Strategic Volunteer Engagement

This two day introduction to volunteer management certificate course by Volunteer Calgary will give you the basic foundation for volunteer involvement in your organization. Everything you need to know about the basics of volunteer management; planning, recruitment, supervision, retention and strategic volunteer engagement.

Weely e-mail and online newsletter by Charity Village. Includes charitable news, cover story, links to resources and a spotlighted charity.

Charity Village is a web-based organization that includes training programs, tools and reference information designed for those employed by the Canadian Voluntary Sector. Resources also include a national job posting centre and a weekly newsletter of Canadian charitable developments, the Village Vibe.

An online resource with free information on essential skills for building healthy organizations. The Community Tool Box promotes community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources.

Featuring over 3,600 resources, this library has a broad selection of lending and reference resources related to the nonprofit sector and nonprofit management including human resources.

Provides news releases, survey and reports, bookstore, media guide and research related to the Voluntary Sector, nonprofit HR, and Volunteer Management. Volunteer Calgary also offers a volunteer job database, board member recruitment program and Volunteer Management courses for Calgary nonprofits and charities.

A national nonprofit organization committed to the development and enhancement of a skilled workforce through a comprehensive set of HR policies, tools and planning resources.

This recent environmental scan was prepared to inform CCVO's strategic planning work. We recognize a value that extends beyond its original intent, following a growing number of requests to share its contents with the sector.

This article examines the interchangeability of paid and volunteer labour and estimates the prevalence of such interchangeability through a series of studies of Canadian nonprofits.

Joe Woodward, Calgary Herald, July 2 2006

A Calgary Herald article about the 2006 Canada Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating. The article is based on a CCVO event that featured Michael Hall, Vice President of Research with Imagine Canada.