On April 24 around 30 volunteers and staff from half a dozen cultural institutions around the GTA gathered at the AGO to share insights and opinions on training methods and delivery systems and improving visitor experience. First, staff from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) spoke about how they introduced online training to help manage […]

Volunteers Connect is a loose organization of volunteers and staff from cultural institutions around the GTA who gather twice a year to discuss shared issues and strategies. The group held its most recent meeting on October 26 at the Bata Shoe Museum.  Shelagh Barrington reports: The well attended meeting began with a welcome from Chair […]

Volunteers Connect met at the AGO on May 11.  Since its inception in April 2011, the group has grown from 11 member organizations to over 20 and includes a diverse set of organizations from museums, festivals, music, community and government. Semi-annual meetings help facilitate discussion about issues affecting volunteers and volunteer management.  Thirty-seven people attended the […]

The AGO played host this past November to Volunteers Connect, a semi-annual gathering of lead volunteers and staff from cultural institutions across the GTA as well as Hamilton and McMichael. Volunteers Connect is now in its fifth year. Participants meet for three hours, listen to two different presentations covering issues or programs of interest and […]

The AGO hosted the semi-annual Volunteers Connect mini-conference on April 15.  Organized by Infoguide Michelle Abrams and committee members Felicia Cohen (Evening/Weekend GG) and Judith Fox (Infoguide), the event brought together roughly 30 volunteers and volunteer coordinators from several GTA cultural institutions to share best practices and common issues.  First held in April 2012, each […]