Volunteering Through a Different Lens- Clint Bertenshaw – Director: Sector Development and Engagement – The Centre for Volunteering

BIO: Clint Bertenshaw is the Director: Sector Development and Engagement at The Centre for Volunteering. He is an experienced operations manager, people leader and learning and development consultant who applies pragmatic approaches to tackling organisational problems. Clint also volunteers for Youth Community Radio station, Edge Radio Hobart, where he is an on-air host, training coordinator and committee member.  Throughout his career he has worked across the telecommunications, customer service, IT and Not for Profit industries, gaining a broad range of skills, in project and change management, negotiation and mediation, people management and development.

The Centre for Volunteering (The Centre) is a not-for-profit organisation with over 45 years’ experience providing leadership on volunteering in NSW. This involves playing a key role in advocacy, support services and sector development. Within its programming, The Centre offers a range of resources, training, workshops, and events which benefit both individual volunteers and volunteer involving organisations. This includes best practice support services, Volunteer Manager Help Desk and Knowledge Base, and the NSW School of Volunteer Management [RTO code 90031], a registered training organisation providing professional development and nationally accredited volunteering qualifications. 
 
The Centre also provides membership services to a range of primarily not-for-profit organisations of varying scale, spanning all sectors. In addition, The Centre works with government organisations on corporate social responsibility and employee volunteering programs. 
 

SESSION OVERVIEW: It is no secret that the impacts of COVID-19 are still being felt in the volunteering sector. But the impacts do not have to be detrimental to the success of our programs. By taking the time to look at our programs through a different lens we can leverage the impacts in our favour and rebuild our programs stronger and more sustainable.

In this presentation, Clint will provide you with insights and pragmatic approaches to:

1. Embracing volunteer motivations and addressing their barriers

2. Rethinking volunteering roles and programs for flexibility and sustainability

3. Revising volunteer recruitment and engagement strategies to attract a greater pool of volunteers

In support of the concepts discussed in the presentation, participants will learn of the suite of free tools and resources available through The Centre for Volunteering to support Volunteer Leaders and their programs.