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WORKPLACE VOLUNTEERING

Tuesday, August 2, 2005
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC

• Have you ever wondered how award-winning employee volunteer programs are designed?
• Would you like to develop a new program or strengthen your company's existing program?
• Do you have questions about marketing, staffing, and resource acquisition?
• Do you need to measure and increase your program's success, but don't know how to start?

Whether you aim to create the next nationally acclaimed employee volunteer program (EVP) or to increase its impact locally, the tools you need are just a day away. Learn the fundamentals of creating and improving employee volunteer programs -- and the success factors that help programs flourish. Gain the essential skills needed to strengthen your program and increase its benefit to your company, employees, and community. Leaders in the field of workplace volunteering will answer your questions and help you overcome obstacles.

Who should attend? YOU, if you are:

• responsible for starting an employee volunteer program at your workplace.
• striving to revitalize or strategically refocus your employee volunteer program.
• new to the field or newly responsible for an established program.
• examining ways to improve employee team building, productivity, and morale.

This seminar is intended for business or government employee volunteer program managers. Participants should have responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of an EVP in a business setting. Not open to independent consultants. Pre-requisites: none.

This seminar includes:

• determining benefits, goals and structure
• programs and policies that support volunteering
• real-world examples from award-winning programs
• networking and discussion with colleagues from other business sectors
• newly published book with CD-ROM (a $45 value) and all course materials

About the Trainer
Bea Boccalandro is a researcher, evaluator, and trainer who specializes in helping companies reach excellence in corporate-community involvement. She has done work for businesses, non-profit organizations, and corporate-community involvement groups. She has published research results for the U.S. Department of Labor, and teaches evaluation and corporate-community involvement at Georgetown University.

Registration Fee
$350 for Points of Light business members
$440 for nonmembers (includes breakfast and lunch)

Not a Member?

Registration Info
This seminar is offered as a pre-conference session just prior to the 2005 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, August 4-6, 2005. Registration for this session is handled through the conference registration process. To register online, click the link below. If you plan to attend pre-conference events only (and not the conference) please select "Optional Events only" as the registration type.

Hotel Accommodations
The National Conference website contains information on nearby hotels, as well as a housing request form that is used to make reservations at the National Conference rates. More info.