Charting Change: Telling Your Volunteer Program’s Story with Data

Description

Your volunteer program is doing incredible work, but are people seeing its full impact? This hands-on workshop is designed for nonprofit staff who want to better understand, communicate, and amplify the value of their volunteer programs using data.

This in-person session will explore how to collect meaningful volunteer data, build simple dashboards, and create compelling stories for different audiences, from funders and board members to volunteers themselves.

Whether you're just starting to track volunteer data or looking to take your reporting to the next level, this workshop will give you the confidence and skills to show why your program matters.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Learn what volunteer data to collect and why it matters

  • Explore simple tools to track and visualize impact

  • Discover how to turn data into compelling stories for funders, boards, and volunteers

  • Build confidence in communicating the value of your volunteer program

Who Should Attend:

  • Volunteer managers and coordinators

  • Non-profit staff who report on volunteer impact

  • Anyone looking to track and share the value of their volunteer program

 

Facilitators’

Bohdanna Kinasevych

Bohdanna is a respected evaluator that has worked with community organizations for over 20 years. She has extensive experience designing and managing qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research and evaluation projects, with a range of stakeholders in the non-profit and public sector.

Bohdanna works with not-for-profit organizations and government to enhance capacity and integrate evaluation into program planning and design. She has completed professional training in the use of Social Return on Investment (SROI) to monetize the social and economic value of social programs.

Prior to working at Leading4impact, Bohdanna served as a Research and Evaluation Coordinator at Nine Circles Community Health Centre and a Research Coordinator at the University of Manitoba. In these roles, Bohdanna planned and implemented data management systems for internal monitoring and evaluation. She holds a Master of Science in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba, and is a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society.

 

Cassandra Montanino

With considerable experience facilitating research and evaluation projects in the non-profit and public sector, Cassandra is passionate about helping community organizations tell their story and document success through evaluation and planning for the future. Her ability to listen and reflect ensures that different perspectives are heard.

Cassandra's experience includes policy analysis and evaluation with the provincial government, research and data analysis with the Human Rights & Health Equity Office at Mount Sinai Hospital and clinical practice social work. She brings strong skills in qualitative and mixed methods research, and facilitation and engagement. Cassandra holds a Master of Social Work from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Winnipeg. She is a Certified Change Management Practitioner, a Certified Leadership Coach, and a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society.

Technical Requirements to Participate Virtually:

To participate, you will need a computer/mobile device with internet connection, speakers and microphone. A webcam is preferred but optional.

Accommodations

Volunteer Manitoba strives to host inclusive, accessible workshops that enable all individuals to engage fully, and we recognize that everyone performs at their best when they are given the right tools to succeed. If you require any accommodations to support you in your learning journey, please indicate so on the registration form. We will do everything in our ability to support you.

Course Cancellation Policy

Volunteer Manitoba may decide to cancel or postpone any event where the minimum registration level has not been met. In the case of low in-person registration, Volunteer Manitoba may decide to host the workshop virtually instead. If you wish to not participate virtually, you will receive a full refund.

All participants registered for an event that is cancelled by Volunteer Manitoba will receive a full refund.

Refunds will not be issued for cancellations received within 10 days of the event. Registered participants who fail to attend an event are still required to pay for that event, since a space was held specifically for that person. In case of non-attendance and lack of payment, the registered participant will be invoiced for the full fee, due 30 days from the date of the invoice.