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Difficult Conversations

February 22, 2024 @ 9:30 am

Difficult Conversations Thursday 22 February | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Online via Zoom Ticket prices: Members…

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AVM Book Club: Four Thousand Weeks (member-only)

June 28, 2022 @ 4:30 pm

Please register on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcOiopzkpHdNCaboXzoLvQNr1dG1MpEC7 Join AVM members to discuss the book ‘Four Thousand Weeks’,…

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Science and story-telling combine to explore the power of diverse thinking

April 4, 2022

by Carole Thelwall-Jones Carole Thelwall-Jones, AVM member (my own views, not representing AVM, but enjoyed…

Blogs

Are you battling procrastination?

March 7, 2022

A guest blog from Lucy Gower Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or…

Member-only

Joining a charity board: is trusteeship for you? (AVM Replay)

January 19, 2022 @ 4:00 pm

Volunteer Managers have a lot to bring to trusteeship. You stand to benefit from enhanced…

Blogs

Reflections on the benefits of being a mentor

November 30, 2021

by Marie McNeil As it was for everyone, 2020 was quite a year for me.…

Blogs

What is excellence – pushing us beyond the ordinary

November 5, 2021

by Ruth Leonard The theme of International Volunteer Managers (IVM) Day 2021 is ‘what is…

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Member only: AVM Challenge Session: Volunteers should fit into the roles that are created to meet organisational needs

July 7, 2021 @ 12:00 pm

Are you interested in an opportunity to share your thoughts on a subject? Would you…

L&D event

Getting Unstuck: Learning to Unlearn (AVM Replay)

July 30, 2020 @ 10:00 am

An AVM Masterclass, with Lucy Gower Are you having the same conversation over and over…

Blogs

Volunteers’ Week 2020: What’s the point of a volunteer manager?… on furlough during Volunteers’ Week

June 5, 2020

AVM Director, Rachel Ball, shares her thoughts on what it's like to be a volunteer…

Blogs

What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2

May 26, 2020

‘What’s Next’ is this year’s International Volunteer Managers (IVM) Day theme, and it is the…

Blogs

What’s the point of volunteer managers?

May 14, 2020

Here at AVM we believe that volunteer managers are vital in ensuring any volunteering effort…

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Difficult Conversations

AVM Book Club: Four Thousand Weeks (member-only)

Science and story-telling combine to explore the power of diverse thinking

Are you battling procrastination?

Joining a charity board: is trusteeship for you? (AVM Replay)

Reflections on the benefits of being a mentor

What is excellence – pushing us beyond the ordinary

Member only: AVM Challenge Session: Volunteers should fit into the roles that are created to meet organisational needs

Getting Unstuck: Learning to Unlearn (AVM Replay)

Volunteers’ Week 2020: What’s the point of a volunteer manager?… on furlough during Volunteers’ Week

What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2

What’s the point of volunteer managers?

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