The following is an overview of the AVM Conference Programme 2015 (PDF):
Tweets from delegates at the AVM Conference 2015 #AVM15
An age of opportunity for volunteer managers and the sector
Lynne Berry – Chair, Commission on the Voluntary Sector and Ageing
Harnessing the voice of the volunteer
Oonagh Aitken – CEO, Volunteering Matters
Workshop A – Accessibility in action: sharing good practice on involving volunteers with disabilities
Anne-Marie Zaritsky – Mencap
Emily Hughes – Parkinson’s
Workshop B – Securing board and CEO engagement and approval for your volunteering strategy
Chris Reed – Barnado’s
Workshop C – Grow your charity online – how your organisation can grow it’s online reach
Naomi Sesay – The Media Trust
Slides coming
Workshop D – Volunteer management: the essentials
Sheila Norris – Camden Volunteer Centre
Evelyn Rodrigues – Tower Hamlets Volunteer Centre
D – Vol Man Essentials – slides
Workshop E – Engaging student volunteers
Rosie Hunnam – NUS
Tony Payne – Student Volunteering Network and Canterbury College Students’ Union
E – Engaging student vols – slides
Workshop F – Strategic volunteering that pays – a new approach to employer supported volunteering for charities
Sophie Martin – Age UK
