Our 2020 workshop schedule features useful information and tools for beginner, intermediate, and advanced volunteer managers. See our workshop schedule and descriptions below. Register for one or multiple sessions. All workshops are free. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming workshop!
Virtual Coffee Check-In
Join Directors of Volunteers in Agencies of Northwest Ohio for virtual coffee check-ins to discuss how your organizations and volunteers are responding to the novel coronavirus and to support each other as fellow volunteer managers. These online meetings will be open to anyone who wishes to participate. Topics of conversation will be generated during the meeting. We hope this can be a space for you to find community, connect with each other around common challenges, and a way to learn about resources to assist you and your organization.
8:00 - 8:30 am:
April 1st , 8th , 15th , 22nd , and 29th
LOGIN DETAILS; https://osu.zoom.us/j/148538362
Webinar capability provided by The Ohio State University
CarmenZoom is supported by the Office of Distance Education and eLearning
CarmenZoom resources
Email: carmenzoom@osu.edu
Phone: 614-688-HELP (4357)
If you have a disability and experience difficulty accessing this content, contact the Accessibility Help Line at 614-292-5000 or Text Telephone for the Deaf at 614-688-8743.
Join Directors of Volunteers in Agencies of Northwest Ohio for virtual coffee check-ins to discuss how your organizations and volunteers are responding to the novel coronavirus and to support each other as fellow volunteer managers. These online meetings will be open to anyone who wishes to participate. Topics of conversation will be generated during the meeting. We hope this can be a space for you to find community, connect with each other around common challenges, and a way to learn about resources to assist you and your organization.
8:00 - 8:30 am:
April 1st , 8th , 15th , 22nd , and 29th
LOGIN DETAILS; https://osu.zoom.us/j/148538362
Webinar capability provided by The Ohio State University
CarmenZoom is supported by the Office of Distance Education and eLearning
CarmenZoom resources
Email: carmenzoom@osu.edu
Phone: 614-688-HELP (4357)
If you have a disability and experience difficulty accessing this content, contact the Accessibility Help Line at 614-292-5000 or Text Telephone for the Deaf at 614-688-8743.
Embracing Difference: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality
Presented by Hannah Calandra, Volunteer Coordinator for Metroparks Toledo
Learning to embrace differences can lead to a more compassionate society. What does this mean for the workplace? Learning to integrate diversity and inclusion practices can lead to better community relationships, workplace trust between volunteers & staff, and an overall more respectful atmosphere. This session focuses on tools and initiatives to ensure everyone regardless of difference is part of the conversation.
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
12:00 - 1:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: This session has been moved to an online format.
LOGIN DETAILS will be sent to you after you RSVP below.
Presented by Hannah Calandra, Volunteer Coordinator for Metroparks Toledo
Learning to embrace differences can lead to a more compassionate society. What does this mean for the workplace? Learning to integrate diversity and inclusion practices can lead to better community relationships, workplace trust between volunteers & staff, and an overall more respectful atmosphere. This session focuses on tools and initiatives to ensure everyone regardless of difference is part of the conversation.
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
12:00 - 1:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: This session has been moved to an online format.
LOGIN DETAILS will be sent to you after you RSVP below.
DOVIA Workshop and Networking Social
Presented by DOVIA Executive Team
Join us for a fun workshop and social hosted at the Metroparks Toledo new Cannaley Treehouse Village venue. The workshop will be focused on sharing volunteer resource guides, manuals, training materials, and other tools that are useful for volunteer managers. If you are in the process of developing new materials, need to revise and freshen up old materials, or you would like to offer your expertise with creating and using these materials then please join us. After the workshop beverages and food will be available for folks to enjoy as you get to know your fellow volunteer coordinators in the Northwest Ohio region. There is limited space for this workshop, so you must RSVP in advance.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
4:00 - 5:30 pm - DOVIA Workshop
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Networking Social
Cannaley Treehouse Village, Swanton, Ohio
Presented by DOVIA Executive Team
Join us for a fun workshop and social hosted at the Metroparks Toledo new Cannaley Treehouse Village venue. The workshop will be focused on sharing volunteer resource guides, manuals, training materials, and other tools that are useful for volunteer managers. If you are in the process of developing new materials, need to revise and freshen up old materials, or you would like to offer your expertise with creating and using these materials then please join us. After the workshop beverages and food will be available for folks to enjoy as you get to know your fellow volunteer coordinators in the Northwest Ohio region. There is limited space for this workshop, so you must RSVP in advance.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
4:00 - 5:30 pm - DOVIA Workshop
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Networking Social
Cannaley Treehouse Village, Swanton, Ohio
Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Presenter TBD (Currently recruiting panelists)
At the 2019 annual DOVIA meeting the topics of volunteer recruitment and volunteer retention were voted highest priority for future workshops. This workshop will focus on effective strategies that local volunteer coordinators use to recruit and retain their volunteers. A panel representing small, medium, and large organizations will share their tips and lessons learned. The audience will also be invited to share effective strategies to tap into the collective experience for the room.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
12-1:30 pm
Location TBD
RSVP below
Presenter TBD (Currently recruiting panelists)
At the 2019 annual DOVIA meeting the topics of volunteer recruitment and volunteer retention were voted highest priority for future workshops. This workshop will focus on effective strategies that local volunteer coordinators use to recruit and retain their volunteers. A panel representing small, medium, and large organizations will share their tips and lessons learned. The audience will also be invited to share effective strategies to tap into the collective experience for the room.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
12-1:30 pm
Location TBD
RSVP below