1. 2012 OVCN ACTION! Conference
October 29th – 31st, 2012
DAY 1: Oct. 29 Agenda
2:30 – 6:00 Registration for Volunteer Centre Representatives
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 Entertainment & Hospitality (Bayview Place: Room 4)
DAY 2: Oct. 30 Agenda
7:30 – 8:30 Buffet Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 Registration & Refreshments | Walk by the Lake
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome & Setting the Stage | Carine Strong, Chair OVCN
9:00 – 9:30 Knowing your Steering Committee
 5 minutes presentations about their VC and Model
9:30 – 10:45 Knowing Our Network | Cindy Crowe Consulting
Building the Network inside-out! Let’s uncover our strengths, by mapping the assets
of individuals, Volunteer Centres and the Network as a community.
By using an assets based community development lens we can start to build a
sustainable community development model for the OVCN, by prioritizing issues that
are relevant to VCs in the following themes.
ABCD session: ‘Community Building through Community Partnership’:
 Communication & Marketing
 Resource & Fund Development
 Advocacy
Conversation Café (5) – networking period to circulate and see what was talked
about in other sessions / add your voice!
10:45 – 11:15 Networking Break | Check out ‘The OVCN Space Café’*
11:15 – 12:00 ABCD session continued…| Cindy Crowe Consulting
 Let’s maximize our organizational resources! How can we take action to
share our assets to build a strong network model?
 Let’s develop an action plan by identifying key priorities!
 Let’s be Action Heroes! How can we take action beyond the conference?
12:00 – 1:00 Buffet Lunch
*The OVCN Space Café: Open all day with Information Tables / Reports from VCs / Sweet Treats*

2. 2012 OVCN ACTION! Conference
October 29th – 31st, 2012
1:00 – 2:15 Break-out Sessions A:
A.1 Youth Volunteer Engagement ~ What innovative approaches lead to long-term
youth engagement?
Panelists | Facilitated by Jane Hennig, Volunteer Action Centre
 Volunteer & Information Quinte – Brenda Snider (Executive Director)
 Volunteer Halton – Chantal Vallis (Y-LINC Coordinator)
 Volunteer MBC – Adriane Beaudry (Program Manager) & Shaminda Perera
(Referral Specialist)
A.2 Corporate Engagement ~ How to 'incorporate' corporate and employee
engagement approaches?
Panelists | Facilitated by Carine Strong, Volunteer MBC
 Volunteer Toronto – Lianne Picot (Executive Director)
 Volunteer Centre of Guelph / Wellington – Christine Oldfield (Interim
Executive Director) & Supria Karmakar (Membership & Development Coord.)
 Volunteer Canada – Paula Speevak Sladowski (Director, Programs, Policy
and Applied Research)
2:15 – 2:45 Networking Break | Check out ‘The OVCN Space Café’*
2:45 – 4:00 Break-out Sessions B
B.1 Marketing and Communication Strategies / Plans & Media
Panelists | Facilitated by Manon Germain, OVCN
 Volunteer Action Centre – Taryn Graham (Business Communication Coord.)
 Volunteer MBC – Sharon Clark-Koufis (Marketing & Communications Mgr.)
 Ontario Volunteer Centre Network – Manon Germain (Network Coordinator)
B.2 *Volunteer Centre Impact, Outcomes, Measurement and Evaluation Project
~ presented by Paula Speevak Sladowski, Director, Programs, Policy and Applied
Research, Volunteer Canada
*This session is reserved for Executive Directors/Managers & Board Members only.
4:00 – 4:30 Keynote Address:
Cathy Taylor - Interim Director ONN, Board Director Volunteer Canada
4:30 – 5:00 Reflections: Knowing Our Action!
Communication + Action + Assets = IMPACT
 Communication: Knowledge-Sharing
 Action: Individual to Collective Action
 Assets: Collaborative Leadership Engagement
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 Evening Reception (Bayview Place: Room 4)

3. 2012 OVCN ACTION! Conference
October 29th – 31st, 2012
DAY 3: Oct. 31 Agenda
7:30 – 8:30 Buffet Breakfast
8:15 – 8:45 Walk by the Lake
9:00 – 12:00 3 Step Action Plan | Setting Priorities for the OVCN
Presentations:
Melanie Winterle – Executive Director, Volunteer Hamilton
Manon Germain – Network Coordinator, Ontario Volunteer Centre Network
3 Step Action Plan | Setting Priorities for the OVCN | Cindy Crowe
 Communication & Marketing
 Resources & Fund development
 Advocacy
12:00 – 1:00 Buffet Lunch & Networking
1:00 – 2:30 Steering Committee Meeting
 ACTION! Conference evaluation
 Integrate identified targets and priority areas into action plan
2:30 – 2:45 Steering Committee Meeting: Reflections & Closing
2:45 – 3:30 OVCN’s ACTION! Conference check-out
Sponsored by: Funded by:
Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration