Retention & Recognition of Volunteers

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You Are Invited To A Party In Your Honor

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1988 Nancy B. Shafer Articles

Working Together to Recognize Volunteers…and More

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
April 2014 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Why Be Boring When You Can Celebrate in So Many Ways?

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2005 Susan J. Ellis Articles

When Recognition Isn't Enough

"On Volunteers" column in The Nonprofit Times, May 1994
1994 Susan J. Ellis Articles

What makes a frequent volunteer? Predicting volunteer commitment in a community services organsation

Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002
2002 Gianni Zappala Tracy Burrell Articles

Volunteers for a Better New York!

The New York City Committee for the International Year of Volunteers 2001
2001 Handouts / Fact Sheets

Volunteering: Running Out of Time

The Wall Street Journal, November 5, 1999
1999 Eileen Daspin Articles

Volunteer Work and Its Rewards

Volunteer Administration
1978 Benjamin Gidron Articles
Bookcover

Volunteer Recruiting and Retention: A Marketing Approach

MBA Publishing
1985 Nancy Macduff Books

Volunteer Recognition: The Touch of Care That Makes a Difference

Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1988
1988 Pat Sims Articles

Volunteer Recognition: A Year-Round Responsibility

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1985
1985 Articles

Volunteer Recognition: A Generic Skit Workshop

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1985 Evelyn Levine Arlene Grubbs Articles

Volunteer Recognition: Involvement Day

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1979
1979 Barbara M. Stewart Articles
Book cover with balloons

Volunteer Recognition Skit Kit

Energize
1992 Arlene Grubbs Evelyn Levine Books

Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers

The Urban Institute, June 2004
2004 Mark A. Hager Jeffrey L. Brudney Reports / Studies

Volunteer Commitment: a socialization process

Think Tank newsletter
Late 1970's? Elizabeth B. Galley John R. Ogilvie Articles

Volunteer and Staff Appreciation: Creative Ways to Demonstrate You Noticed!

PPNOVA Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001 -- Workshop handouts
2001 Betty Stallings Handouts / Fact Sheets

Victories of Volunteerism

ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT, January 2005
2005 Jesse Alter Articles

Transforming Volunteer Recognition

The NonProfit Times, May 1992
1992 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Three Things Volunteer Managers Can Learn from the Social Media Revolution

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2012 Susan J. Ellis Articles

The Volunteer Needs Profile: A Tool for Reducing Turnover

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1983 George Ray Francies Articles

The Top 25 Methods to Retain Volunteers

Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1992
1992 John L. Lipp Articles

The President's Youth Service Awards (first year nomination form)

The President's Youth Service Awards, New Castle, DE
1992 Samples

The President's Volunteer Service Award (sample brochure)

President's Council on Service and Civic Participation and Points of Light Foundation
2003 Pamphlets / Booklets

The President's Volunteer Action Awards (media release & nomination form)

VOLUNTEER -- The National Center, Washington, DC
1988 Samples

The Leadership Institute for Active Aging: A Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Model

Journal of Volunteer Administration
2002 Laura Wilson Jack Steele Estina Thompson Cathy D'heron Articles

The Key to Volunteer Retention

Lynch Associates
2000 Rick Lynch Handouts / Fact Sheets

The Giving of Thanks

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
November 1998 Susan J. Ellis Articles

The Fourth R: A Case for Releasing Volunteers

The Journal of Volunteer Administration, Spring 1984
1984 Jane Mallory Park Articles

The Effects of Volunteering on the Volunteer

Duke University Journal
1999 John Wilson Marc Musick Articles

The Daily Point of Light Awards: An Analysis of Recipients and Effects

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1995 Jeffrey L. Brudney Karen L. Willis Articles

The Community HeroCard: Rewarding Everyday People, Every Day

Community Hero Card Program
2001 Samples

The "Importance of Volunteerism" Resolutions

Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring/Summer 1987
1987 Articles

Revitalizing Long-Time Volunteers

The NonProfit Times, May 1997
1997 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Retention: The + and - of Volunteers

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1992
1992 Nancy Macduff Articles

Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers in Florida: Results From a Practitioner Survey

Journal of Volunteer Administration
2003 Jacqueline Flynn Mary Ann Feldheim Articles

Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers...No Gimmicks, No Gags!

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1984 Sue Vineyard Articles

Recognizing Volunteers in Churches

Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1980
1980 Janet Richards Articles

Recognition: Give Volunteers the Honor They're Due

Volunteer Leadership, October-December 1995
1995 Articles

Quality of Work Life of Volunteers

Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol..2, No. 2, August 1997
1997 Jacques Metzer Maureen Dollard Louise Rogers Sha Cordingley Articles

Publicity! -- How You Can Publicize Volunteerism and National Volunteer Week in Your Community (Canada)

Voluntary Action Directorate, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1992 Janet Lautenschlager Pamphlets / Booklets

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
September 2015 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Personalized Recognition is Best...Each Volunteer is Unique

Commonwealth Care Center, Des Moines, IA
1983 Mary Radcliffe Articles

Organizational Proprietorship: A Participation Model

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1988 Jack A.N. Ellis JoAnn Ray Articles