Relationship Building in Volunteer Engagement
Dedicated volunteers are at the heart of many small budget and youth orchestras. How can your orchestra engage them on terms that are clear and mutually enriching?
On Wednesday, December 1st, 2021, Orchestras Canada hosted a webinar titled Relationship Building in Volunteer Engagement as part of its Festival of Learning – Resilient Ontario Orchestras*. Natasha Bood (Executive Director at Editors Canada, with over 16 years’ experience working in not-for-profit arts organizations) and Daniel McConnachie (President of Orchestra Kingston) presented on how they’re embedding relationship building into the community orchestra’s approach to volunteer engagement.
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A tip sheet for Relationship Building in Volunteer Engagement is available here.
*The Resilient Ontario Orchestras project is designed to help Ontario’s smaller budget orchestras and youth orchestras (groups with annual, pre-pandemic revenues under $500,000) access customized consulting help and resources to help them plan for a sustainable return to public performances as soon as it’s viable.
This project is made possible with generous support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. OTF awarded $108 million to 629 projects last year to build healthy and vibrant communities in Ontario.
