Register for Volunteer Training
Volunteer Management Training – Recruitment
1st of a 5 part series in Capacity Building & Utilization for Non-Profits
Thursday, December 6th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration Begins at 8:30 a.m.
WHAT: This one-day training is targeted to leaders at any and all organizations in the region that use volunteers in any capacity. The morning session (9 a.m.-Noon) will introduce participants to the Regional Volunteer Center; it’s role and capability to support volunteer recruitment for all participants. More importantly, participants will learn practical and immediately implementable techniques to attract and effectively utilize volunteers in your non-profit organization.
The afternoon session (1-4 p.m.) is focused on developing the volunteer recruitment messaging for specific audiences, developing and deploying specific communication strategies for targeted volunteers. Participants will learn simple and powerful processes & techniques to energize your organization and your volunteers, thus raising the visibility and value of your organization.
Training facilitator Raymond R. Patterson is a business advisor, consultant and entrepreneurial catalyst to corporations, companies, organizations and individuals who want to thrive during change. Areas of expertise include strategic thinking, planning and decision implementation at the organization/enterprise, as well as the individual level.
PRESS RELEASE
November 27, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
How to end extreme poverty in Albany by 2030: A panel discussion hosted by the Stakeholders Institute.
Albany, NY – The Stakeholders Institute is pleased to announce a panel discussion on December 8th at 10:00am at the Madison Theater in Albany. This panel discussion will be focused on the various factors that contribute to extreme poverty, and the ways that our community is addressing them. The panel discussion is part of a series of lectures and hands-on experiences the Stakeholders Institute provides to their students.
The panelists that will be contributing to the discussion are as varied as the causes of extreme poverty. Mike Jacobson is the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Capital District. HfHCD builds affordable housing in partnership with lower-income, hard-working families in need. Perry Jones is the Executive Director of the Capital City Rescue Mission which is dedicated to proclaiming the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ to the homeless and needy of the capital region in the hope that they will return to society as productive citizens. Elaine Houston is the anchor of NewsChannel 13 (WNYT) Live at 5:30pm as well as a reporter. She has a passion for education and women’s issues that is demonstrated in her professional work and community involvement. Hopeton Smalling recently left his position as the Dean of Students at ITT Technical Institute to found his own nonprofit. His nonprofit, OQI Cares, Inc., is an entity with the belief that education, technology, social entrepreneurship and the digital arts can help to eliminate poverty. Jeff Mirel is the founder of Albany Barn, a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing a permanent, sustainable creative arts incubator and community art center. It will serve as a place for artists, neighborhood residents and the public alike to create, collaborate, present and explore, particularly those who cannot afford or otherwise access such space and services. The panel will conclude with a call-to-action for the audience, to contribute to the end of extreme poverty in Albany.
Register at http://stakeholdersendpoverty.eventbrite.com
To learn more about the Stakeholders Institute or this event, please contact Michael Weidrich at arts@thestakeholders.org
The Stakeholders Inc. was founded in 2008 by local young professionals committed to community service and civic engagement. They have encouraged adults to serve, youth to build character, families to bond, young professionals to excel as volunteer and philanthropic leaders, mature adults to stay engaged and businesses to address community needs. Through their online database at http://www.thestakeholders.org, they match volunteers to meaningful opportunities every day. Recently designated by New York State as one of ten regional centers, The Volunteer Center has expanded into Eight Counties (Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington) to elevate the impact of volunteerism in the Capital Region.
The Stakeholders Institute, a program of the Stakeholders Inc. educates the current and next generations of philanthropists on how to use their time, talents and treasures in the Capital Region. Running from October through May, the Institute has a curriculum crafted to engage and inform ‘students’ on the focus areas of: Philanthropy, Arts & Culture and Sustainable Communities.
Volunteer Management Registration
Volunteer Management Training – Recruitment
1st of a 5 part series in Capacity Building & Utilization for Non-Profits
Thursday, December 6th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHAT: This one-day training is targeted to leaders at any and all organizations in the region that use volunteers in any capacity. The morning session (9 a.m.-Noon) will introduce participants to the Regional Volunteer Center; it’s role and capability to support volunteer recruitment for all participants. More importantly, participants will learn practical and immediately implementable techniques to attract and effectively utilize volunteers in your non-profit organization.
The afternoon session (1-4 p.m.) is focused on developing the volunteer recruitment messaging for specific audiences, developing and deploying specific communication strategies for targeted volunteers. Participants will learn simple and powerful processes & techniques to energize your organization and your volunteers, thus raising the visibility and value of your organization.
WHO: Training facilitator Raymond R. Patterson is a business advisor, consultant and entrepreneurial catalyst to corporations, companies, organizations and individuals who want to thrive during change. Areas of expertise include strategic thinking, planning and decision implementation at the organization/enterprise, as well as the individual level.
WHEN: Thursday, December 6th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch Noon-1 p.m.)
WHERE: The Chamber of Southern Saratoga, 15 Park Ave., Ste. 7, Clifton Park, NY 12065
COST: MEMBERS $40
NON-MEMBERS: $65 per person in advance (includes lunch); $75 at the door
1st of a 5 part series in Capacity Building & Utilization for Non-Profits
Thursday, December 6th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHAT: This one-day training is targeted to leaders at any and all organizations in the region that use volunteers in any capacity. The morning session (9 a.m.-Noon) will introduce participants to the Regional Volunteer Center; it’s role and capability to support volunteer recruitment for all participants. More importantly, participants will learn practical and immediately implementable techniques to attract and effectively utilize volunteers in your non-profit organization.
The afternoon session (1-4 p.m.) is focused on developing the volunteer recruitment messaging for specific audiences, developing and deploying specific communication strategies for targeted volunteers. Participants will learn simple and powerful processes & techniques to energize your organization and your volunteers, thus raising the visibility and value of your organization.
WHO: Training facilitator Raymond R. Patterson is a business advisor, consultant and entrepreneurial catalyst to corporations, companies, organizations and individuals who want to thrive during change. Areas of expertise include strategic thinking, planning and decision implementation at the organization/enterprise, as well as the individual level.
WHEN: Thursday, December 6th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch Noon-1 p.m.)
WHERE: The Chamber of Southern Saratoga, 15 Park Ave., Ste. 7, Clifton Park, NY 12065
COST: MEMBERS $40
NON-MEMBERS: $65 per person in advance (includes lunch); $75 at the door
Register Here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/org/2855494515
The Stakeholders Regional Volunteer Center is working closely with our local partner agencies and national HandsOn Network to identify volunteer opportunities in the communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy to ensure a coordinated response. Please note that due to the number of people interested in volunteering, as soon as an opportunity is identified, it is filled. We are working with national and local partners to identify more opportunities in the midst of our current challenges, including transportation issues, lack of fuel in the area, identifying volunteer housing and massive power outages. These challenges make it difficult to get team out to assess the need and scope projects. While we are working diligently, please understand it may be a few days before we increase the number of projects in the impacted area.
In the meantime, there are additional ways you can engage now:
- Register your interest http://stakeholders.force.com/HOC__Organization_Registration_Page to volunteer. By registering with us, you will receive up-to-date information, including when new volunteer opportunities are posted.
- Donate supplies and materials by Partnering with us in our next delivery run:
If giving money to an organization isn’t your thing, or if you’d like to help in a more hands-on way, we have identified a partner who is helping us send a large moving truck later this week filled with more supplies. Here is a list of items we believe will be needed later this week:
- Disposable utensils such as plates/bowls/cups flatware (sealed unopened bags)
- Cleaning supplies such as gloves, bleach, soap, big trash bags, ammonia, mops, buckets, sponges, shovels, paper towels, disinfectant wipes
- Tarps, carts, shopping carts, wheelbarrows to transport goods to homes.
- Stick-up LED lights lights
- Socks and underwear (new only; kids and adults sizes)
- Baby supplies like diapers (including toddler sizes), wipes, etc. (sealed unopened bags)
- Basic first aid supplies like neosporin, aspirin, tylenol, ibprofen and other OTC drugs, nasal spray (sealed unopened packages)
- Dust / particle masks and work gloves
- Flashlights and batteries
- Personal hygiene supplies, preferably small or single-use e.g. like soap, deodorant, toothbrushes/toothpaste, hand sanitizer, tissues, combs (sealed unopened packages)
- Power tools and small appliances e.g. microwave, toaster, etc (many were destroyed by floods)
- Small books and toys in good condition (new or good condition)
If you have, or wish to buy, any such items in good condition, please bring any and all such items to our maintenance shop located in the back of the 100 Great Oaks building (follow the signs when you enter the office park). If no one is there and weather permitting, you may leave items outside.
Note that based on currently available information there is an abundance of clothing. We therefore ask that you do not send clothing, coats or blankets. It is also too early to send furniture and furnishings as many homes are still uninhabitable.
If you can organize a large local collection here in the Albany area – perhaps at your community center or place of worship – please consider setting up a collection point and delivering to our shop later this week. Or, you can email me and we can organize for our truck to stop there.
Future efforts / rebuilding:
Several of our employees are interested in doing hands-on work to help with rebuilding. We hope to arrange this in the coming weeks, in an organized fashion with a partner agency that can help with supplies, logistics, permitting, etc. If you or your employees have trade skills and would like to create a local team to join the rebuilding effort, please contact Dylan at dylan@rosenblumcompanies.com.
Donate to local relief effort by clicking here
United Way Sandy Recovery Fund
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City Hurricane Relief Fund
Tunnel to Towers Foundation Hurricane Relief Fund
We request that you do NOT self- deploy to the region without identifying an opportunity AND housing. Once volunteer housing becomes available, we will update our website with the information on how to book reservations.
The local/regional response to Hurricane Sandy is beginning to wind down, so few volunteers will be needed in the area. Intelligence on the scope of the disaster in the NYC/LI/NJ area is still being developed. Images in the media indicate that the need will be large, but it’s still too early to know how untrained and unaffiliated spontaneous volunteers will be assimilated into the disaster relief effort. Once that is known and a need is identified, The American Red Cross will use media channels to alert the public. Prior to that, any volunteers who would like to be placed on a “will call” list and considered for deployment should apply here.
https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=intake&entry_point_id=345&unit_id=234&logout=1
