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WORKPLACE VOLUNTEERING

ADVANCED BUSINESS SEMINAR
Measuring Business Outcomes for Your Employee Volunteer Program

Sunday, July 15, 2007
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia, PA

Program measurement is essential to understanding the value of an employee volunteer program to the employees, the company and the community. This advanced seminar explores the rationale and methods for measuring program outcomes.

This course includes:

  • determining what information you need to track
  • examining methods for data collection
  • exploring the primary types of evaluation used to measure program success
  • practical tools for conducting program assessment and evaluation
  • extensive course materials

This seminar is intended for experienced employee volunteer program managers and their supervisors. Participants should have job responsibility for managing an EVP in a business setting. Not open to independent consultants. Pre-requisites: Introductory Business Seminar, and/or 2 or more years experience in managing an EVP.

About the Trainers

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.


Chris Toppe, Ph.D., is Senior Social Scientist in the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Points of Light Foundation.  He has considerable professional experience in conducting original research and in the analysis of survey data.  As a social scientist, Chris designs, conducts, analyzes, interprets, and writes research studies.  While at Independent Sector, he managed their studies on giving and volunteering.  He currently teaches in the graduate school of Georgetown University.  





Registration Fees
$200 for Points of Light Foundation business members
$250 for nonmembers (includes continental breakfast and lunch)

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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.