Program #13
May 2, 2007
See the Change - Volunteering
Presenters:
Diane Morgan , CEO, Volunteering Queensland
Leonie Bryen, CPNS Alumni, Partner, Tangible Results Consulting Group (TRCG)
Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director, CPNS
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Volunteering
- Bryen, L., and Madden, K. (2006). Bounce-Back of Episodic Volunteers: What makes episodic volunteers return? CPNS, Working Paper No. 32. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Esmond, J. (2001). BOOMNET: Capturing the baby boomers volunteers - A research project, Perth: Department of the Premier and Cabinet Western Australia.
- Evans, E., and Saxton, J. (2005). The 21st Century Volunteer. A report on the changing face of volunteering in the 21st Century. nfpSynergy: UK.
- Handy, F., Brodeur, N., and Cnann, R.A. (2006) Summer on the Island: Episodic Volunteering, Voluntary Action, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, pp 31-42.
- Hext, H. (2006) Improving Employee Volunteer Programs: A View From Both Sides, unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Technology Sydney. Available on the Philanthropy Australia website - www.philanthropy.org.au.
- Volunteering Queensland (2007) Leading the Volunteer Revolution – New models for community solutions,Ideas Paper Number 1, April.
Tax Deductible Giving
- CPNS Current Issues Information Sheet 2007/2: Tax Deductible Giving in 2004-05
Other academic references
(only available to staff and students through University databases - check your institution's catalogue for availability)
- Auld, C. (2004). Behavioural Characteristics of Student Volunteers. Australian Journal on Volunteering, 9(2), 8-18.
- Hustix, L., and Lammertyn, F. (2003) Collective and Reflexive Styles of Volunteering: A Sociological modernization Perspective. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organisations, 14(2), 167-187.
- Macduff, N. (2005). Societal Changes and Rise of the Episodic Volunteer, Emerging Areas of Volunteering. ARNOVA Occasional Paper Series. 1(2). Indianapolis.
Websites
*BOOK RELEASE* - Available 7 May 2007.
The Quest for Eve: In Search of Episodic Volunteering Experiences
by Leonie Bryen
forward by Sha Cordingley
Published 2007 by Community Books Australia
Recommended Retail: AU$15.00
This thought provoking parable will take you less than an hour to read, but will serve as a wake up call to the changing face of modern volunteers & volunteering. Highlighting the emerging trend of episodic or short term volunteering, it points to the increasing likelihood of volunteers to shop around for suitable opportunities. With Australia experiencing a surge in volunteering numbers, it’s essential that CEO’s, volunteer managers and the boards of nonprofit organisations come to terms with these changes to ensure a robust and vibrant volunteering future for Australia.
'In this lively and engaging short story, Leonie Bryen uses the immediacy and accessibility of the fictional form to punch home some important truths about the changing nature of volunteering and the need for volunteer-involving organisations to ‘adapt or die’. It should be required reading for all volunteer managers'.
Dr Justin Davis Smith
Director
Institute for Volunteering Research, UK
ORDER The Quest for Eve from www.trcg.com.au
Presenters
Diane Morgan
Chief Executive Director
Volunteering Queensland
Diane has over 35 years experience working with community organisations and volunteers as a manager, board director, educator, counsellor and volunteer herself. She has a social welfare and counseling qualifications and a Graduate Diploma in Human Service Management from the Queensland University of Technology.
Diane has been the Chief Executive Officer of Volunteering Queensland since 1987, and was the Foundation President of the national volunteering peak organisation, the Australian Association for Volunteering which is now Volunteering Australia.
She has led the development of regional Volunteer Resource Centres throughout Queensland and has been involved in the development of standards and accredited training courses for volunteers and volunteer managers, as well as policy and procedures for the involvement of volunteers in nonprofit organisations.
Diane also served for 10 years on the Board of Directors for the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and chaired IAVE’s Standing Committee for Worldwide National Volunteer Centres during that time and played an integral role in lobbying the United Nations for the 2001 International Year of Volunteers (IYV).
Diane has participated in volunteer policy development at international, national and state level and is committed to volunteering as an integral part of community capacity building in today’s society.
Leonie Bryen
Partner
Tangible Results Consulting Group (TRCG)
Leonie is a CPNS Alumnus (Masters of Business (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies)) at QUT with plans to pursue additional studies.
She is well sort-after in her field, with her research being presented and published at both national and international conferences.
She has a keen interest in episodic volunteering research and training; and is committed to the pursuit of excellence in the area. Leonie is currently writing several books on the subject. Her first self-published book ‘The Quest for EVE’ will be available/released in mid-May.
Leonie has developed a series of seminars about modern volunteering, is a passionate, enthusiastic presenter, who has an intimate knowledge and understanding of the seminar subjects.
Her lively, engaging style ensures that you’re in for an active and informative day.
With a background in teaching and small business; she is a mother of two, wife of one and is actively involved in a range of volunteering pursuits.
Prof Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM
Director
The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT
Myles has advised and held board positions in a large variety of nonprofit organisations over a period of 25 years. He is a consultant to McCullough Robertson Lawyers engaged solely in high level legal and taxation advice to large national and international nonprofit organisations. He is also a member of the ATO Charities Consultative Committee on the introduction of the New Tax System and advisor to the ATO on nonprofit taxation training and education materials and served on the recent Volunteering Australia Taskforce investigating the Rising Costs of Volunteering. Myles will be releasing CPNS Working Paper No 36 Associations Incorporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 shortly.
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