Free Seminar series on volunteering hosted by the University of West of Scotalnd

SEMINAR SERIES

VOLUNTEERING: A TOOL FOR EVENTS IN THE 21

ST CENTURY?

Friday 20 July 2012

Almada Lecture Theatre 1

Hamilton Campus, University of the West of Scotland

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The Event is free but please register your attendance to sandro.carnicelli@uws.ac.uk

10:15 –

Welcome

10:30 – 11:30 -

"Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers: Finding Leisure in Altruism"

Prof. Bob Stebbins

(University of Calgary – Canada)

11:30-12:30 –

"The Glasgow 2014 Volunteer Journey"

Neil Campion

(Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games - General Manager of Volunteer Recruitment)

12:30-13:30 –

Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 –

"Would the show go on without them? Researching the contribution of volunteers to global sporting events" Prof. Tom Baum (Strathclyde University - UK),

Dr. Leonie Lockstone-Binney

(Victoria University, Melbourne),

Dr. Karen Smith

(Victoria University, Wellington),

Dr. Kirsten Holmes

(Curtin University, Perth), Dr. Christine Storer (Curtin University, Perth),

14:30 –

Networking - Coffee

Dr. Sandro Carnicelli Lecturer in Events Management University of the West of Scotland Hamilton ML3 0JB,Scotland Tel: 0044 1698 894468 email: sandro.carnicelli@uws.ac.uk