Dublin Volunteer Management Seminar
Behind Dublin’s thousands of volunteers lie the equally dedicated individuals and organisations responsible for their recruitment, training, support, and management. These are the people that can inspire volunteers and enable an environment where volunteering can thrive.

As part of National Volunteering Week (May 13 – 19) the five Dublin Volunteer Centres have come together once again to present the second Dublin Volunteer Management Seminar on Monday 13 May from 10:30 to 16:15. This a free to attend event as part of National Volunteering Week and places are limited to 100 participants

Our keynote speaker this year is Violet Dalton, Head of Volunteering with the National Trust of Scotland. She will be joined by the managers of the five Dublin Centres to look at topics such as: motivating volunteers, older people volunteering, event volunteering as well as an update on Investing in Volunteers and the launch of the Dublin wide volunteer Managers Network. All in it promises to be a great event for anyone who manages volunteers in Dublin City and County.

Download the Programme Brochure now (Adobe PDF file).

Programme

10:30 – 11.00

Registration / refreshments

11.00 – 11.15

Opening Address
Yvonne McKenna, CEO Volunteer Ireland

11:15 - 12:15

Volunteer for everything for therein lies adventure
Violet Dalton reflects on her journey in volunteer management and considers current issues in the sector.

12:15 - 12:30

Volunteer Management of NYE Dublin 2013
Stuart Garland (Volunteer Manager NYE Dublin 2013) talks about the challenges of managing event volunteers.

12:30 – 12.45

Investing in Volunteers Quality Standard
Terri O’Brien talks about the latest developments in Investing in Volunteers (IIV) in Ireland and the benefits to your organisation of achieving the award.

12:45 – 13.30

Light Lunch

13:30 – 14:30

Motivating Volunteers
Stuart Garland talks about matching organisational needs with volunteers ability and motivation

14:30 – 15:30

Involving Older Volunteers
Edwina Dewart will present findings from research that was carried out in Dublin recently on volunteering in the 55+ age group in addition to involving older volunteers.

15:30 – 15:45

Launch of Dublin wide Volunteer Managers Network
Kasia Zukowska outlines the benefits of engaging with our new Dublin wide peer support and training network.

15:45 – 16:30

Question & Answer session
Your chance to put a question to Violet Dalton & the Dublin Volunteer Centre Managers

16.30 - 16:45

Closing remarks
Karen Johnson

Who Should Attend?
> Groups and organisations from the Greater Dublin Area (large and small) currently involving volunteers or those thinking of involving volunteers.
> Individuals (paid or unpaid) working directly with volunteers or who are responsible for managing volunteers in some capacity.

Terms and Conditions – please read
> Registration is on a first come, first served basis
> In terms of fairness and to ensure that as many people get to attend, each organisations is limited to two tickets.
> Please note that places are limited to recognised volunteer involving organisations based in the greater Dublin area
> Unfortunately applications from outside Dublin will not be accepted.

For more information on National Volunteering Week, sponsored by Garnier please visit www.volunteer.ie

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