A Time to be Bold: Engaging Volunteers in a Shifting
Environment
Leaders of volunteers are facing many new situations,
challenges and opportunities with the economic downturn and current changing environment.
It is not business as usual. To address these unprecedented
times, MAVA seeks to provide resources to help leaders of volunteers better
understand what is changing and learn strategies to address the changes.
Survey results: Click here for the results of our survey: The Status of Minnesota's Volunteer Programs in a Shifting Environment.
In the News! Results of Shifting Environment Survey featured on Minnesota Public Radio, December 4, 2009. "Nonprofits See Uptick in Volunteers During Down Economy,"
click here to listen to the broadcast or read the article!
Featured in the
West Central Tribune for "Time to Be Bold" workshop in Willmar.
Survey release featured in Energize Inc's December update as
"Hard facts- No Whining - Solid Ideas."Pioneer Press quotes initial survey results.
Resources
View notes and strategies from MAVA's symposiums and discussion forums on "A Time to Be Bold."
Click here to view the 2009 Minnesota Civic Health Index, a survey aimed to take the pulse of American civic life in a moment of great change.
See Susan Ellis's December Hot Topic: When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers
View the national
News Brief on “Volunteers and the Economic Downturn” released by the
Corporation for National and Community Service.
See the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' report on the Current Conditions of Nonprofits.
View MAVA's resouces for job seekers.
Let's continue the conversation from our December 4th Symposium! Join our discussion forum!
View questions from participants, hear what our panelists have to say and post your own thoughts on topics ranging from staff furloughs, volunteer photographers and Volgistics!
Click here to view the discussion topics from our December 4th symposium in Maplewood.
Have a question or topic you would like to discuss? Post them on the
MAVA Discussion Forum!
Power Points and Handouts from A Time to Be Bold: 12/4/09
Handouts: Engaging Volunteers in a Shifting Environment
Panel Presentations:
Decision Making Matrix for Evaluating New Opportunities
Polly Roach, Vice President- Strategic Services, Mentoring Partnership of MN
Notes from 12/4 Symposium
Thank you to the Otto Bremer Foundation, the St. Paul
Foundation and the Initiative Foundation for funding, in part, the efforts to
bring these resources to leaders of volunteers in Minnesota.
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