
AL!VE Newsletter: July 2022 Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement
President's Message AL!VE Board President Michelle Raymer, CVA It was re-energizing to meet many of you at the Points of Light conference and the AL!VE happy hour last week in Orlando, Florida. I loved hearing from so many impressive Volunteer Engagement Professionals how you have creatively pivoted as a result of the pandemic to try new things and keep volunteers engaged with your mission. I especially loved hearing how you’ve accessed AL!VE resources (COPs, AL!VE Academies, CVA Study group, Local Association resources, etc) to help you grow as a leader. These conversations have me looking forward to the hybrid conference in October on Impact Evaluation. I am continuously looking for ways to measure what really matters and better tell the story of the impact of volunteer engagement. I can’t wait to gather great minds from across the US and Canada to dive into this challenge. Registration is open now, so I hope you’ll join us - see more information in this newsletter! 2022 Impact Awards Coming Soon! Nominations open August 2, 2022 for this year's Impact awards. We will send a special email with more information then! Thanks to Board Member Nicole Smith for interviewing past Impact Award Winners on her 'From the Suggestion Box' podcast - C heck out part 1 here. And then continue with part 2! Watch for more information August newsletter about the 2022 Impact Awards! Get Nominated Tell your Story Win Big Welcome to our Newest Members! Nicole Deneen Join Date: 06/17/2022 Jacqueline Willis Join Date: 06/19/2022 Amy Junge Join Date: 06/21/2022 LuDella Coleman Join Date: 06/21/2022 Tarsha Hayes-Long Join Date: 06/21/2022 Ryan Barry Join Date: 06/22/2022 Shannon Murphy Join Date: 06/22/2022 Caryn Carter Join Date: 06/22/2022 Shannon Murphy Join Date: 06/23/2022 Marcia Ritchea Join Date: 06/23/2022 Chelsea Barker Join Date: 06/24/2022 Markita Madden Join Date: 06/30/2022 Lorene Mendoza Join Date: 07/01/2022 Williamn Sturm Join Date: 07/06/2022 William Webber Join Date: 07/10/2022 Melissa Pletcher Join Date: 07/11/2022 Anne Preston Join Date: 07/11/2022 James Leach Join Date: 07/11/2022 Val Parker Join Date: 07/12/2022 Mercedes Montes Join Date: 07/12/2022 Joshua Rodgers Join Date: 07/13/2022 Rachel Bledsoe Join Date: 07/13/2022 Mark Osborne Join Date: 07/13/2022 Rennes McCloud Join Date: 07/13/2022 AL!VE Member Welcome Webinars New to AL!VE or just want to check in? Find out what's happening or get a quick fix of networking with your peers! New members will get a brief overview of our mission, benefits, activities and committees. Register to attend an upcoming webinar from our calendar: August 4, Noon Eastern September 21, 1 PM Eastern November 2, 3 PM Eastern December 8, Noon Eastern read more... Thank You to our Returning Members! Jessica Ames Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Robert Ashcraft Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Carol Ayars, CVA Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Samantha Barefield Renewal Date: 06/28/2022 Megan Vixie Beach Cities Health District Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Kate Ekman Beach Cities Health District Renewal Date: 06/27/2022 Alejandra Sierra Beach Cities Health District Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Jennifer Beatty Renewal Date: 07/02/2022 Paul Belanger Renewal Date: 07/10/2022 Katrina Bettis Renewal Date: 07/08/2022 Julie Booth Renewal Date: 07/15/2022 Joan Cardellino Renewal Date: 07/10/2022 Hortencia Castano-Urbanowiez Renewal Date: 06/26/2022 Jessica Chan Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Jeannie Citerman-Kraeger Renewal Date: 06/20/2022 Shaun Connors Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Heather Cowles Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Nedra Cutler,CVA Renewal Date: 06/25/2022 Janis Ferguson Renewal Date: 07/07/2022 Jenn Forristal Renewal Date: 06/30/2022 Melissa Gomez Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Morgan Green-Griffin Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Allyson Drinnon Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Luz E Aguilar-Johnson Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Anna Brandt Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Alicia Campbell Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Marcia Pelaez Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Daniel Collins Habitat for Humanity Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Mary Beth Harrington Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Amy Pinger Harvesters Renewal Date: 06/19/2022 Karen Henry Renewal Date: 06/22/2022 Andrea Hill Renewal Date: 06/27/2022 Allana Hilley Renewal Date: 06/18/2022 Monica Hoyt Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Elizabeth Johns Renewal Date: 06/23/2022 Wendy Johnson wendyj1226@gmail.com Renewal Date: 06/16/2022 Ebony Johnson Renewal Date: 06/22/2022 Alana Knoppow Renewal Date: 07/14/2022 Karlene Kuhn Renewal Date: 06/25/2022 Joe Landmichl Renewal Date: 07/15/2022 Cara Libert Renewal Date: 06/28/2022 Victoria Lilienthal Renewal Date: 06/14/2022 Heather Lother Renewal Date: 06/18/2022 Astrid Maldonado-De Jesus Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Astrid Maldonado-De Jesus Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Sonya Manfred Renewal Date: 06/17/2022 Lori Jean Mantooth Renewal Date: 06/28/2022 Dee Martin Renewal Date: 07/08/2022 Donna Martin MAET, CVA Renewal Date: 06/27/2022 Kelly McCulley-Miko Renewal Date: 06/16/2022 Stacia Miller Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Juliet Nations Renewal Date: 06/23/2022 President NW Oregon Vol Admin Assoc (NOVAA) Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Larkin O'Toole Renewal Date: 06/21/2022 Christi Brown PAHVRP Renewal Date: 06/21/2022 Melissa Palmer Renewal Date: 06/21/2022 Meagan Patterson Renewal Date: 06/18/2022 Kathy Perun Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Diane Reale Renewal Date: 07/12/2022 Deborah Br Reliant Medical Group Renewal Date: 07/05/2022 Corina Sadler, CVA Renewal Date: 07/02/2022 Cindy Self Renewal Date: 06/28/2022 Barbara Sheffer Renewal Date: 06/19/2022 Nicole R Smith Renewal Date: 07/08/2022 Julienne Springer Renewal Date: 07/07/2022 Beth Steinhorn Renewal Date: 06/28/2022 Betsy Storm Renewal Date: 07/07/2022 Anne Strauch, CVA Renewal Date: 07/07/2022 Annette Sutfin Renewal Date: 06/26/2022 Bethany Tatro Renewal Date: 07/06/2022 Bridget Moran-McCabe The AFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Kerri Keane TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Sharon Denny TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Esther Kane TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Will Reiter TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Jeni Cardosi TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Annamarie Given TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Erin Ficca TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Brittany Andrews TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Bridget Graham TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Matt Sharp TheAFTD Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Lisa Varner Renewal Date: 07/11/2022 Faiza Venzant, CVA Renewal Date: 06/17/2022 Vanessa Verdugo Renewal Date: 07/08/2022 Todd McMullin Vsysone Renewal Date: 06/23/2022 Lisa LaVigna Vsysone Renewal Date: 06/23/2022 Melissa Bergin Vsysone Renewal Date: 06/23/2022 Severina Ware, CVA Renewal Date: 07/09/2022 Joanna White Renewal Date: 07/04/2022 Susan Wolford Renewal Date: 07/11/2022 Jessica Woods Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Alli Oravec WVCA Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Nick Musson WVCA Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 WVCA Members WVCA Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Laural Harder WVCA Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Barb Evans WVCA Wisconsin Volunteer Coord Assn Renewal Date: 07/13/2022 Jiong Zhang Renewal Date: 06/24/2022 Find Us Online! Facebook: @Volunteeralive Twitter: @VolunteerALIVE Instagram: @Volunteeralive LinkedIn: View profile here	Registration is Open! Volunteer Managers Hybrid Conference Impact Evaluation: Data that Matters & Creating the Right Story View our intro video here Registration is now OPEN for host and individual sites! Conference Dates: October 18 - Pacific & Mountain Broadcast October19 - Central & Eastern Broadcast This event is produced and sponsored in conjunction with Better Impact. www.betterimpact.tv/vmhc Everyone is being expected to take advantage of data, no matter what their size, mission, or budget. Decision makers want organizations to use data to show their value beyond what the financials show. But it’s more than that. It’s also knowing what data is important and telling the story behind the data that really matters. With limited resources, how do agencies partnering with volunteers choose an approach that combines the right mix of data and tools to provide insight relevant to your organization? And where is it going to come from? This year's Volunteer Management Hybrid Conference will focus on equipping leaders of volunteers with skills to determine what data is useful and how to tell impactful stories using different tools and technologies. Broadcast October 18 or 19, host sites will be able to live stream our conference presenters to a live or remote audience, facilitated again this year by Faiza Venzant, CVA. Individual Registration: $50 General Public/ $40 AL!VE members Host site Fee: $550 for AL!VE Members \| $600 for Non-Members Host sites participating as of 7/18/22: DAVA - Delaware, MD area WSBA - Seattle, WA (internal only) Sioux Falls DOVIA - Sioux Falls, SD Habitat for Humanity International (internal only) SAVMA, Tuscon, AZ DOVIA-LA, Santa Clarita, CA DOVIA-Sacramento, CA Washtenaw Association of Volunteer Coordinators, MI MOSAIC, Vancouver, British Columbia BRAVA, Brantford, Ontario Volunteer Manitoba, Manitoba, Winnipeg PAVRO, Whitby, Ontario Volunteer Management Professionals of New Brunswick OAVR-Ottawa Administrators of Volunteer Resources Royal Flying Doctor Service of Victoria, Richmond, VIC Australia Feed Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Our Place Society, British Columbia Canadian Red Cross, Nova Scotia Kentuckiana Association of Volunteer Administrators, Louisville, KY Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association, Stevens Point, WI Volunteer Management Professionals of Nova Scotia Volunteer Victoria, British Columbia Volunteer Burnaby, British Columbia Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa, Des Moines, IA Association for Volunteer Managers in Central Arizona, Phoenix, AZ If you'd like to be on the mailing list to receive updates, sign up here. Speakers and topics for the 2022 Volunteer Management Hybrid Conference: •Veronica Deally - Why Volunteers Deserve Their Own Annual Report •Adam Shilling - What's In It For Them?" Persuading Leaders and Decisions Makers •Maura Fitzpatrick - Positioning Yourself as the Expert and Communicating with Impact and Confidence •Tony Goodrow – The Relative Impact Model for Measuring the ROI of Volunteer Engagement 2022 Conference Timeline: Informational Sessions: For more information and to register, select a date below! August 4 August 22 September 14 September - October various dates will be announced for facilitator training. October 13 & 14 - system connectivity tests Volunteering with AL!VE We Want YOU - Part TWO! Thank you to AL!VE members Tim Suda, Jannessa Weightman, and Chris Woods who have stepped up to join the Local Associations, Finance, and Marketing committees. Two new opportunities are available! Time commitment usually entails one meeting a month, with 1-2 hours working independently on a project or with a team. Volunteering with AL!VE looks great on a resume, is eligible for CVA recertification hours, and expands your skillset! These Committees are seeking AL!VE members to join: Marketing: Meets monthly with committee to draft messaging, marketing plans and projects as assigned by the board. Independent work to maintain and update website, create graphics for Social Media, Outreach, Special Projects, etc. HR & Policy: Meets monthly with responsibilities including reviewing AL!VE Policy and Procedures, and oversight and further development of our internal volunteer engagement strategy. A volunteer is sought to focus on enhancing our internal volunteer engagement processes. If you are interested in joining the HR & Policy Committee, please email Michelle Raymer for more information. Visit our volunteer page to learn more about other opportunities, apply and get started! AL!VE's Standards for Organizational Volunteer Engagement The AL!VE Standards for Organizational Volunteer Engagement have been up on the website since mid-June and they are already getting some traffic! We encourage you to check out the Standards and think about how you can use them in developing and growing volunteer engagement in your organizations. Take a look at the Standards here! After more than a year of research and development, a stellar task force of dedicated AL!VE volunteers created a highly functional and adaptable set of Standards and an accompanying Self-Evaluation Tool to help you use them. Thanks to Jordanya Reeves, Alex Seblatnigg, CAVS, CPXP, Christina Basey, Kelli Crawford, Donna Morton, Emilie Bromet-Bauer, and, of course, Gretchen Jordan, for all your hard work. These AL!VE Standards are a living document as well as adaptable for use in different organizational situations and industries and by VEPs with different levels of experience. Give us feedback about the Standards and the Self-Evaluation Tool (SET) through the google form found here. Learn more about the Standards here AL!VE Academy Discussion on LinkedIn Do you want to learn more from our Academy presenters? As an added benefit this year, exclusively for our AL!VE members, we will now be hosting a “Continuing the Conversation'' discussion with our speakers for 48 hours after their presentation. This will be available only on our AL!VE Linked in Group page which you may join here: AL!VE LinkedIn Group Page. We encourage you to ask the speakers follow up questions and engage in discussions with your peers. Our group page is different and in addition to our association site page which is here: Association of Leaders In Volunteer Engagement. Join both! Upcoming AL!VE Academy Webinars Cathy Thoma, CVA VP of Programs & Advocacy Join us for our next AL!VE Academy! These monthly professional development webinars are available FREE to all AL!VE members, including AL!VE Local Association members (be sure and denote your local association upon registering). Improving Staff/Volunteer Relations through Staff Training Presented by Angela Williamson, CVA, Community & Volunteer Relations Specialist for the Blood Bank of Delmarva and Paula Allen MA, CVA, Volunteer Program Specialist at Satellite Healthcare/Wellbound July 29 @ 1 pm E Do you struggle to create awareness in your staff surrounding your volunteer program and volunteer roles? Join fellow AL!VE members Angela Williamson,CVA and Paula Allen,CVA, as they discuss the two different staff trainings they use in their programs. Learn what prompted Angela and Paula to create training for staff, their two different approaches, and how it helps their programs. Leave with an understanding of how to frame success and possible roadblocks you could encounter in your own program, and take-away a template to create your own training for staff. Visit the registration page for more details and to reserve your spot today! Mark your calendars for our August and September AL!VE Academies: Volunteer Career Mapping - Turning our One-Time Volunteers into our Future Leaders Presented by Alicia Morris Campbell, Director of Volunteer Expertise Hub-Habitat for Humanity International August 17, @ 1 pm E If you had 10 ideal volunteers to spread across your agency, what would they do? After this session, you will.... Identify volunteers to serve as leaders and how to coach and support them through the career mapping process Gain tools on how to create a career mapping plan Visit the registration page here to reserve your spot! Creating a More Inclusive Space for Volunteers Presented by Darlene Laird, CVA, Habitat for Humanity International's Skilled Volunteer Strategy and Engagement Manager and Joshua Rogers, Habitat for Humanity International's Beloved Community Volunteer Engagement Manager and DEI Specialist September 25, @ 1 pm E As volunteer engagement professionals we should be committed to removing the visible, invisible and perceived barriers to volunteering. We should be mindful that we are including volunteers from the communities that we serve, including persons who are black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ, and people with disabilities. Join with colleagues interested in advancing equity in their volunteer programs for a conversation to help increase diversity, equity and inclusion of volunteers. Register today to reserve your seat! Communities of Practice - NEW & Upcoming COPs Join a Community of Practice! Note our NEW COP, Literacy, beginning August 15 Upcoming COP Dates: 7/19 @ 2pm E, Rural Communities 7/21 @ 12 pm E, Parks and Recreation 7/28 @ 2pm E, Emergency Response 8/2 @ 3pm E, Food Banks 8/3 @ 3 pm E, Advisory Boards & Committees 8/15 @ 2 pm E, Literacy (new!) 8/16 @ 2pm E, Rural Programs 8/18 @ 3 pm E, Museums 8/22 @2:30 pm E, National Networks 8/31 @ 1pm E, Animal Welfare Learn more about Communities of Practice here and sign up via the AL!VE calendar here. BIG thank you to the COP Facilitators who work hard to manage the logistics, resources, and content for each COP and make sure each conversation is meaningful and helpful for participants. Thank you for your service! We would like to add a Community of Practice for faith based organizations. If you are interested in facilitating the COP quarterly, please contact COP Facilitator Rebeccah. Special Announcement! AL!VE to Host Service Enterprise Initiative In case you missed the email we sent on July 13 - AL!VE members, I’m pleased to share that AL!VE has been selected by Points of Light to be the administrator of the Service Enterprise Initiative. In December 2021 Points of Light released a request for proposals to identify a new organizational home and steward for the Service Enterprise program. A “Service Enterprise” is an organization that fundamentally leverages volunteers and their skills to achieve its social mission. Research shows that organizations operating at this level are better led, managed, and have the same results as their peers at half the median budget. The Service Enterprise Initiative includes an assessment, training, and coaching to help organizations in through change management process to achieve that level of operation, with local “hubs” leading the initiative across the country. After discussions as a Board and with stakeholders, the Board voted unanimously to submit a proposal. Last month, AL!VE was notified that AL!VE was selected to administer the Service Enterprise Initiative. Though details are still being finalized, we wanted to share this exciting news with our members. While we don’t anticipate any changes for our members in the short term, long term we believe that being home to SEI will provide opportunities to advance the field of volunteer engagement and the profession, provide opportunities for members to go through the SEI process, and allow for additional professional development and capacity building opportunities. We are very excited about the potential this brings and will continue to keep you all updated of the progress. While we might not have specific answers yet, we’d love to hear your thoughts about how we can work together to advance the field of volunteer engagement. You can email us here. Thank you for your ongoing work advocating for volunteer engagement, Michelle Raymer, CVA AL!VE Board President Two Emails, Double the Fun! You can now add a second email to your member file, so if you are registered for an event you can also get the confirmation/invitation to your alternate address. Spam folder alert Anyone that receives legitimate messages in SPAM/Junk folders should add the sending contact email address to their Contact/Address Book (in this case: @viethconsulting.com & @volunteeralive.org , * represents a wildcard for any account such as info@ or manager@). This trains most email clients to deliver email from known contacts into the Inbox. If the person has access to DNS/Firewall settings, they can also whitelist the IP addresses: 67.227.157.221 & 67.225.182.242 Questions? Contact Us! We are here for you! Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@volunteeralive.org or visit our website at www.volunteeralive.org. While you are there, you can also: Read the latest news about the profession Submit a calendar or news item Check out the resources page Find volunteer opportunities ...and more! Looking for More Great Events? Check These Out! Rural Programs COP (managing programs in Rural or Frontier Communities)07/19/2022 Parks & Recreation COP 07/21/2022 July AL!VE Academy: Improving Staff/Volunteer Relations through Staff Training 07/29/2022 Council For Certification in Volunteer Administration 08/01/2022 Food Banks COP 08/02/2022 Advisory Boards & Committees COP 08/03/2022 AL!VE Member Webinar - All are welcome! 08/04/2022 Hybrid Conference Host Site Q & A Session: Impact Evaluation: Data That Matters and Creating the Right Story 08/04/2022 Emergency Response Volunteer Programs COP 08/11/2022 Literacy COP (new!) 08/15/2022 Rural Programs COP (managing programs in Rural or Frontier Communities) 08/16/2022 August AL!VE Academy: Volunteer Career Mapping 08/17/2022 Museums COP 08/18/2022 Stay Up to Date on the Latest News from AL!VE! National Alliance For Volunteer Engagement Hosts Online Meeting 05/10/2022 Points of Light Releases Data on Newest Civic Engagement Research 05/12/2022 2022 International Volunteer Managers Day Theme Announced 05/17/2022 AL!VE COP - CVA Study Group Opens for Fall 2022 06/03/2022 AL!VE Releases New Organizational Standards for Volunteer Engagement 06/03/2022 Host Site Registration Now Open For AL!VE, Better Impact, and VMHC Hybrid Conference 06/04/2022 AL!VE Announces Job Leveling Project 06/16/2022 Save the Date! Points of Light June 14-16, 2023 Chicago This year's Points of Light Conference in Orlando July 13-15 was a great opportunity to network, learn and meet your peers in person. Thank you to all who stopped by our AL!VE booth and attended our happy hour to learn more about what is happening with your Association. Thanks to Better Impact for co - hosting the happy hour with us and NAVPLG for their contribution. AL!VE will be attending the 2023 Conference in Chicago, June 14-16. More updates in upcoming newsletters! Reminder to Local Associations - Forward this Newsletter If your local Association of Volunteer Engagement Professionals is an AL!VE member, this newsletter is being sent to the members listed on your membership. AL!VE Local Associations can have up to 10 additional full memberships, depending on membership level. (we do NOT have access to ALL your members) Not sure who is on your membership? Email us to find out and update.
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