Durham Region Association of Volunteer Administration

New Meeting Location!
Whitby Public Library
405 Dundas St., West, Whitby

DRAVA CONFERENCE 2017
THURSDAY MAY 11th, 2017 
8:30am to 4:00pm
 Trillium Trails Banquet & Conference Centre 
53 Snow Ridge Ct, Oshawa
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP:
COMMUNICATING FOR SUCCESS WITH VOLUNTEERS 
Do you know what you're really communicating to volunteers through your actions, processes and interactions? Are your communications achieving what you want them to? Join us for a full day workshop that shares tools, resources and ideas to help you do a holistic review of key communications activities (recruitment, screening, coaching, and recognition) connected to volunteers in your organization to improve outcomes. 
PRESENTED BY: Erin Spink, MA Leadership
 
$100 MEMBERS $125 NON-MEMBERS
2017 DRAVA Conference Flyer - download and share 

Mission 
The Durham Region Association for Volunteer Administration (DRAVA) is a professional networking body that supports members, provides education, identifies and responds to current trends in the volunteer administration sector.

Vision
DRAVA strengthens our community with a Vision whereby:

• All volunteers enjoy a seamless connection to, and a positive experience from, their volunteer activity.
• The role of the Administrator of Volunteer Resources is valued and supported by their agencies.
• All Administrators of Volunteer Resources are members of, and actively participate in, DRAVA and PAVR-O
• All agencies that engage volunteers work in partnership - networking, sharing information, and supporting each other day to day.

Meetings
Regular meetings are held the second Thursday of each month from September until June  at the Whitby Public Library, . (Main Branch, 405 Dundas Street West). Meetings start at 9:15 am with networking taking place from 8:45 - 9:15 am

Benefits of Membership
See our Membership Page for the benefits of joining DRAVA
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News and Events
2017 Memberships are due. Please bring membership form and payment to a DRAVA meeting.

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Next Meeting:
April 13 , 2017
Education: Volunteer Boundaries and Consequences for Crossing them
Workshop Facilitator:   Samuel Feilchenfeld, Training Coordinator: Volunteer Toronto
In this interactive session, you will learn about creating appropriate and effective boundaries for your volunteers.  We will discuss why volunteers break boundaries and what to do if they violate those boundaries.  Setting boundaries and rules will improve the performance of volunteers and assist you in providing beneficial feedback. 
Sammy develops and delivers Volunteer Toronto's in-person, online and on-demand training in order to support managers and coordinators of volunteers in Toronto’s non-profit and charitable organizations.
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May 11, 2017
DRAVA Conference
Communicating for Success with Volunteers
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June 8, 2017
Networking: Ray Smith, Coordinator, Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement CNIB|INCA  
​Education: Volunteer Resources Developed by CNIB through Ontario Partnership Grant
Facilitator:  Kat Clarke, Specialist, Government Relations & Advocacy
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
CNIB received an Ontario Partnership Grant from the government that developed tools and resources to improve the way we partner with volunteers. Four manuals were developed on Ambassador, Advocacy, Leadership and Philanthropy Volunteers as well as a couple modules for the blind and partially sighted volunteers. The documents – manuals, toolkits, training guides and templates – are posted on the CNIB Ontario website.
We are invited to look at the materials online and if possible have been asked to complete the evaluation survey by March 31, 2017. Facilitator Kat Clarke will touch on how the work was done and review the templates available.