1. Episodic Volunteering Workshop with Leonie Bryen

Date: Monday 12 May
Time: 9am to 1pm
Venue: Volunteering Queensland, Level 6, 333 Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Cost: FREE (places limited to 20, 1 person per organisation)

How to engage the new breed of volunteers and what it means for your existing volunteer program.
Episodic or project volunteers are increasing in our community as baby-boomers and students seek short-term ways to make a difference and then move on. Understanding and embracing short-term volunteers is a constant challenge. This seminar will offer an insight into how you can engage episodic volunteers in your organisation.

Workshop now full.

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2. Marketplace - Speed Dating meets Wall Street

Date: Tuesday 13 May
Time: 4.30pm to 7pm
Venue: Balmoral Room, City Hall, Brisbane City Council Brisbane

How can we encourage, support and assist corporate community engagement? Marketplace is an answer.
Marketplace is an event essentially designed as the coming together of corporates, not-for-profit organisations and community needs. This world-wide approach is coming to Brisbane (a first for Australia). This exciting event will provide training and information sessions for both corporates and community groups around corporate and community engagement. Corporate volunteering and specific opportunities and needs.

About Marketplace

For more information on this event please contact Melissa Sullivan at melissa.sullivan@volqld.org.au or on 3002 7600.

Community Organisation
Community registrations are now full. To be invited to the next Marketplace on Tuesday August 5th, please email marketplace@volqld.org.au

Corporate Registration Form
Corporate registrations have been extended to Monday, April 28th. Please email your registration form to marketplace@volqld.org.au

Marketplace promotion on 4BC 1116

3. ‘Volunteer 1 in a Million’ - Breakfast

Date: Wednesday 14 May
Time: 7am to 9am
Venue: Broncos Leagues Club, Fulcher Road, Red Hill
Cost: 5 FREE volunteers per organisation & $25 per additional person

Volunteer recognition event – opportunity for community organisations to thank their volunteers. Innovative examples of volunteering will be presented during the breakfast as well as recognition addresses from the Minister for Communities, Hon. Lindy Nelson-Carr; and Minister for Emergency Services, Hon. Neil Roberts.

4. Volunteer Managers Forum with Arthur A. Stukas, PhD – La Trobe University

Date: Wednesday 14 May
Time: 5pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Volunteering Queensland, Lvl 13, 333 Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Cost: FREE

Why do people engage in volunteering; and why do they continue? Some answers to these critical volunteer management questions!
Drawing on functional theories about the reasons, purposes, and motivations underlying human behaviour, Arthur Stukas and his team at La Trobe University, have identified six personal and social functions potentially served by volunteering. In addition to developing an inventory to assess these motivational functions, the program of research has explored the role of motivation in the process of volunteering, especially decision about becoming a volunteering in the first place, and decision about continuing to volunteer. Be part of this stimulating presentation and discussion.

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5. West Side Walk

Date: Friday 16 May
Time: 7am to 5pm
Starting: Post Office Square
Finishing: Indooroopilly Community Centre

A charity walk with celebrities and politicians, to raise the profile of volunteering and fundraise for community charities in the Western suburbs. This event is sponsored by Quest Newspaper and will be broadcasted on 612 ABC Radio throughout the day.

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