Directors of Volunteers in Austin (DOVIA)

✨ You’re Invited! ✨

DOVIA Austin is hosting an upcoming webinar you won’t want to miss:

🎯 “Your Guide to Volunteer Retention”

Hosted by Pamela Riles

📅 March 12, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM

Keeping volunteers engaged, motivated, and committed takes intention and strategy — and this session is packed with both.

Pamela Riles, Director of Volunteerism & Community Engagement at the Witte Museum, brings more than 26 years of nonprofit leadership experience. From overseeing 8,000+ volunteers at Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas to building sustainable volunteer programs at the DoSeum, Pamela knows what it takes to recruit, retain, and inspire volunteers.

Whether you’re new to volunteer management or a seasoned leader, you’ll walk away with practical tools and actionable strategies you can implement right away.

👉 Reserve your spot today:
https://www.givepulse.com/event/842857

Let’s learn, grow, and strengthen our volunteer programs together! 💙

www.givepulse.com

📣 DOVIA Members & Community Partners!

As we prepare for our 2026 programming year, DOVIA Austin is updating our agency contact database to ensure we’re reaching the right point of contact.

If your agency has had a change in leadership or volunteer management staff, or if you know of an agency that would benefit from DOVIA events, trainings, and communications, we’d love to hear from you!

✨ Upcoming focus areas include:
• Corporate Volunteer Recruitment
• Volunteer Retention
• Engagement & Best Practices

📧 To update or refer an agency:
Email [email protected]
Subject: 2026 Agency Update – [Agency Name]

Please include: Agency name, primary contact, email, and phone number.

Thank you for helping us stay connected and strengthen volunteer engagement across Austin! 💙
— DOVIA Austin Board

📣 DOVIA Austin 2026 Contact Update

We’re updating our agency contact list for 2026!
If your organization has a new point of contact, or you know an agency that should be included in DOVIA events and trainings, please let us know.

📧 Email: [email protected]
Subject: 2026 Agency Update – [Agency Name]
Or DM us on FB Messanger

Include: agency name, primary contact, email, and phone.

Thanks for helping us stay connected!
— DOVIA Austin Board

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Grateful for a short but meaningful stop in Austin & Central Texas 🇨🇱 — spending time with incredible volunteer directors and coordinators alongside Directors of Volunteers in Austin (DOVIA), and celebrating the season with partners who make community work real every day!

Great to have connected further with Engage Travis County, Austin ISD, Center for Child Protection, Capital City Village, and the Human Potential Center. Huge appreciation for what they do, so many others who continue to show what’s possible when service, learning, and leadership come together.

Then it was off to DC ✈️ — reconnecting with friends at GW Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service and The George Washington University, and spending time with colleagues and leaders advancing the journey to serving, learning, and leading with purpose.

This work is active. It’s collaborative. And it’s exciting. We’re energized by the people lifting communities and building what’s next — together.

🎄 Join us!

🎉✨ DOVIA Holiday Social – You're Invited!

Let’s celebrate the season together!
Bring a volunteer management colleague, bring your festive spirit, and let’s wrap up an amazing year with the DOVIA community.
Expect laughter, connection, and plenty of holiday cheer!

🎁 White Elephant Gift Exchange(optional)

Add to the fun by bringing a wrapped gift under $10 to join our playful White Elephant exchange!

📍 Event Details

📅 Date: December 12, 2025
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Lazarus Brewing Co.
4803 Airport Blvd., Austin, Texas

🌟 Register Today!

https://www.doviaaustin.org/

🎄 We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Let’s toast to the work we’ve done, the community we’ve built, and the year ahead.

Happy Holidays from your DOVIA family!l

Hello Everyone,

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Brown Bag and Professional Development Session:

🌟 Topic: Writing an Effective Volunteer Job Description

This will be an interactive, hands-on workshop designed to give you practical tools and strategies for crafting volunteer job descriptions that are:

Clear and compelling
Functional for both internal and external use
Ready to post on platforms like GivePulse
📅 Date: Thursday, October 16
🕒 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
📍 Location: engAGE Travis County
5325 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
Room 2125

Learning Objective:
By the end of this session, you’ll leave with a polished, ready-to-use volunteer job description.

What to Bring:
Your Lunch (of course!)
Please bring a current job description or one you’re in the process of developing. We’ll work together to refine it during the session.

We hope you’ll join us for this engaging and skill-building opportunity!

DOVIA Brown Bag: Leading the Way to Meaningful Volunteer Job Descriptions @ engAGE Travis County - October 16th

https://www.givepulse.com/event/665612?action=register


Warm regards,
The DOVIA Team

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There are no more spots available for DOVIA’s Brown Bag on 8/14/2025! There will be more to come! Stay Tuned.

DOVIA Is Back — Join Us August 14th!

Reconnect. Reignite. Lead the way in volunteer engagement.
We’re thrilled to announce the relaunch of DOVIA (Directors of Volunteers in Agencies) — and we want YOU at the table as we begin a bold new chapter together!

Join us for our Inaugural Brown Bag Gathering — a casual lunchtime event designed for volunteer engagement professionals across Central Texas.


🍴 Bring your lunch
🍰 Enjoy desserts + drinks (on us!)
💬 Share ideas, challenges, and inspiration

This is more than a meet-up — it’s about leading the way toward a stronger, more connected volunteer community.

And don’t come alone — we’re building this together!
Bring your Volunteer Manager, Director, and Coordinator to join the movement.

If you plan on coming, please register on the DOVIA Austin website (Space is Limited)
https://www.doviaaustin.org/
https://www.givepulse.com/event/register/610069

🗓 Thursday, August 14th
🕰 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 engAGE Travis County
5325 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
Rm. 2125

Let’s kick off a new era of collaboration and leadership in volunteerism.


– The Revived DOVIA Team

Home | doviaofaustin Directors of Volunteers in Austin (DOVIA) provides networking opportunities for volunteer professions in Central Texas. Our mission is to promote volunteer service administration as a profession, facilitate the exchange of information, and promote professional development and education.

Come on down to Gabriela’s in Southpark Meadows. You can vent about volunteers or you can sing their praises. Either way, first happy hour round is on us!