One hundredand fifty delegates from around the globe, most representing companies,attended the IMPACT2030, a three-day conference held September 14-16 at the UnitedNations Headquarters in New York City. Volunteer Canada’s Director of Corporate Citizenship, Elizabeth Dove, attended and shared these highlights: The opening plenary included an impressive and diverse roster of high-level speakers that set the tone for the excitement and potential that followed, including: David Nabarro, Special Advisor to Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals – also becoming known as “The Global Goals”) Ambassador Marc-Andre Blanchard, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN Leadership from IBM, UPS; […]
Continue ReadingAdopting the CVCI at Queen’s University: Part 2
Last week, in the first part of this blog post, we met Maryanne Wainman, Alumni Officer, Volunteer Relations with the Queen’s University Alumni Relations & Annual Giving department. Maryanne explained Queen’s has a long history with volunteer engagement but only recently formalized its processes using the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement (CCVI). After conducting best-practice research, focus groups, and administering surveys, four priority areas for the Alumni Relations & Annual Giving department’s volunteer program were identified. They were: Orientation & Training; Information & Data Management; Evaluation & Feedback; and Risk Management. To address each of these areas, the department relied […]
Continue ReadingAdopting the CVCI at Queen’s University: Part 1
Recently, Volunteer Ottawa spoke with the Queen’s University Alumni Relations & Annual Giving department about their alumni and student volunteer program, which works with close to 2,000 alumni and student volunteers each year, in a wide variety of roles. “Volunteer assignments range from day-of-event roles, to long-term positions on boards or committees, to program-based roles like reunion planning, or alumni branch engagement work around the world,” says Maryanne Wainman, Alumni Officer, Volunteer Relations. “We work with volunteer mentors, fundraisers, speakers, advisors, and countless other volunteers that help to connect alumni with each other, with current students, and with the university.” […]
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