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Making the Most of Employee Volunteering
Expert advice from the private, public and voluntary sectors

4th October 2005

The Cranfield Management Development Centre
 

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What will the conference entail?

A unique opportunity to learn about all aspects of employee volunteering from some of the top people in the field. You will be introduced to a select group of experts, handpicked by International Service, the oldest volunteer sending agency in the UK. Through looking at cases of best practice and analysing the latest techniques in planning, communications, marketing, and monitoring and evaluation, they will provide you with all the information you need to make the most of employee volunteering.

 

Who should attend?

Anybody interested in employee volunteering, including Corporate Responsibility (CR), communications, marketing, finance and human resource professionals, as well as CEO’s and board directors.

 

 

What’s in it for me?

  • Expert tuition: you will be given the best guidance available, from internationally acclaimed leaders in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

  • Connections: you will have the opportunity to network with a host of like-minded organisations and to sign up for various carefully selected employee volunteering programs.

  • Inspiration: you will be given the chance to develop your knowledge in a creative, interactive and inspiring way.

Programme includes:

For a timetable of the day's events please click here (word document)

 

Welcoming addresses: (click on photo for speaker details)

Jane Carter has been Chief Executive of International Service since 1987 after joining as a Fundraiser in 1984. She saw it through its re-launch as International Service after separating from its parent body United Nations Association and its’ relocation to York in 1990 where it has established a growing reputation and is the only National development NGO in the North of England.

International Service, Jane Carter, Chief Executive

Joe is an expert economist and a renowned conference facilitator, with a passion for volunteerism. He has acted as a consultant to several government departments, published 18 books and over 200 business and practitioner journal articles, and has successfully completed the London Marathon for the last three years running.

Cranfield School of Management, Joe Nellis, Dean and Head of Economics

Interactive Lectures
Elisabeth Hoodless was made a Dame for services to volunteering in the 2004 New Year's Honours. She is responsible for 110 000 volunteers aged 3 to 106, over seven hundred colleagues, and a budget of over £30m. She is also president of Volonteurope (European network of volunteer agencies) and serves on the board of Innovations in Civic Participation.

CSV - Employee Volunteering in the UK – a win win strategy for businesses and citizens

 

Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, Executive Director

Learn how CSV, the largest volunteering and training organisation in the country, have helped companies such as British Gas, Nike, npower, Barclays, Vodafone and Unilever achieve unprecedented successes with employee volunteering.

Viacom – Giving Back to the Community

 

Tracy Randall, Corporate Services and Social Responsibility Manager

A rare opportunity to hear from one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. Gain an insight into how Viacom has inspired hundreds of staff members, boosted company morale and created a unique working environment with employee volunteering.

 

Business in the Community - Using Employee Volunteering to Regenerate Communities and Tackle Disadvantage

Kirsty Mchugh, Regeneration & Partnerships Director
BITC co-ordinate the largest employee-community involvement programme in the UK. Hear how they and their partners assist some of the UK's most disadvantaged groups with employee volunteering and gain the benefit of their collective experience working with tens of thousands of employee supported volunteers up and down the country.

Question Time Panel Discussion
Mike Wooldridge OBE has been World Affairs Correspondent for the BBC since June 2001. He has worked at the BBC since 1970 in various roles including, East Africa Correspondent, Southern Africa Correspondent, Religious Affairs Correspondent and South Asia Correspondent. He went to Uganda in 1968 as a journalist with VSO, working for the Ministry of Marketing and Co-operatives.

Chaired by Mike Wooldridge,
BBC World Affairs Correspondent

 

A session that gives you the chance to start shaping the conference before it has even begun. What do you want to know about employee volunteering? Write your question on the booking form and help set the agenda for what promises to be an inspiring and highly interactive session.

 

Panellists include:

Mark joined the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), the Government department responsible for Britain’s aid to developing countries, in 1985. He has spent his career in international development, since 1997 in the Department for International Development (DFID) created that year from the previous ODA by the incoming Labour Government. Mark was involved in the finalisation of the first White Paper on International Development for over 20 years, and then spent 2 years as the Head of the DFID team responsible for liaison with the European Commission. The department has grown rapidly in recent years and is in the midst of major organisational change, much of which is Mark’s responsibility.

Mark Lowcock, DFID, Director General - Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing
Kate James is a leading CSR professional and an invaluable addition to any conference. She manages the CSR program at Standard Chartered Bank and has overseen an inspiring scheme involving over 30,000 employees across the world in raising awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on working lives.

Kate James, Standard Chartered Bank, Group Head of Corporate Affairs

Mark Goldring is a leading authority on international volunteering. He is the Chief Executive of the largest overseas volunteering agency in the UK and is responsible for more than 2,000 skilled volunteers working to affect positive change in over 40 countries.

Mark Goldring VSO, Chief Executive

John Morrison is the former CSR Director of the Body Shop and is an expert on CSR and human rights issues. He manages the UN supported, Business Leaders in Human Rights (BLIHR) initiative, and is co-director of the human rights consultancy, Twenty Fifty.

John Morrison, Twenty Fifty, Co-director and Human rights Director, Respect Europe


Interactive Lectures
Michael Kelly is an internationally renowned expert in environmental risk accounting and reporting. Prior to joining KPMG, he spent seven years as a senior programme manager for the United Nations environment programme. He now heads up one of the most widely acclaimed CSR departments in the country, with a pioneering employee volunteering programme comprising over 2000 staff members. KPMG was ranked 37 in the Top 100 Corporate Responsibility Index published by Business In the Community.

KPMG – Maximising the Impact of Employee Volunteering

 

Michael Kelly, Head of CSR

How to implement a groundbreaking CSR programme with employee volunteering. Learn how they win awards and build value for their business by reaching out to local communities, fighting social exclusion and cleaning up the environment.

Yasmin Waljee is a leader in her field, an inspiration to her colleagues, and a highly sought after speaker. In addition to her tireless work upholding human rights, she manages the pro bono department of the 6th largest international law firm in the world.

Lovells - Making Waves with Pro Bono Work

 

Yasmin Waljee, Pro bono Manager

Hear how Yasmin Waljee facilitated a fourfold increase in employee volunteering contributions at Lovells in just three years and strives to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Cadbury Trebor Bassett - How to carry out a successful employee volunteering programme

Nicola Clarke, Community Affairs Manager

How to plan, implement and keep up momentum with employee volunteering. Hear how Cadbury Trebor Bassett make employee volunteering work for them and learn the secrets of their success.
In 2001 Mark joined IBM as Corporate Community Relations Manager, responsible for the adaptation and implementation of IBM's global community relations programmes across the UK, which primarily focus on the innovative use of IT within educational contexts – particularly within those communities that are most disadantaged.


IBM - Making the Most of Employee Volunteering in the Information Age

Mark Wakefield, Corporate Community Relations Director

IBM are using technology to create a global community of employee volunteers and the lessons they are learning are of relevance to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Learn how to make the most of the technological resources available to you and gain a fresh perspective on employee community involvement in this inspiring and dynamic case study.

 

Interactive seminars

Delegates can choose two of the following seminars, specially designed by four of the leading organisations in employee volunteering:

 

Making the Most of Employee Volunteering Through:
 

· People Development

Cathy Mcbain, Volunteering England, Project Leader & Chris Keeling Rowe, Barclays Bank, Senior Community Manager
Learn how to train and inspire staff with employee volunteering in this unique and inspiring seminar brought to you by the UK’s national volunteering agency and Barclays Bank, one of Europe’s leading sponsors of employee volunteering.


· Marketing and Communications

Amanda Jordan, The Smart Company, Chair and Founding Director and former Head of CSR at Natwest.
Boost your marketing and communications strategies with expert tuition from the Chair and founder of the The Smart Company – a leading Corporate Responsibility consultancy firm with senior in-house experience from companies such as NatWest, Camelot and Co-operative Financial Services.


· Monitoring and Evaluating

Peter Truesdale, The Corporate Citizenship Company, Consultant.

Maximise your organisational capacity with a groundbreaking monitoring and evaluation strategy. Peter Truesdale is a leading consultant for one of the top consultancies in CR reporting – a company that has crafted a widely acclaimed performance measurement model that has been implemented by companies such as UDV Polska - the world's largest branded spirits company.


· Volunteering Overseas

Mark Goldring, VSO, Chief Executive

All you need to know about employee volunteering overseas. Find out what schemes are available, what they offer, and how to decide what’s best for you. Mark Goldring is the head of the largest overseas volunteering agency in the UK – an award winning international development charity with over 2,000 skilled professionals currently working in over 40 countries.

 

 

When?

4th October 2005. Proceedings will begin with tea and coffee at 9am and end at 5pm.

 

Where?

The Cranfield Management Development Centre Wharley End, Cranfield Bedford, MK43 OHG.

Cranfield Management Development Centre has an established reputation as one of the best conference venues in the country. Conveniently located in a quiet rural setting just 5 miles from the M1 and 8 mins from Milton Keynes town centre, this prestigious venue also boasts 186 modern en suite bedrooms. Bed and breakfast is available at the discounted rate of £75 for conference delegates. Facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool, a sauna and a gym. To book a room telephone 01234 752 707 or email cmdcreservations@cranfield.ac.uk, quoting International Service.

 

All proceeds go towards an inspiring project, supported by The FA and Nationwide, that uses football to raise awareness of HIV/Aids prevention among disadvantaged West African youths, promote global citizenship, and raise awareness of global poverty among UK football fans. For more info go to www.coachingforhope.org

 

This conference is being organised in partnership with: