Join us for a chat about passion and calling featuring Adam Janes, CVA — former religious leader and now a volunteer engagement professional with nine years of experience. Through building and rebuilding communities, careers, and worldviews, Adam has come to see volunteer engagement not just as a job, but as a true calling and a lifelong journey of learning what healthy community truly means.
Adam will draw on some illustrations, not for profit history, macro narratives and personal experiences to show how your work is more than a cog in the nonprofit wheel. It’s a force for generosity, connection, and care within your organization and beyond. He will make the case for why you have one of the greatest jobs in the world and helping convince others of its importance is a challenge best built through building a passion for the profession.
The session will be moderated by Nicole R.Smith, CVA, a leading voice in volunteer engagement, who will guide the conversation and pose thought-provoking questions along the way.
You'll discover:
If they aren’t thinking about you, they aren’t thinking about you: Learn how Adam learned to share how volunteers could be of value and valued in a variety of situations.
Challenges & Solutions: The power of vision, positivity and community – how clout works differently in the not for profit.
Maximizing Volunteer Impact: Your efforts, presence and your ability to shape culture and community, is the x-factor.
Practical Takeaways: Adam will be sharing a helpful chart on how the underlying value ethic of an organization shapes your volunteering and how your passion, advocacy and skill as a leader of volunteers can move the dial on this.
Reserve your spot today to join this encouraging, hopeful and insightful time to grow in your identity as a professional in this great profession.
Lessons Learned: How to Run a Youth Volunteer Program
Running a successful youth volunteer program takes more than just good intentions, it takes vision, structure, and heart. In this session, you'll hear from a professional who has spent the last four years developing a cutting edge youth volunteer program. You'll get to take away lessons in how to recruit the right staff, attract engaged and passionate teens, and create an environment that fosters safety and meaningful growth. We’ll cover practical dos and don’ts, and the key ingredients that make youth volunteer programs thrive.
Join us for an end-of-year holiday happy hour and networking session! Connect with other volunteer administrators, share ideas, and unwind! *Drinks and food are on your own.
