Professional Development & Conferences
By offering a wide range of training and conference opportunities, our goal is to help Iowa communities and organizations effectively engage volunteers.
Opportunities Offered by Volunteer Iowa
- Check out our calendar for learning opportunities offered by Volunteer Iowa.
- Ongoing training is offered for AmeriCorps and Iowa Mentoring Partnership program directors. For more information, contact Chad Driscoll.
- The Iowa Nonprofit Summit is held once every two years; next conference is being planned for October 2019.
Opportunities Offered by Other Organizations
If there are other resources that should be listed here, please let us know!
Volunteer Management Training
- Volunteer Pro
- If you are planning a training event or conference or networking opportunity that would be of interest to program and volunteer managers/coordinators from across Iowa, please send all the details, as well as a brief description to icvs@iowaeda.com for inclusion on our calendar.
Volunteer Management Certification
- Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids)
Nonprofit Management Certification
- Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center (Iowa City)
Professional Associations
- Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa (formerly DOVIA: Directors of Volunteers In Agencies of Des Moines)
- Leaders in Volunteerism (LIV), Cedar Rapids
- MVDOVIA (Mississippi Valley Directors of Volunteers in Agencies), Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
- Volunteer Administrators Network (VAN), Iowa City