November AL!VE Academy: This is a Profession! The Importance of Creating a Strategy and Advocating for our Professional Selves with Advocacy Committee Programs Chair, Alicia Morris November 11, 2025 12:30pm Est - 90 minutes
Volunteer management is more than coordination. It's a profession rooted in strategy, leadership, and impact. In this webinar, you'll learn how to shift your language to reflect the strengths-based capacity of your role, affirm the professional identity of volunteer management, and explore strategies to advocate for the field in today’s evolving nonprofit landscape.This is a Profession! The Importance of Creating a Strategy and Advocating for our Professional Selves.This is a Profession! The Importance of Creating a Strategy and Advocating for our Professional Selves.This is a Profession! The Importance of Creating a Strategy and Advocating for our Professional Selves.
Whether you're new to the role or a seasoned leader, this session will equip you with tools to elevate your voice, validate your expertise, and champion the profession with confidence
Learning Objectives:
Apply strengths-based language to describe the value and impact of volunteer management.
Recognize and affirm volunteer management as a skilled and credible profession.
Explore strategies to advocate for the profession in today’s evolving nonprofit landscape.
Introduction (10 min):
Welcome
Intro of advocacy committee
Question for participants
Presentation (30 min):
Creating a professional strategy.
Learning as part of your workplan.
The importance of belonging to a professional community
Pivoting our language about our skills
Panel Q&A (25 min)
Q&A (20 min)
Close (5 min)
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