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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
2007 Musical Chairs: Space planning to support volunteers is important
 The NonProfit Times, October 2007 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2010 Control and Confidentiality: Behold the evil twins of volunteer management
 The NonProfit Times, January 2010 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2007 Global Challenges: Volunteer managers dealing with similar dilemmas
 The NonProfit Times, November 2007 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2008 Middle Management Barrier: discover what this layer of management really thinks
 The NonProfit Times, January 2008 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2009 The Giving of Thanks: A ceremony worth little if everyone isn't engaged
 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2010 Beyond Lip Service: 10 indicators of true commitment to volunteers
 The NonProfit Times, April 2010 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2010 Old & New: 20 years of change and no change
 The NonProfit Times, May 2010 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2006 Numbers Game: It's time to start counting volunteers seriously
 The NonProfit Times, February 2006 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2000 Finding Our Profession
 E-volunteerism Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, October 2000 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
2008 Divining A Skills Set
 The NonProfit Times, December 1, 2008 George Weiner Article Download
1980 Building Your Own Evaluation: A 12-Step Process
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1997 Creating a New Career Path for Yourself and for the Profession: Some Starting Steps
 Grapevine newsletter, Sept/Oct., 1997 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1992-3 Creating Careers for Volunteer Coordinators
 The Journal of Volunteer Administration, Volume XI #2, Winter 1992-1993 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1987 Exploding the Big Banquet Theory of Volunteer Recognition: An Incendiary Analysis
 Yellowfire Press, The Center for Creative Community, 1987 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1992 Volunteer Program Failures, Goals and Policy (3 short pieces)
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Matching Citizen Participation as a Condition of Funding for Human Service Programs
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1989 The Revolution In Recruiting Involves...
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1997 Leadership of Volunteers -- Roads We Might Still Take
 The New Volunteerism Project Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Self-Help And Helping (SHAH)
 Exploring Volunteer Space, Chapter 14. Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1999 The DOVIA Exchange
 The New Volunteerism Project Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Things the Evaluator Needs to Evaluate For Planning
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1975 Values in Volunteerism - Time to Reconsider
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1975 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1996 Volunteer Administration: An Emerging Misnomer
 Grapevine newsletter, Nov/Dec, 1996 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Satisfying Work for Volunteers: The Window of Work Process
 Energize, Inc. Philadelphia, PA Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
2000 Virtual Volunteering Project Archive: tag lines
 Energize, Inc. Jayne Cravens Article Download
1981 What Goes Wrong and What Can We Do about it?
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1981 Kathy Brown Article Download
1984 Natural Helping Among Older Adults
 The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 2, 1984 Catherine Chase Goodman Article Download
1988 The Professional-Volunteer Relationship: An Unholy Alliance
 Nonprofit World, vol. 6, No. 3, May-June 1988 Tricia McClam, Frank Spicuzza Article Download
1984 Is Volunteering A Substitute for Role Loss in Old Age? An Empirical Test of Activity Theory
 The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 3, 1984 Susan M. Chambre Article Download
2004 Government and volunteering
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.1, 2004 Justin Davis Smith Article Download
2004 Marginalizing Australia's volunteers: The need for socially inclusive practices in the non-profit sector
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.1, 2004 Jeni Warburton, Melanie Oppenheimer, Gianni Zappala Article Download
2004 Corporate volunteering: From charity to profit-nonprofit partnerships
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.1, 2004 Lucas Meijs, Judith M. Van Der Voort Article Download
2002 What makes a frequent volunteer? Predicting volunteer commitment in a community services organsation
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002 Gianni Zappala, Tracy Burrell Article Download
2002 Promoting participation and building active communities: the Northern Ireland experience
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002 Wendy Osborne Article Download
2004 The contemporary challenges of volunteering in an ageing Australia
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.9, No.2, 2004 Jeni Warburton, Sha Cordingley Article Download
2001 From "Charity" to "Social Enterprise": Managing volunteers in public-serving nonprofits
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.6, No.1, 2001 Gianni Zappala Article Download
1996 The Role of Universities in Voluntarism in the 21st Century
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.1, No.2, 1996 Ledivina V. Carino Article Download
1996 What Does It Take To Manage Volunteers?
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.1, No.2, 1996 Christopher Du Boulay Article Download
1999 Multicultural Volunteering: Reflections on the "salad bowl" approach
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.4, No.1, 1999 Anita Vangelista Article Download
1997 Quality of Work Life of Volunteers
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol..2, No. 2, August 1997 Jacques Metzer, Maureen Dollard, Louise Rogers, Sha Cordingley Article Download
1978 Interviewing and Placing

Book excerpt

 The Effective Management of Volunteer Programs Marlene Wilson Handout / Fact Sheet 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
1995 Tips for Leadership/Administrative Volunteers: What the Volunteer Program Manager or Supervisor Can Do
 Adapted from The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management by Campbell & Ellis Jackie Specken Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1998 Adapting Screening Practices for Short-Term Volunteers (sample forms)
 Conference handouts Ann Byrnes, Vince Clay Handout / Fact Sheet Download
2000 Creating High Impact Jobs for Volunteers
 Stephen H. McCurley Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1982 Short-Term Volunteer Job Description
 Energize, Inc. Susan J. Ellis Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1980 The Task Enrichment Checklist
 Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1981 Tax Deductions for Volunteers: Quick Reference Sheet
 VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1982 What Makes the Director of Volunteers "Different"?
 Energize, Inc. Susan J. Ellis Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1992 Voluntary Groups: The Need for a Political Strategy
 Volunteurope - 1st European Workshop on Voluntary Action Gerry Wade, Bruce Naughton Wade Handout / Fact Sheet Download