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Message to all MPs 2012
Volunteers and Volunteering: Message to all elected and list Representatives 2012 Volunteering Auckland was established in 1990 in answer to a need fo...
Jenny Magee Biography
Jenny Magee specialises in supporting organisations around diversity, volunteer engagement and governance. With a career spanning adult education and...
Chairperson's Report 2011
Volunteering Auckland is experiencing challenging and exciting times. The two significant issues have been funding and therefore having enough resour...
General Manager's Report 2012
This year has seen a marked increase in the services delivered by Volunteering Auckland. The number of people accessing voluntary opportunities conti...
General Manager's Report 2011
The continuing uncertain economic outlook, and its constraints on our operating budget, continues to compel us to look for fresh and innovative ways o...
Professional Development Series 2012
Professional development training workshops being offered by Volunteering Auckland 2012 - Contact us for further information. <ul> <li>Who...
UNITEC Managing to Make a Difference Series 2012
The Unitec ‘Managing to Make a Difference’ series by Aly McNicoll will dramatically improve your skills in leading, managing or relating to organisati...
Skilful Interviewing by Jenny Magee
Interviewing volunteers is very different to interviewing paid staff. Perhaps surprisingly, the fit with your organisation is far more important than...
Managing Arms-length Volunteers by Jenny Magee
Many volunteers work independently out in the field, in different agency departments, or at different days / times to the Co-ordinators, out in the fi...
An Inside Job – Promoting volunteers within your organisation by Jenny Magee
An important part of a leader’s work is to tell stories. As the ‘expert’ on volunteers in your organisation, you are perfectly positioned to ensure th...
Volunteer Stories
Fascinated by Experiences
My first experience of life in New Zealand was as an international student at AUT. When I saw Volunteering Auckland on campus one day, I thought, “h...