2013 Annual Conference - Surf's Up: Riding the Wave of Volunteer Management

  • 26 Mar 2013
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Cobb Galleria Centre

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2013 COVA Annual Conference

Surf's Up: Riding the Wave of Volunteer Management

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Location: Cobb Galleria Centre

(parking is free)

 

7:30am - 3:30pm

 

**Schedule Details**


7:30 am: Registration Opens

Continental breakfast

 

8:15 am: Welcome & Announcements

8:30 am – 9:00 am: General Session

Keynote Speaker: Delores Morton, President of Programs, Points of Light

9:00 am - 9:15 am: Transition

9:15 am - 10:30 am: Workshop Session #1 (Getting Others to Swim with You )

· Engaging a Diverse Volunteer Base
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Trahan III, APR, CEO & President,Trahan & Associates

· Marketing 101-How to Create Effective Marketing Materials 
Speaker: Jenny Schmitt, MS, Founder & CEO, CloudSpark

· Tell your Story 
Speaker: Melanie Harris, Corporate Responsibility, COX Entreprises

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Transition

10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Workshop Session #2 (Staying Afloat)

· Improve Leadership Skills and How that Differs from Managing Employees
Speaker: Jenny Trautman, Evenview

· Human Resources: Managing Challenging Relationships with volunteers and colleagues
Speaker: Kelli Barley, Human Resource Manager, UPS

· Revamp, Revise, Rejunvenate-Ways to Survive the Recession
Speaker: Terri Theisen, Founder & Prinicipal Consultant, Theisen Consultanting

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm:  Transition

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm: LUNCH - Video Clips, Discussion, Networking and Mingling

1:30-1:45: Transition

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Workshop Session #3 (Hang Ten)

· Compassion Fatigue & Conflict Management

Speaker: Dr. Paula P. Smith, CTS

· How to Use Media Effectively to Promote your Organization and Volunteer Accomplishments
Speaker: Deanna Anderson, APR, 705 Communications Managing Director, Junior League

· Promote yourself - How to Demonstrate the Value of your Position to Others
Speaker: Ann Wilson Cramer, Senior Consultant, Coxe Curry & Associates

3:00 pm-3:30 pm Wrap up

SILENT AUCTION

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