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WORKPLACE VOLUNTEERING

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS THAT WORK

Nonprofit Organizations and Employee Volunteers

Saturday, July 14, 2007
1:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia, PA

Looking to partner with a nonprofit, school or business to increase your program's impact on the community?

In this seminar, both business and nonprofit partners work together to develop strategies for creating successful partnerships. Gain practical information that can be immediately applied to your company's employee volunteer program or your organization's management strategies. Learn to develop partnerships from your organization's strengths, build on the four steps of success for community partnerships, and use the Standards of Partnership Excellence to build your partnership agreement.

Who should attend? YOU, if you are:

  • responsible for managing an employee volunteer program at your workplace.
  • responsible for managing community partnerships for your organization.
  • working to build strong, mutually beneficial community relationships.
  • examining ways to provide new volunteer options to your employees.
  • seeking new sources of volunteers for your nonprofit organization or school.

This seminar is intended for business and government employee volunteer program managers, and nonprofit and school volunteer program managers. Participants should have responsibility for external relations with other organizations. Pre-requisites: none.

This seminar includes:

  • defining partnerships
  • Standards of Partnership Excellence
  • identifying needs and resources
  • developing specific statements of need
  • maintaining relationships
  • learning the culture of the other partner
  • complete course materials

About the Trainer

Carole Smith, has over 15 years of experience in community relations and philanthropy. She works with corporations to develop programs that are tailored to meet their specific needs and reflect their culture. While at Fannie Mae, she created the Walk for the Homeless and designed a corporate volunteer program that earned the Points of Light Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service. Carole also served as Vice Chairperson of the National Council on Workplace Volunteerism.

Registration Fees
$60 for Points of Light Foundation business members
$80 for nonmembers (includes light refreshments)

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Registration Info
This seminar is offered as a pre-conference session just prior to the 2007 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, July 16-18, 2007. Registration for this session is handled through the conference registration process. Please click here for details. More Info.