Volunteer Management - General Practices

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Sustenance: Providing Support for the Short-Term Volunteer

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1991
1991 Nancy Macduff Articles
Book cover with photo of hand pulling on a rope over a rock

Survival Skills for Managers

Volunteer Management Associates
1981 Marlene Wilson Books

Suggested Guidelines for Establishing Volunteer Transportation Programs

Governor's Office of Volunteer Services, St. Paul, MN May 1980
1980 Pamphlets / Booklets

Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers: A Guide for Faith- and Community-Based Service Providers

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
2005 Pamphlets / Booklets

Success With Volunteers: Steps in Management

Methods, Detroit, MI
1979 Pauline Wagner Rippel Pamphlets / Booklets

Students as Managers of Campus-Based Volunteer Programs

SYNERGIST magazine, National School Volunteer Program (part of ACTION)
1977 Katherine R. Cavanna Articles

Strengths and Weaknesses of Volunteerism in Illinois and What That Means to Those Who Lead Volunteers

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1998 Jeanne H. Bradner Articles

Strengthening Rural America -- Neighbor by Neighbor

Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, Washington, DC
2004 Pamphlets / Booklets

Strength in Numbers: Engaging Volunteers as Partners in Program Development

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

Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization's Brain

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2013 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders

RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin
2009 Sarah Jane Rehnborg Books

Strategic Visioning in Non-profit Organizations: Providing a Clear Direction for the Future

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1997 James J. Rice Articles

Steps and Types: How the MBTI Helped a Treatment Non-Profit Develop an Effective Volunteer Program

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1996 Jane Henderson-Loney Articles

Step By Step: Management of the Volunteer Program in Agencies

Volunteer Bureau of Bergen County
1979 Marie MacBride Books

Stalking the Elusive Executive

Energize
2004 Susan J. Ellis Pamphlets / Booklets

Spring Cleaning: Take a Fresh Look at Your Volunteer Program

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2002 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Special Friends (training & screening manual for mentoring programs with children)

Consortium Youth Challenge Program, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
1978 Joyce M. Albin Samples

Some Truths Revealed about Nametags

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
April 2000 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Some National Volunteerism Initials

Energize, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
1979 Susan J. Ellis Handouts / Fact Sheets

Six Tips for Successful Volunteer Involvement

International Affiliate Update, Habitat for Humanity International, December 1998 / January 1999
1998/1999 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Six Smart Tips for Powerful Volunteer Leadership

Energize, Inc.
1996 Susan J. Ellis Handouts / Fact Sheets

Six Key Factors in Managing Volunteers

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1991
1991 Dawn Kepets-Hull Articles

Should We Ask Volunteers to Give Money on Top of Time?

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
July 2004 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Should Volunteers Be Fired?

Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1979
1979 Articles

Short Attention Spans versus Long-term Causes

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2011 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Seven Tips to Capitalize on Volunteer Resources During Tight Financial Times

Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration

Seven Stages: The history of volunteer involvement

The NonProfit Times, January 2001
2001 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Seeking Funder Support for Volunteer Engagement? Assess Your Approach!

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
December 2018 Betsy McFarland Articles

See Superheroes for What They Really Are!

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

Scrounging

U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Washington, DC
1980 Pamphlets / Booklets

Same-Day Service: A dozen ideas to make the most of it

The NonProfit Times, May 2000
2000 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Safe & Alert: Good practice advice on volunteers working with vulnerable clients (United Kingdom)

The National Centre for Volunteering, London, UK
1997 Pamphlets / Booklets

Role Review

Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1981
1981 Michael J. Marx Articles

Revisiting the Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
April 2013 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Resumes and Interviews: Hardly for Volunteers

2005 Nick Levinson Articles
Title of book

Resource Kit for Managers of Volunteers

The Volunteerism Project
1997 Betty Stallings Books

Replace Current Volunteers or Redirect New Ones?

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
February 2015 Susan J. Ellis Articles
Red cover of book with photo in background showing the front of a building with columns called The Geriatric Center

Releasing the Potential of the Older Volunteer

Older Volunteer Project, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Books

Real-World Advice for Creating a Successful Team-Based Volunteering Program

Journal of Volunteer Administration
2003 Aaron Hurst Michael Bernstein 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

Pulling the Rug Out from Under Volunteer Involvement: Sudden Staff Changes

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

Project America Action Guide to Community Service

Project America, Washington, DC
1994 Heidi Reinberg Cheryl White Pamphlets / Booklets

Proceedings: Conference on Volunteerism in Rural Areas

Donaldson Brown Center for Continuing Education, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA
1977 Reports / Studies

Principles of Good Practice for the Field of Volunteerism

Ann Jacobson & Associates, Kansas City, MO
1993 Ann Jacobson Pamphlets / Booklets

Preventing a Disaster Within a Disaster: The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers

Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, Washington, DC
2002 Pamphlets / Booklets

Practicing What We Preach: Volunteers Helping Us, Too

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

Powerful Volunteer Connections: A Toolkit for Maximizing Your Organization's Volunteer Resources

Points of Light Foundation
2004 Katherine H. [Noyes] Campbell Pamphlets / Booklets

Powerful Synergies Exist Between Managers of Volunteer Resources and Fund Development Staff

Journal of Volunteer Administration
2000 Valerie Cooper Articles

Positioning Your Volunteer Program for the 21st Century

Leadership magazine, Points of Light Foundation, October 1993
1993 Steve McCurley Articles