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2007 Minnesota Conference on Volunteerism

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2007 Conference Article

Committee Thanks

We would like to thank the committee members that worked hard on putting together a quality conference together for leaders of volunteers:

Gayle Alexander	Deanna Gulliford	Susan Pronk
Nancy Anderson	Chris Johnson	Dana Race
Sandy Bergeron	Ryan Kelley	Ben Reed
Jessie Berns	Karen Kendall	Shari Reily
Marilyn Borland	Molly Lamon Scott	Jaime Renner
Katie Bottiger	Phil Losacker	Carrie Sporer
Joan Brown	Stephanie Lund	Tony Tolliver
Marilyn Bumsted	Judy Lykins	Jo Tornell
Laura Butzer	Anna Meyer	Karen Kendall
Shirley Carter	Jean Neirenhausen	Katie Walsh
Renee Cardarelle	Jeanne Nordstrom	Tashia Weisenburger
Sally Davis	Kelly O’Brien

Thank you so much for your staying power, efforts, and hard work!

VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE SPRING 2007

May 2-4, 2007

Radisson Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Impacting The Future: Connect, Strengthen, Inspire…is not only the theme for the conference but also the vision for the profession of volunteer management. Now more than ever, Minnesotans rely on volunteer managers who are prepared, connected, and ready to lead volunteers as they perform their varied services.

Conference Highlights

Conference will include a number of different focuses to ensure it meets a wide range of needs. There will be workshops that are directed at various sectors including: Faith-based, Health care, Corporate, Service, Youth
Beginner, intermediate, and advanced sessions for volunteer resources managers and directors as well as executives
Training for those involved with AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps and Learn & Serve
Earn your Certificate in Volunteer Leadership by completing an 8-topic training series
Off-site sessions will be an innovative way for conference attendees to see our community in action and to learn something new in a different setting.
A resource exchange will be open on Wednesday and Thursday featuring exhibitors and vendors.
A live and silent auction will surely have some tantalizing items for you that you cannot live without!
Log onto a computer in the cyber café
Network with old friends and make great new friends. Connect with colleagues and professionals from around the country.
Enjoy free time with a great line up from local flavor

Keynotes

Susan J. Ellis is President of Energize, Inc.: a training, consulting, and publishing firm that specializes in volunteerism. She founded the Philadelphia-based company in 1977 and since that time has assisted clients throughout North America and 16 other countries. She is also the author of several books and is a well known trainer in the field.

Dr. Kellie A McElhaney is the John C. Whitehead Faculty Fellow of Corporate Responsibility and the Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

David McNally has an extensive history of working in international business and has written a number of books as well produced the award winning product, THE POWER OF PURPOSE. His mission is to inspire people to be their best.

Registration Fees          Early Bird*               Regular/On-site
MAVA members            $199                        $249
Non-members                $239                        $289
*Early Bird price paid/postmarked before April 1, 2007.

The mission of the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration is: "Inspiring Excellence in the Leadership of Volunteers to Impact Communities!"