteer Efforts (Singapore)
MOVE
is the national professional Association for volunteer
administrators in Singapore. MOVE was founded in July
2006
OTHER
LINKS
Australasian
Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management
The
Australasian Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management
is an annual three day 'think tank' specifically aimed
at volunteer managers who consider themselves to be
operating at an advanced level
Breaking
down the 'grass ceiling' of volunteerism
This
Hot Topic from August 2003 examines the struggles
that volunteer program managers often face when trying
to attain proper recognition within their organisational
structure
Cause
for Celebration
This
OzVPM Hot Topic from November 2005 examines the importance
of celebrating International Volunteer Manager's Appreciation
Day
Excellence
in Volunteering Involvement
This is a copy of a paper delivered by Louise Rogers
at the 2002 Volunteering Victoria State Conference
on Volunteering. It is available directly from the
Volunteering Victoria web site
Is
professionalism strangling progress?
This Hot Topic from December 2003 asks the question
of whether volunteer management can become 'too professional'
for its own good!
So
just what is Advanced anyway?
In
this Hot Topic column from March 2005, OzVPM Director
Andy Fryar takes a look at the attributes he believes
are required for a volunteer program manager to be
truly considered 'advanced'
Unskilled
by Association?
This
Hot Topic from April 2004 explores the question of
how volunteer program managers are perceived by others
in their organisations
International
Resources on the role of the VPM
Additional links and information on this
topic from around the world courtesy of our friends
at Energize. Includes links to other volunteer management
professional bodies around the world:
North
America
Other
International
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