Workplace Volunteering Seminars Scheduled for Atlanta November 8-9, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 8, 2006)—Two seminars designed to enhance and measure workplace volunteer programs will be held November 8 and 9 in downtown Atlanta.  Workplace volunteering is a planned, managed effort that seeks to motivate and enable employees to effectively volunteer under the leadership of the employer. 

“Building Partnerships That Work: Nonprofit Organizations and Employee Volunteers” is scheduled for 1:00 – 5:30 p.m. on November 8.  In this seminar, both businesses and nonprofit organizations will work together to develop strategies for creating successful partnerships.  This seminar is intended for business and government employee volunteer program managers and nonprofit and school volunteer program managers.  Participants should have responsibility for external relations with other organizations.  This seminar is sponsored by the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Volunteer Center. 

The second seminar, which is designed for experienced volunteer program managers and their supervisors, will take place on November 9 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  This advanced business seminar, “Measuring Business Outcomes for Your Employee Volunteer Program,” is for those who have job responsibility for managing an employee volunteer program in a business setting.  This seminar is sponsored by the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council with the generous support of The Coca-Cola Company. 

 Discount rates for registrations received by October 6.  For registration information, call the Points of Light Foundation’s training department at 202-729-8149, or go to http://www.pointsoflight.org/resources/training/workplace.cfm. 

Workplace volunteering seminars are coordinated by the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, which engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. Through a variety of programs and services, the Foundation encourages people from all walks of life — businesses, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, low-income communities, families, youth, and older adults — to volunteer.