What Next for Volunteering? - A local perspective
Description: This highly interactive, relevant and participatory event, led Martin J Cowling a world-leading expert on volunteer engagement, will help you identify obstacles and learn practical solutions to volunteer engagement in today's world with a local perspective. The workshop will include an overview of what is happening in volunteering, key trends, and the strategies that work to attract and keep volunteers. Attendees will have time to reflect on learnings, share successful practices, and collaboratively design new approaches to working with volunteers. Each participant will leave with a set of goals tailored to their organisation or context.
Reframing Volunteering: Marketing for Younger Generations
Discover practical strategies to reshape your volunteer outreach and engage the next wave of community leaders. This session goes beyond traditional marketing by emphasising storydoing—a powerful approach that transforms values into action. Learn how to appeal to the motivations driving young volunteers, paving the way for community growth, increased memberships, and impactful change.
Training Bulletin September-October 2024
Wednesday 11 September: Busselton 10am – 12pm
Recruiting a New Generation of Volunteers
Presented by LUSH Content Agency
Busselton Resource Centre - Meeting Room 1 Ground Floor
Join us for an inspiring workshop led by Lush, designed for community groups eager to redefine volunteering for younger generations. Discover practical strategies to reshape your volunteer outreach and engage the next wave of community leaders. This session goes beyond traditional marketing by emphasising storydoing—a powerful approach that transforms values into action. Learn how to appeal to the motivations driving young volunteers, paving the way for community growth, increased memberships, and impactful change.
Why attend?
Gain insights into effective volunteer recruitment strategies tailored for Millennials and Gen Z.
Learn how storydoing can foster positive sentiment and attract a new wave of volunteers.
Network with peers from community groups, sporting clubs, non-profits, and social media volunteers.
This workshop is ideal for:
Community groups
Sporting clubs
Non-profit organisations
Social media volunteers
Social media and marketing roles within community organisations
Hosted by the City of Busselton and the Busselton Dunsborough Volunteer Centre, in collaboration with Lush— a strategic communications agency renowned for creative storytelling and recently worked with Volunteering WA to reframe volunteering for future generations.
Contact us for more information: volunteers@westnet.com.au
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Wednesday, 2nd October Busselton 9:00am – 1:00pm
What Next for Volunteering
Trainer Martin J Cowling
Busselton Resource Centre - Meeting Room 2 & 3 Upper Floor
Description: This highly interactive and participatory event, led by a world-leading expert on volunteer engagement, will help you identify obstacles and practical solutions to volunteer engagement in today's world. The workshop will include an overview of what is happening in volunteering, key trends, and the strategies that work to attract and keep volunteers. Attendees will have time to reflect on learnings, share successful practices, and collaboratively design new approaches to working with volunteers. Each participant will leave with a set of goals tailored to their organisation or context.
Contact us for more information: volunteers@westnet.com.au
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About Martin J Cowling
Martin J Cowling is passionate about effective change, leadership and impact. He has been a volunteer, hands-on manager, leader, researcher, and consultant working with very small grassroots organisations through to large social purpose organisations, corporates and governments. He works in Australia and globally.He led the Office of the Not-for-Profit Sector for the Australian government and helped establish the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) in 2013. Martin is a skilled presenter, ranked as one of the top 100 speakers on philanthropy by Philanthropy 101.He believes that people are the key to an organisation's success and is passionate about ensuring that staff (paid and unpaid) have mutually beneficial relationships and contribute to making lasting positive change. Martin is currently writing a book on 21st Century volunteer engagementWhat Next for Volunteering? - A local perspective
Presented by Internationally Recognised Volunteer Expert Martin J Cowling
Wednesday, 3 October 2024
9:00am - 12:30pm
Busselton Community Resource Centre (map)
Identify obstacles and gain practical solutions to volunteer engagement in today's world, at this highly interactive workshop!
Description: This highly interactive, relevant and participatory event, led Martin J Cowling a world-leading expert on volunteer engagement, will help you identify obstacles and learn practical solutions to volunteer engagement in today's world with a local perspective. The workshop will include an overview of what is happening in volunteering, key trends, and the strategies that work to attract and keep volunteers. Attendees will have time to reflect on learnings, share successful practices, and collaboratively design new approaches to working with volunteers. Each participant will leave with a set of goals tailored to their organisation or context.