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This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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Year Title Source Author Type File
1994 How To Find The Ideal Volunteers: Target Your Recruiting

The second booklet in PROVOL's Volunteer Management Made Easy Series, which includes: Research, Recruit, Retain, and Recognize.  This booklet on recruiting advises us to forget outdated perceptions of volunteers and, then, presents a process of recruiting for skills and talents necessary to meet our agencies' needs in a timely and effective manner.

 PROVOL, Mesa, AZ Jim Bottorf, Judy Bottorf, Maggie King Book Download
1983 How to Generate Conflict Between Paid Staff and Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1983 Steve McCurley Article Download
1975 How To Get A Man
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1975 Article Download
2010 How to Initiate a Project by Self-Directed Volunteers
 Blog, July 6, 2010 https://compassiontakesaction.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/how-to-initiate-a-project-by-self-directed-volunteers/ Olesyas Download
1981 How to Interview a Prospective Volunteer

How to tips

 National Information Center on Volunteers in Courts, Boulder, CO Unknown Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1977 How to Make A Museum Volunteer Out of ANYONE
 Volunteer Administration Nancy Johnston Hall, Karla McGray Article Download
1982 How to Make a WISH: The Women in Self Help Handbook
 WISH (Women-In-Self-Help), Westchester, Inc., White Plains, NY Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1996 How to Make Service into Service Learning
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Cynthia Parsons Article Download
1984 How to Match Volunteer Motivation with Job Demands
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1984 Shirley H. Taylor, Peggy Wild Article Download
1983 How to Mobilize Church Volunteers

This book for churches points out common problems congregations face when it comes to member involvement and service, establishes management principles, answers questions, and offers a plan to turn the volunteer challenge into a reality. It's written from a Christian perspective.

 Augsburg Publishing House Marlene Wilson Book Download
1985 How to Prevent Volunteer Burnout
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1985 Martha Bramhall Article Download
2000 How to Recruit Generation Me
 Jump Start Books Cynthia D'Amour Book Download
2010 How to Recruit Volunteers Using Social Media
 The Social Animal blog, July 10, 2010 Article Download
1980 How to Set Up a University Course on Volunteer Management -- Step by Step
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1980 Margery Stich Article Download
2010 How to Start a Volunteer Program
 INC. website https://www.inc.com/guides/2010/06/volunteer-program.html Issie Lapowsky Article Download
1980's? How to Survey the Level of Giving and Volunteering in Your Community
 Independent Sector Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 How to Take Care of You So you Can Take Care of Others
 Heritage Arts Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley Book Download
1982 How to Train Volunteers to "Sell" Your Organization
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1982 Joseph R. Schubert Article Download
1979 How to Translate Volunteer Skills Into Employment Credentials
 Maryland Commission for Women Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2009 How using proven management techniques creates rewarding relationships with your volunteers
 Advancing Philanthropy, March / April 2009 Paul Lagasse Article Download
2019 How Volunteer Action in 2018 Can Focus Us for2019
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2008 How Will the Economic Crisis Affect Volunteering?
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1979 I CAN: A Tool for Assessing Skills Acquired Through Volunteer Service
 Council of National Organizations for Adult Education, New York, NY Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1994 I Love Community Service Cookbook (recipes for youth service projects)
 Youth Resources of Southwestern IN Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2014 I Really Want to Know: What’s Going on Out There?
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1979 I Volunteer Too
 P / M Associates Marcia Penn Book Download
2000 I Want You To Do Everything Government Used To Do: Why Volunteerism Doesn't Work Anymore
 The New York Times Magazine, July 2, 2000 Sara Mosle Article Download
1997 I Want You: Why Colin Power is Asking America to Volunteer (Newsweek cover story)
 Newsweek, April 28, 1997 Jonathan Alter Article Download
1991 I Was A Point of Light: Is it possible to make a difference? My mission was to find out.
 SELF magazine, December 1991 John Davidson Article Download
2007 I'll Help with That, but Don't Ask Me to Lead It!
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2011 I'll Never Understand Why Executives Still Don't Understand
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1978 I'm a volunteer. That makes me invisible, right? Wrong!
 GLAMOUR magazine, December 1978 Lydia A. Berneski Article Download
1996 Ice Breakers for Cool Volunteers and Managers
 Association for Volunteer Administration archives Barbara Baker Pamphlet / Booklet Download
2003 Ideas for Online Direct Client Service
 Energize, Inc. Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2014 Identifying Who Is and Is Not a “Volunteer”
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2015 If Google Can’t Find the People Who Lead Volunteers, No One Can
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1982 If It Acts Like a Manager, It Must Be a Manager
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Virginia M. Cronk Article Download
2000 If Not Your Home Page, Then Where?
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1995 If Only I Had A Few Extra Hands
 Technical Assistance Newsletter, National Minority AIDS Council, July-August 1995 Harold Philips Article Download
1999 If the Whole World is Changing, Can Volunteerism Stay the Same?
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1995 Images of the Future
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1995 Images of the Future -- Sequence II
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
2003 Impact of Library Resources on Professional Development in Volunteer Admnistration
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Lucy McGowan Article Download
1998 IMPACT: A discussion paper on the impact of the absence of an administrator of volunteers (Canada)
 Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources - Ontario (PAVR-O), Canada Report / Study Download
1980 Impacting the Future: Are We Ready for the Eighties?
 Volunteer Administration Marlene Wilson Article Download
1990 Improving Volunteer Commitment to Organizations
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Joann Keyton, Gerald L. Wilson, Cheryl Geiger Article Download
1983 Improving Your Program Through Evaluation
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1983 Peter G. Beeson, Mary Jo Pankoke, Vi Percell See, Kim Singleton Article Download
1980 In Honor of Past Presidents of AVA (1980 speech)
 Association for Volunteer Administration archives Sarah Jane Rehnborg Download
1977 In Many States: Professionals Manage Volunteer Services
 Intergenerational Personnel Notes, Summer 1977 Article Download
1977 In Search of the Missing Link: Voluntarism's Two Cultures
 Volunteer Administration Sarah Jane Rehnborg Article Download