2012 Ignite Volunteering Conference

The Centre for Volunteering presents Ignite Volunteering Conference for 2012 to be held in Sydney CBD on Friday 27 July 2012. This year's conference theme is Innovation and Partnerships. 
    
Speakers are aiming to show ways in which you, as volunteer managers and coordinators, can be innovative in your thinking, services, and programs, and how to look at beneficial partnerships and alliances with other organisations. 
    
This conference will comprise of a mixture of plenary sessions, interactive workshops, panels, and case studies to enable you to:

• Develop skills to better manage volunteering as a resource
• Discuss governance and volunteer management issues within the community sector
• Access tools and resources to facilitate more effective volunteer management
• Develop more contacts within the community sector

The Ignite Volunteering Conference is designed for volunteer supervisors, coordinators, and managers within the community sector. Speakers include:

• Martin J. Cowling, CEO, People First - Total Solutions
• The Hon. Victor Dominello, MP, Minister for Citizenship, Communities and Aboriginal Affairs and Member for Ryde
• Jon Dee, Founder and Managing Director, Do Something! NSW Australian of the Year 2010
• Dr. Caroline Webber, NSW Manager, Strategic Grants Pty Ltd
• Peter Slattery, Therapist, Trainer, Educator - Community Sector
• Simon Watts, Senior Manager, Office of Volunteering, Communities NSW
• Dr. Bronwen Dalton, University of Technology Sydney
• Craig McKell, Partner, Pitcher Partners
• Kaye McCulloch, Keystone Community Solutions
• Shelley Taylor, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Baptist World Aid Australia
• Peter King, Program Manager, Cerebral Palsy Alliance and colleague
• David Fisher-Dobbin, Business Development, The Centre for Volunteering
• Kristin Sinclair, Marketing Manager, The Centre for Volunteering
• Lynne Dalton, CEO, The Centre for Volunteering

Register online to attend the 2012 Ignite Volunteering Conference