Date:	September 30, 2007
Time:	2:00-5:00PM
Location:	Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Room 147 105 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
Attendees:	Endeavour Executives Endeavour Advisors Endeavour Volunteer Engagement Managers Endeavour Volunteer Consultants Guest Speakers
2:00PM	Introduction Presenter: Andrea Wong, Endeavour Executive
2:15PM	Icebreaker Facilitators: Jesse Chen, Endeavour Executive & Matt Fullbrook, Endeavour Advisor
2:40PM	Introduction to Consulting Presenter: Ada Tsang, Endeavour Executive
2:50PM	Introduction to Non-Profit Consulting Guest Speaker: Alex Gill, Principal, Mendicant; Instructor, Non-Profit Management, Government Relations & Corporate Citizenship, Ryerson University; and Endeavour Advisor About Guest Speaker, Alex Gill Presentation by Alex Gill - Consulting with charities and non-profits: Knowing the environment (available to Endeavour members only)
3:10PM	Team Activity - Case Scenarios Facilitators: Jessica Poon, Rob Chang & Narad Sonnilal, Endeavour Executives
3:20PM	10-minute Break
3:30PM	Team Activity - Presentations & Discussion of Case Scenarios Facilitators: Jessica Poon, Rob Chang & Narad Sonnilal, Endeavour Executives
3:55PM	Volunteer Consulting Project Experience Guest Speaker: David Ycasiano, Rotman MBA Candidate, 2008; Rotman NeXus Consultant, 2007; Engagement Manager, University of Toronto Volunteer Consulting Group, 2006-2007 About Guest Speaker, David Ycasiano Presentation by David Ycasiano - Volunteer Consulting Project Experience: The VCG Experience with Safe Kids Canada (available to Endeavour members only)
4:15PM	Introduction to Projects - Case Descriptions, Timeline & Resources Presenter: Eric Ng
4:25PM	Q&A Period
4:35PM	Breakout Sessions Facilitators: Endeavour Executives
4:55PM	Closing Remarks

Alex Gill Principal, Mendicant Group Instructor, Nonprofit Management, Government Relations and Corporate Citizenship, Ryerson University Alex Gill is the principal of Mendicant Group. Alex has more than ten years of experience as a nonprofit administrator and executive. Prior to founding his consultancy, Alex was Vice-President of Communications and Marketing at the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy / Imagine Canada. He also helped set up the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, serving as its first Director of Public Affairs and later as its interim CEO. He began his career in the nonprofit sector as the Director of Communications for ACTRA Toronto Performers. Alex has a Masters degree in Communications and holds postgraduate certificates from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management (change management) and York University's Schulich School of Business (marketing management). He also teaches nonprofit management, government relations and corporate citizenship at Toronto's Ryerson University. Presentation by Alex Gill at Endeavour Orientation - Consulting with charities and non-profits: Knowing the environment (available to Endeavour members only)

David Ycasiano MBA Candidate, 2008, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto David is currently pursuing an MBA at the Rotman School of Management and was a 2006 recipient of the Bealight Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs. David is passionate about using his skills to partner with not-for-profit organizations to help them achieve their mission and goals. He is a member of the 2007 Rotman NeXus Consulting Team and was an engagement manager with the University of Toronto Volunteer Consulting Group where he led a team providing pro-bono consulting to Safe Kids Canada. David holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, and graduated with honors. He has more than five years experience in the Human Resources field, first working in the healthcare sector and then moving to the financial services sector. He has led initiatives focused on performance management, culture change management, training and development, competency-based recruitment, and compensation management. Presentation by David Ycasiano at Endeavour Orientation - Volunteer Consulting Project Experience: The VCG Experience with Safe Kids Canada (available to Endeavour members only)

Orientation Agenda	View
Volunteer Information Package	View
Presentation by Endeavour Executives Endeavour Volunteer Orientation	View (members only)
Presentation by Guest Speaker, Alex Gill Consulting with charities and non-profits: Knowing the environment	View (members only)
Presentation by Guest Speaker, David Ycasiano Volunteer Consulting Project Experience: The VCG Experience with Safe Kids Canada	View (members only)
Orientation Feedback Survey Results	View

Our volunteers were very pleased with the orientation. Fourteen out of sixteen volunteers provided us with their feedback, and thirteen out of fourteen respondents (93%) rated the orientation as excellent or good. All respondents found the presentation by guest speaker and Endeavour advisor, Alex Gill, on non-profit consulting to be very valuable. For more feedback from our volunteers on the orientation, view our Orientation Feedback Survey Results.