Advancing The Profession Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd

From a young age, Faiza Venzant's parents instilled a strong sense of volunteerism in herself and her two older brothers. They, as immigrants to Canada from Uganda in the early 70s made a successful transition into Canadian life with the help of many generous volunteers. A volunteer herself from a very young age, she has been an advocate for volunteer engagement and excellence in volunteer management for over 20 years. As a facilitator for the Community Action Poverty Simulation, Faiza is passionate about equity and access amongst volunteers and leaders of volunteers.

Faiza immigrated to the United States in 2021 and now serves as the Executive Director with the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration and an active member and volunteer with Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE.) She has been a CVA (Certified in Volunteer Administration) since 2016.

In 2018, Faiza published her first children’s book entitled, "My Mamma Wants to Eat Me Up!". As a mother of two young boys, she has not actually eaten any of her children.

Learn more about the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration at
www.cvacert.org

Read more about the ADEVI research at https://cvacert.org/adevi/

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com

Sarah has expertise in volunteer involvement and not-for-profit strategy and governance. Sarah is the National Strategy Advisor at Volunteering Australia and recently led the development of Australia’s first National Strategy for Volunteering in a decade.

This year, Sarah is commencing her Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Western Australia, researching the relationship between volunteering and ‘mattering’. She holds degrees in Arts, Psychology, and Law.

Sarah is also a passionate volunteer in animal welfare and mental health.

You can find out more about the Australian National Volunteering Strategy at https://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/get-involved/national-strategy-for-volunteering/

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com

Gethyn has spent over 20 years working in the voluntary and community sector across England and Wales in fields as diverse as sport, youth, environment and disability.

Specialising in volunteering initiatives for the past decade he’s worked on strategy for the London 2012 legacy, within central government at the height of the Covid pandemic and run national programmes at Volunteering Matters.

A freelancer since 2020, Gethyn now focuses on helping non-profits to develop their business, capture their impact and enhance their volunteer programmes. In recent times he has supported the roll out of a range of national, high-profile volunteering initiatives, including the Vision for Volunteering and The Big Help Out.

The diversity of these approaches to volunteering provides the thread that now runs through his work - a belief that volunteering is largely still misunderstood or under-valued, but that by engaging in all of its forms we can help raise it to a level of appreciation and awareness that its social value clearly justifies.

https://www.gethynwilliams.net

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com

As President of VQ Volunteer Strategies, Beth Steinhorn partners with organizations and their leadership to increase impact through strategic and innovative engagement.

The author of multiple books and articles – including serving as co-editor of the recently published book "Transforming Disruption to Impact: Rethinking Volunteer Engagement for a Rapidly Changing World" – she is part of the national conversation about strategic
engagement, frequently provides training on the topic, and consults with organizations throughout the US and Canada.

Transforming Disruption To Impact — https://disruptiontoimpact.com

Leighty Foundation materials on investing in volunteer engagement — http://www.leightyfoundation.org/volunteer-engagement/invest-volunteer-engagement/

Initiative For Strategic Volunteer Engagement — https://strategicvolunteerengagement.org

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com

Martin J Cowling is passionate about effective change, leadership and impact.

He has been a volunteer, hands-on manager, leader, researcher, and consultant working with very small grassroots organisations through to large social purpose organisations, corporates and governments.

He works with clients in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, UK and the USA.

He led the Office of the Not-for-Profit Sector for the Australian government and helped establish the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) in 2013.

Martin is a skilled presenter, ranked as one of the top 100 speakers on philanthropy by Philanthropy 101. He believes that people are the key to an organisation's success and is passionate about ensuring
that staff (paid and unpaid) have mutually beneficial relationships and contribute to making lasting positive change.

Martin is a trusted partner for organisations, offering a comprehensive range of services to empower leaders, strengthen teams, and drive impactful change. Through personalised coaching, training, resource mobilisation support, and strategic guidance, he equips organisations with the tools, knowledge, and networks they need to achieve lasting impact, organisational excellence, and social change.

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com

Stuart is the Learning and Capacity Building Manager with Volunteer Ireland. Previously he was Volunteer Manager with a leading homeless charity and the manager of a Volunteer Centre for several years. Stuart has worked in a range of roles in the third sector since and has a background in youth work.

He has extensive direct Volunteer management experience with managing volunteer teams of over 1,430 volunteers. He is committed to volunteerism, and to fostering a vibrant and active community, where everyone can volunteer without restrictions, regardless of background or capacity, and achieve full participation by their voluntary activity.

Connect with Stuart

Email: stuart@volunteer.ie
X / Twitter: @StuartGarland | @VoluntIreland
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/StuartGarland
Web: www.volunteer.ie/training

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Thanks to Awesome Panda for their work editing this episode. Find out more at https://www.awesomepandauk.com