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 Welcome to the Volunteer Management Learning Buffet: 50+ Resources for Professional Development, for Training, for Community and just for fun! Updated - January, 2023.

Local and National Presentations 

*in-person Unless indicated Remote

• Presentation for Volunteer Maryland, March 2023: Interested in earning a CVA? 

• Presentation for Volunteer Maryland, March 2023: A Roadmap to Where to Find Training for Volunteer Managers 

• Presentation for Volunteer Maryland, October 2020: A Roadmap to Where to Find Training for Volunteer Managers (remote)

• Presentation for the Maryland Council of Directors of Volunteer Services, May 2019: A Roadmap to Where to Find Training for Volunteer Managers 

• Presentation at FIRST World Championship conferences, St. Louis, April 2017: Communities of Practice in FIRST: Ten years of lessons learned with the Baltimore Area Alliance

• Presentation for the Volunteer Center of Howard County, September 2016: Roundtable on Managing Event Volunteers.

• Presentation for FIRST LEGO League Partner Conference, Manchester NH, June 2016 : Role of the Regional Volunteer Coordinator

• Presentation for the Maryland Volunteerism Summit, hosted by the Governor's Office of Service and Volunteerism, March 2016: Connecting the Dots to National Service

• Presentation for FIRST Senior Mentors, January 2015: Untapped Sources of Volunteers

• Presentation at FIRST World Championship conferences, St. Louis, April 2014: Corporate Volunteers and Why You Want to Engage Them.

• Presentation at FIRST World Championship conferences, St. Louis, April 2013: Volunteers and Voluntolds

• Presentation to FIRST Volunteer Coordinators, November 2015: FIRST Volunteer Recruiting & Coordination - Lessons Learned 

• Presentation at FIRST World Championship conferences, St. Louis,  April 2012: Roboparents - Parent Involvement on FRC teams

maryland PRESENTATIONS ABOUT FIRST: 

• Volunteering for FIRST, 2024 - U.S. Coast Guard

• How to prepare to be more competitive for judging, 2020 - FIRST Chesapeake Chats

• Volunteering for FIRST, 2019 - U.S. Coast Guard

• Dean's List Judging Process/How Mentors Can Really Make a Difference, 2019 - Maryland Robotics Alliance

• Event Volunteers and Outreach in Maryland, 2018 - FIRST LEGO League

• FIRST LEGO League Tournament Director Orientation, 2018 - UMBC

• Dean's List Judging for the FIRST Tech Challenge, January 2019 - Rockwell Collins/Annapolis.

• Volunteering as Outreach, 2016

• Volunteering for FIRST, 2016 - BD Diagnostics

• Volunteer Management, 2016 - FIRST LEGO League - UMBC

• Volunteering for FIRST Tech Challenge events, 2016 - Sigma Phi Delta, University of MD

• Volunteer Management, 2015 - FIRST LEGO League - UMBC

• Volunteering for FIRST, 2015 - University of MD