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 Campbell 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.
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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