Thank you to our members and partners for your support!Meet us at the next NCVS!AL!VE members - managers and coordinators of volunteers and programs to benefit the communityAL!VE - providing training, networking and development opportuntiesAL!VE members are in every state - and we're growing!Would you like to have AL!VE have a booth or present at your conference? Contact us!

AL!VE Professional Standards

AL!VE, in collaboration with the CCVA, has created a set of professional standards for volunteer managers. For a copy of these standards,
click here.

 

Welcome

AL!VE RECEPTION Thursday June 20 * Washington DC area
We cordially invite you to be attend the 2013 AL!VE™ Reception on Thursday, June 20th from 6:30pm-8:30pm.
 
Please join volunteer leaders from across the country, and AL!VE™ members and Board of Directors, for an evening of networking and celebration at the Bison Bistro, located in the iconic Department of the Interior building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC.

Shuttle service will be provided starting at 6:00pm and the pick-up and drop-off zone will be on L Street between 7th & 9th Streets, which is located between the two convention center buildings. The reception will be followed by tours of the National Mall beginning at the World War II Memorial where National Park Service volunteers and paid staff will be awaiting guests’ arrival. The last shuttle will leave the World War II Memorial at 10:00pm.
 
AL!VE™ is the only national organization dedicated to supporting leadership efforts in an ever-changing world of volunteer engagement. AL!VE™ provides member resources and access to tools, research, and best practices in volunteer management.

If you are attending NCVS, you will your name badge for the Interior Building security staff to make for an easy entrance. Any reception guests who are not conference attendees should have a photo ID for entrance.
 
The 2013 AL!VE™ Reception will be the sole reception at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service devoted to bringing together professional volunteer managers to celebrate their essential work and commitment. We would be honored for you to join us. Please RSVP by email to rsvp@volunteeralive.org.
 
Thank you for supporting leaders of volunteers, and we look forward to seeing you at the reception.


Blog

LIVE IN THE ‘SHOW ME’ STATE - Guest Blogger AL!VE Partner William Henry, Executive Director of Volunteers Insurance Service Association
06-12-2013

Do you have volunteers show you – not just tell you -- they are able to perform tasks safely, before you allow them to begin? It’s a great way to prevent accidents.One volunteer insured in our program was attempting to pull a nail from a board…for the very first time. Instead of prying the nail out with her claw hammer, she pulled straight up – toward her face – and the hammer slipped.
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