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A Conversation with a Purpose: A Practical Guide to Interviewing Prospective Volunteers
Practical advice, tools, and techniques to conduct prospective volunteer interviews effectively - something every leader of volunteers must do all the time.
A People Lens: 101 Ways to Move Your Organization Forward
Sprinkled with true stories of innovative volunteer engagement, best-practice tips, and perspectives from agency leaders and volunteers, this book will change how you think about engaging highly-skilled volunteers.
A Toolkit for Volunteer Speed Matching
Think Speed Dating meets Volunteer Recruiting! One clever volunteer center outside of London produced this Toolkit for the perfect, fun and upbeat recruiting event.
The A-Z of Volunteering and Asylum: A Handbook for Managers
Refugees and asylum-seekers are potential new volunteers in England and other countries. Learn how to reach out successfully to involve this growing population for mutual benefits.
An Asset Builder's Guide to Youth Leadership
Sensible and inspiring advice for adults who truly want to engage young people in meaningful leadership volunteer roles, with how-to tips on everything from recruitment to intergenerational meetings.
An Asset Builder's Guide to Training Peer Helpers
A trainer's manual for adult leaders preparing young volunteers to do peer helping, with 15 interactive sessions complete with discussion guides and handouts (many useful for any age volunteer learning to do counseling).
An Asset Builder's Guide to Service-Learning
A clear and informative strategy for schools, faith communities, and youth organisations to blend the best of effective service-learning programs with the philosophy of youth "asset building" and Healthy Communities.
Best of All: The Quick Reference Guide To Effective Volunteer Involvement
A concise compendium of best practices in volunteer program management.
Better Safe...
Demystifies risk management and sets out in plain language what every volunteer program needs to know about this sometimes scary, always critical subject.
Beyond Police Checks
Definitive guide for screening volunteers and employees, explaining why and how to assure everyone's protection.
Build a Better Board in 30 Days
Great reminders for experienced board members and an easy orientation for new board members.
Building Staff/Volunteer Relations
Insight into (and humor about) the reasons for tension between employees and volunteers and practical strategies for designing satisfying work for both groups.
By Definition
A walk-through of the importance of developing policies for and about volunteers, with clear examples and templates.
Children as Volunteers
How to integrate volunteers under the age of 14 into an existing adult volunteer program: multi-age teams, designing work, preparing the agency, liaisoning with schools, and legal issues.
Employee Volunteering
Shows how the private, public and voluntary sectors can benefit from employee volunteering, and gives clear, practical advice on setting up employee volunteering programs (from the UK).
Friends Across the Divide
All the guidelines and materials necessary for an e-mail exchange between students and senior partners.
From the Top Down
Outlines the key executive decisions necessary to lay the foundation for effective volunteer involvement: policies, budgeting, staffing, employee-volunteer relationships, legal issues, cost and value of volunteers, and more. Revised in 2010!
Get the Word Out!
Provocative booklet that urges a new attitude toward young people as affected by "adultism" and shows how to be more welcoming to young leaders.
Handling Problem Volunteers
Insightful and humorous guide to dealing with a wide range of problem behaviors exhibited by some volunteers, from irritating to seriously dysfunctional.
The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management
Managing a volunteer program part-time? Or just not enough hours in a day? Full task analysis of the job of volunteer program manager, how to build a management team and engage volunteers in leadership of the program.
How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events
Step-by-step guide to making money effectively and enjoyably by running a Dynamite Dinner--and how to involve volunteers throughout.