The 2018 National Volunteer Management Conference will take place on Thursday 14th June in The Sutherland School of Law, UCD. Early bird tickets are on sale now. We have an exciting programme lined up for you this year with a great range of masterclasses on offer.…
The 2018 Volunteer Impact Volunteer Management Software Information Session which will be held on Monday 9th April in the Volunteer Ireland Offices. Tony Goodrow, Better Impact CEO will be joining us to tell us on how Volunteer Impact Software can makes our lives easier…
The 2018 Better Impact Users Day which will be held on Monday 9th April in the Volunteer Ireland Offices. Tony Goodrow, Better Impact CEO will be joining us to educate all current users on all the latest developments and also give you a chance to have any…
The recent expansion of Irish Higher Education Institutions’ community engagement initiatives supporting student volunteering raises important questions and the Symposium will be a critical, safe place to build a scholarly layer of enquiry. This event will be of interest to:…
Just how representative is your volunteer programme of today’s society and cultures? Volunteer Involving Organisations are now collecting data and monitoring their volunteer programmes for a variety of reasons including; planning, reporting, income generation, equality and diversity, and meeting quality…
Leaders in volunteer involving organisations are faced with a dilemma: they need and want to produce results that are often well beyond their individual capacities and time availability. And so they need to share work through delegating to volunteers. Delegation…
Volunteers who are well supported from the start are happy volunteers and happy volunteers are more likely to make a difference. Support and supervision is a key element of the volunteer management cycle and when good procedures are in place…
Screening doesn’t begin and end with Garda Vetting. Screening continues throughout your engagement of the volunteer. This session will explore the various methods of screening volunteers. You will gain an understanding of what screening is and identify which screening tools…
Suggesting that an organisation initiates performance reviews of volunteers is often met with resistance. A growing number of Volunteer Managers are countering these perceptions, choosing instead to see mutual performance review as a reflection of the importance of volunteers in…
Interviewing candidates for volunteer roles is imperative to ensure you are selecting the most qualified person. A key outcome of conducting an interview is the acceptance and agreement of the volunteer applicant and the prospective volunteer manager. Without this significant screening…
