Conferences designed for volunteers are an opportunity to show off your expertise in your subject area, to make good friends, to eat wonderful foods, and to keep learning. There are several major volunteer conferences. I’ll review a conference at the regional and our California state volunteers conference.

The first is the Western Regional Leaders Forum. This is fondly known as WRLF. This conference was started in California in 1966 as a staff and volunteer joint effort and now some fifteen years later it is still going strong! This conference is a three-day leadership opportunity for county staff and master volunteers to share skills and knowledge. The conference is held during the first week...