Please find a list of our current discussion topics below.  Just click a topic title to read the full discussion and its comments. If you would like to start a discussion topic just click here.

All Discussion Topics

Please find a list of our current discussion topics below.  Just click a topic title to read the full discussion and its comments. If you would like to start a discussion topic just click here.


What does Rugby World Cup mean for Volunteers

Rugby World Cup fever has hit...but what, if anything, does it mean for the voluntary sector?

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A year of silver linings

As I sit in front of my cozy fire surrounded by snow I hear another discussion starting with "What a crazy year it's been..."  And do you know what?  I'm sick of it.  Instead, I want to hear about the positive things we have taken from it!

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Branding Help is Here

A Tauranga based brand and web designer is offering pro bono design services for a local community group or charity – exclusively through the Community Connect website.

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How do you celebrate your volunteers

We are celebrating Volunteer Awareness Week by asking what are YOU doing to recognise your volunteers?

What great, low-cost ways do you have of celebrating and thanking your volunteer team?  And does that recognition make a difference? 

 

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Social Media love it or leave it

We want to know YOUR social media stories!  Are you doing it?  Is it working?  What's your advice?

Social media is the number one activity on the web, but many people don't know where to start or, once they do start, how to make the most of it.

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How to get YOUNG people volunteering

I have just been scrolling through our Facebook page when I found this link to a blog, posted by the West Auckland Parents Centre (an amazing group that was at the recent TrustPower National Community Awards).  It's all about getting girls to volunteer...but I think the messages could be for boys as well!

 

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The Quake and its impact on volunteers

How has the Christchurch earthquake affected your voluntary organisation?  It's not just Cantabrians that are impacted by this disaster...volunteers around the country are feeling the strain and a CC member has asked for feedback on how you are coping.

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The school funding battle

A Community Connect user wants your help....how do school communities cope with the rising cost of providing extra-curricular activities for our kids?   We all agree that sporting and cultural activities provide huge benefits to our young people, but who pays?

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Recession Proof Fundraising

What are your best fundraising tips?  There simply must be a better way than selling chocolate!!!

Share your fundraising gems and maybe you'll get some fantastic ideas in return!

 

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Your Best Tips for Support

If you were trapped on a deserted island, what would be the one thing you would take with you...

We all know that game, but how does it translate to the volunteer environment?  What is the one thing you just couldn't do without?

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Community Awards

The TrustPower Community Awards are run in 25 regions around New Zealand to recognise and reward the outstanding contribution voluntary groups and organisations make in our communities.

 

Enter a voluntary group online now!

 

Here you will find all you need to know About the Awards, including When Entries Open in your region, How to Enter a voluntary group for the Awards, where to find and complete an Information Form, who the Regional Winners are and, of course, all about our National Community Awards.

 

 

The Denniston Heritage Trust and Trev's BBQ with the Joint Supreme Award from the 2011 TrustPower National Community Awards.  Click here to find out more.