News Release
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Linda Graff, one of the world’s leading experts on trends in volunteering, is speaking right here in North Bay on Tuesday February 19 and the admission to this workshop is free.
In a workshop sponsored by the Volunteer Centre of The Blue Sky Region, Linda will reveal some startling trends about volunteering in Canada that will have a potentially critical impact on all volunteer-based organizations.
Are you noticing a trend in your own volunteer corps?
• Are you having difficulty recruiting volunteers?
• Are you losing volunteers as fast as you can find them?
• Is your volunteer workforce aging?
• Having trouble reaching out to younger populations?
• Finding volunteers more picky, more demanding?
If you answered yes to any of these questions your organization is in the majority these days!
Something really important and quite fundamental is happening to volunteering in our country and Linda who is renowned for her no-nonsense approach carries a message you can’t afford to miss.
Whether your organization is located in the faith community, the sports and recreation field, delivering youth services or supporting people with special needs, these trends are certain to affect what you will and will not be able to accomplish in the very near future. Social service, education, environment and even political groups will not escape these shifts.
Join us as we understand what’s going on and what we need to do - right now - if we hope to continue to effectively engage volunteers into the future.
For more information on the workshop and registration call the Volunteer Centre of the Blue Sky Region at 472-0200 ext 7818.
For more information about Linda Graff, visit www.lindagraff.ca
To get a sneak preview of some of Linda’s key messages, check out this just-released interview, “Linda Graff on the Future of Volunteering” at: http://www.rcvo.org/newsletter/2008Winter.pdf
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