Michelle, You might be interested in a website on employee volunteering developed here in the UK. The url is http://www.employeevolunteering.org.uk/. I am...
Andy, Glad to hear you upheld the oz tradition. But if you ever end up in the Persian Gulf (Bahrein) as I did on the way over to the UK; take your own...
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Roger Tweedy
rogertweedy@...
Nov 3, 2002 9:06 pm
Good morning from a beautiful Wellington Day (not a breath of wind !!) I was heavily involved in introducing Corporate Volunteering to NZ some 6-7 years back...
Hi all On the topic of corporate volunteering, I wanted to be sure that everyone on this group knew about the book "Take your partner for the corporate tango"...
<I am posting this on request / behalf of Ruth Gardner from Volunteering Canterbury in NZ - Andy> Further to the message from Roger Tweedy and the inquiry from...
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Joy Barrett
jbarrett@...
Nov 6, 2002 2:24 am
The NSW Premier's Dept is preparing an "Employee Volunteering Guide and Checklist" in collaboration with various interested groups. Nivek Thompson is the...
Volunteer managers already have phones and email to work with offsite volunteers. What is the advantage of using Instant Messaging (IM) with such volunteers as...
Hi all Had the following arrive in todays e-mail from Volunteering Qld so thought I'd share it with those of you in that part of the country Andy Fryar ... ...
Andy, I am writing to you in your capacity as OzVPM moderator. As an English interloper on OzVPM I would just like to formally request that all mention of a...
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Roger Tweedy
rogertweedy@...
Nov 7, 2002 9:31 pm
Andy, Your instruction of course will not apply to comments when our magnificant All Blacks (3rd Team) make a mess of the pride of England on the rugby field ...
Hi everyone As promised, here is a little bit of a report of how I found the ICVA conference held in Denver recently The International Conference of Volunteer...
Hi all For those who do not receive the regular GoVolunteer newsletter, please find it reproduced below for your information (For our overseas members, Go...
... I'm an American, I've been working in Europe for the last two years, and from what I can tell per what I've read online and the conversatinos I've had with...
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Roger Tweedy
rogertweedy@...
Nov 11, 2002 4:38 am
Great to get your report on AVA conference , Andy. You highlighted for me what I missed last year by starting late and not getting my head clearly around the...
Thanks for alerting us to this conference Roger - I've just looked at the site and it looks great. Is anyone else from this list attending? Andy Fryar OzVPM ...
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Carol Burnett
c.burnett@...
Nov 11, 2002 10:15 pm
Dear Roger, Thanks for alerting us to this conference. It is a pity that we hadn't heard about this previously, but hopefully the proceedings will be...
Thanks for circulating the GoVolunteer newsletter - GoVolunteer is a FANTASTIC way for organisations to recruit new volunteers - if any OzVPM members would...
Let me start by echoing Jayne's comments - Australia/NZ is where the rest of the world is looking for much of its good practice these days. You guys rock. ...
Thanks Rob and Jayne for the great feedback about how you see volunteerism progressing (from a world viewpoint) in our region I don't know about the rest of...
Hi Andy, I will be attending along with Professor Margaret Steinberg from the Centre. I will be collecting all the papers on volunteering et al so with due ...
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Michelle Jokic
glongvol@...
Nov 13, 2002 11:24 am
Hello fellow members I was wondering what is the preferred term in Australia for "Volunteering". I've noticed reference to Volunteerism and Volunteering. Is...
Hi, I thought I would offer my perspective as an expat Aussie now working in the voluntary sector in the UK & reinforce what has already been said. It really...
Hi Michelle Seems that no-one else is game to take a stab at this question ...so here's my take. My understanding of these terms is that they actually refer...
Hello All, I recently attended the Volunteering SA Conference in Adelaide and was very interested in Ted Flack's Keynote speech. It was about expectations...
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nancy.mcleod@...
Nov 14, 2002 10:46 pm
For those who like precise definitions, I once did a collection of "volunteer" words to help explain this to other people. The relevant words follow. My...
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Roger Tweedy
rogertweedy@...
Nov 14, 2002 10:48 pm
Adair's comments on Ted's paper certainly raise issues near and dear to me. I am looking forward to hearing from Ted in Auckland at the end of the month. One...
Thanks Adair and Roger for your interest in my unconventional views about accountability of voluntary organisations. I guess it is not easy to express in a few...
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Michelle Jokic
glongvol@...
Nov 15, 2002 1:39 am
Thank you Andy I've forwarded this to our network and it goes a long way to defining the broad service delivery and context of volunteering Much appreciated ...
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Northern Carers Netwo...
ncarers@...
Nov 15, 2002 4:17 am
Ted, it is an interesting balancing act as you are describing the relationship between needing to be "proffessional and accountable" and maintaining ...
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SHAUGHNESSY, Val
val.shaughnessy@...
Nov 15, 2002 4:39 am
I agree Adaire. and yes Roger KISS KISS KISS I wasn't at the conference so cannot comment on Teds presentation but over the seven years I have worked in the...
