Develop your Volunteer Management Professional Skills at the Minnesota State Conference on Volunteerism, May 16-18

For Immediate Release via Newsletter or E-mail

Contact: DeDee Ordemann
Executive Committee Volunteer for the 2003 Minnesota Conference on Volunteerism
952-883-5184 or deanna.d.ordemann@HealthPartners.com

The State Conference on Volunteerism is held only once every other year. And this year's 2004 Minnesota Conference on Volunteerism will be held May 16-18 in Brainerd, MN. If you lead and/or manage a volunteer program, you have an opportunity to join with other volunteer program professionals in a conference designed to prepare you for the challenges that lie ahead. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer leader or new to the profession, the workshops at this conference will help you professionally and personally.

This year’s conference features many conference tracks including a corporate focus highlighting the following workshops:

• Building/Sustaining Corporate Volunteer Councils
• Volunteer Programs in Corporations with Multiple Facilities
• Leveraging Technology to Make Your Program Stronger
• Be Safe, Not Sorry: Managing Risks of Corporate Volunteerism
• CVC Corporate Volunteerism Idea Exchange

In addition to the many workshops, special programs & keynote speakers include:

• Sunday, May 16th Pre-conference Workshop: The Leader in Each of Us
• Sunday, May 16th: Susan Vass, Humorist & Motivational Speaker and Keynote Speaker Jim Scheibel, former mayor of St. Paul
• Monday, May 17th: Linda Harper, Ph.D. “Give to Your Heart’s Content without Giving Yourself Away”
• Monday, May 17th : Keynote Speaker Neil Cuthbert, McKnight Foundation
• Tuesday , May 18th : Keynote Speaker Jon Pratt, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

The 2004 MN State Conference on Volunteerism will be held at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd on May 16-18. More information and registration materials are available online at: www.mavanetwork.org/conference.htm or by calling Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) at 651-255-0469.

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