Webinar – Building Capacity: Turning Opportunities into Reality through Engaging Skilled Volunteers

Hosted by the Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (VMPC) www.vmpc.ca

Do you see a gap, maybe chasm, between great ideas, your organizations wish list and the talent to make them a reality? Time and expertise are often the culprits. This webinar will explore opportunities to engage the abundance of highly skilled volunteer talent, eager to contribute their time and expertise in a meaningful way to your organization. We will explore:

• Barriers
• Action steps to get the ball rolling
• Reactive volunteer engagement, how to move forward when talented individuals approach you
• Building buy-in and addressing concerns from your staff team
• Explore examples of engaging volunteers via distance, at a program support level, and the highly skilled volunteer
• Resources

Presented by: Heidi Jakop, Director of Volunteer Engagement at VanDusen Botanical Gardens Association

Heidi Jakop is the Director, Volunteer Engagement at Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association and has lead volunteer engagement provincially for the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. She is a proven leader of both staff and volunteers, and has demonstrated expertise in the areas of volunteer recruitment and engagement, training and development, and supporting the strategic growth of programs through the sophisticated deployment of passionate and knowledgeable volunteers. Heidi is also the President of the Administrators of Volunteer Resources of BC. She was most recently an instructor at Langara College where she taught part of the Volunteer Coordinator Certificate Program, and has been a workshop or webinar facilitator for UBC Center for Community Engaged Learning, Vantage Point, the City of Maple Ridge, AVRBC and the United Way.

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Time: 10:00am – 11:15am (Pacific Time)/ 1:00pm – 2:15pm (Eastern)

Cost: FREE for VMPC members

Sign up Now!

Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2014918117244104705

Questions?

Email Lindsay at pd@vmpc.ca or call 604-659-3572.