NOVAA August Membership meeting: "The State of Volunteering"  Join Kathleen Joy, the Executive Director of Oregon Volunteers, as she introduces the most current data on volunteering in Oregon.

When: August 20th
Time: 12 -1:30pm
Where: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
147 NW 19th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

 

Advanced Volunteer Managers Networking Group No meeting in August

When: September 2nd
Time: 9:00 - 10:30am
Where: Washington County

Topic: TBD

Sponsoring Organizations: NOVAA and Oregon Volunteers

 

The 2009 NOVAA Conference is happening at the ZOO!
Lions and tigers and bears, OH MY.

Mark your calendar NOW! for November 4, 2009
Conference Theme: In Your Backyard

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Help us reach our goal of raising $500+ for NOVAA's professional development fund. Unique and exciting items are needed for the silent auction that will be held on November 4th at the Annual NOVAA Conference.

Please look through your drawers and closets at home and work. Donate those items you were keeping for re-gifting. See if your organization has any items or certificates that could be packaged with other similar items in the auction.

Examples of items that you might donate: Certificate to your organizations gift shop or admission passes, a blanket with your organizational logo, a gift pack of lavender scented bath supplies that your mother-in-law gave you for your last birthday, etc.

For more information contact: Marie Rust

 

NOVAA Professional Development Scholarships Available

Are you interested in attending a workshop or training on a volunteer management topic? Interested in attending the 2009 Oregon Civic Engagement Conference? Don’t let money keep you from participating! Please apply for a scholarship from NOVAA.

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Time is short to renew your NOVAA membership! There are many benefits to NOVAA membership including a great network of professionals, professional development, scholarships opportunities, resources, volunteer management tips, monthly newsletters, website access, and much more! All memberships not renewed by the end of August will be terminated. Be sure to renew today at www.novaa.org and feel free to contact the Membership Chair, Signe Bishop,  if you have any questions.

Oregon Volunteers! will be holding a Volunteer Management “Train the Trainer” session with Betty Stallings, M.S.W., and local experts in adult education at the 2009 Civic Engagement Conference on October 2nd from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm and October 3rd from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Join the author of the 55-Minute Training Series, Betty Stallings, M.S.W., in an introduction to the series, including tips on presentation of 12 volunteer management topics and a close look at one of the identically formatted modules.

This is an excellent opportunity to strengthen your training skills, to gain access to Betty’s curriculum for Commission approved trainings, to brush up on a tried and true volunteer management 101 curriculum and to network with other advanced volunteer managers from all over the state. You will leave this seminar with enthusiasm and a sense of competence to train other in these modules.

For additional information about the Volunteer Management 101 Train the Trainer workshop with Betty Stallings and the application for attendance, visit www.oregonvolunteers.org. Anyone wishing to become a certified trainer will need to attend both trainings. Exceptions will be made on a requested case by case basis.

Applications are due to Kate Budd kbudd@pdx.edu by August 28th.

The Member Spotlight is a new feature of the NOVAA E-newsletter designed to get to know one another, share best practices and discover what motivates us as Volunteer Management Professionals.
 

Thank you to Kathryn Siebert, Asst. Director of Volunteers at Our House, for being the first member profiled in this column.

 

How long have you been working with volunteers? Since 1992, when I moved from being a volunteer at Our House to taking over a little part-time gig as their kitchen manager (following my stint as an at home mom). Then Asst. Director of Volunteers, taking over as Director 12 years ago. 18 years total, all at the same place. I’d been at home with my first-born for a couple of years and heard of Our House from an article in The Oregonian. I’d lived all through the ‘80’s in the Bay Area when HIV/AIDS first hit and everyone was rapidly dying. The first hospices were established and I always meant to volunteer, but was busy with a professional, single life, and just never got around to it until this opportunity presented itself.
 

What is your favorite part of managing volunteers? I love the variety of people, ranging in age from 18 to 88 and from a great span of backgrounds (including educational, socio-economic, gender identification, sexual orientation, religious, ethnic).

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Help NOVAA name the e-newsletter! When the monthly newsletter went electronic, the name “NOVAA Notes” didn’t seem to fit quite right. We’re asking readers to help us come up with a new name. Use your creative juices to come up with a witty, bright, and fun title for this educational resource of all things Volunteer Management in Northwest Oregon and beyond. Please email Caryn Servis with your suggestions by September 11th (National Day of Service) and you may see your brilliant idea when you open the next NOVAA e-newsletter!