The Volunteer Management Handbook
Leadership Strategies for Success
2nd Edition
Published on 3. October 2011
480 pages
978-1-118-12740-7 (ISBN)
Description
Completely revised and expanded, the ultimate guide tostarting--and keeping--an active and effective volunteerprogram
Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognizedauthorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer ManagementHandbook, Second Edition is the only guide you need forestablishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteerprogram. Written by nonprofit leader Tracy Connors, this handyreference offers practical guidance on such essential issues asmotivating people to volunteer their time and services,recruitment, and more. Up-to-date and practical, this is theessential guide to managing your nonprofit's most importantresource: its volunteers.
* Now covers volunteer demographics, volunteer program leadersand managers, policy making and implementation, planning and staffanalysis, recruiting, interviewing and screening volunteers,orienting and training volunteers, and much more
* Up-to-date, practical guidance for the major areas of volunteerleadership and management
* Explores volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, andresponsibilities
Designed to help nonprofit organizations survive and thrive,The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is anindispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth anddepth of its coverage.
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TRACY D. CONNORS has published eight nonprofit management handbooks--an unsurpassed publication record in the field of not-for-profit management--a field that he helped advance and define beginning with the first NPO handbook in 1980. He is an NPO management consultant, a Leadership Faculty Member for HandsOn University, and a graduate student at Capella University completing requirements for a doctoral degree in human services management.
Content
Preface.
Part One Volunteer Resource Program Assessment, Analysis, and Planning.
Organizational Assessment/Planning.
Chapter 1 Volunteer Models and Management (R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D. North Carolina State University and Ryan Schmiesing, Ph.D. Ohio Community Service Council).
Chapter 2 Volunteer Demographics (Harriett C. Edwards, Ed.D., R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D. and Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University).
Chapter 3 Preparing the Organization for Volunteers (Jeffery L. Brudney, Ph.D., Cleveland State University).
Chapter 4 Shaping an Organizational Culture of Employee and Volunteer Commitment (Judith A. M. Smith, D. M., HandsOn Jacksonville, Inc.).
Operational Assessment/Planning.
Chapter 5 Maximizing Volunteer Engagement (Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Ph.D. and Meg Moore, MBA, University Of Texas at Austin).
Chapter 6 Assessment, Planning and Staffing Analysis (Cheryle Yallen, MS, CNY Enterprises, Chicago, IL and Barbara Wentworth, MS).
Chapter 7 Policy Development for Volunteer Involvement (Linda L. Graff, BSW, MA, Linda Graff and Associates Inc.).
Part Two Strategic Deployment and Implementation.
Accession.
Chapter 8 The Latest Approach to Volunteer Recruitment Competency-Competence Pathways and Volunteer Resource Management Systems (Stephen Hobbs, Ed.D., WELLthLearning.com).
Chapter 9 Orientation.
Welcoming New Volunteers into the Organization (Harriett C. Edwards, Ed.D., North Carolina State University).
Training.
Chapter 10 Training Volunteers (Mary Kay Hood, M.S., Hendricks Regional Health).
Communications.
Chapter 11 Volunteer and Staff Relations (Nancy Macduff, MACE, Macduff/Bunt Associates).
Chapter 12 Communicating with Volunteers and Staff (Denise Sevick Bortree, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University).
Program Management.
Chapter 13 Volunteer Performance Management.
The Impact Wheel (Julie Cross, Ph.D., Stratagem, Inc. and Stephen Hobbs, Ed.D., WELLth Learning Network).
Chapter 14 Risk Management in Volunteer Involvement (Linda L. Graff, MA, Linda Graff and Associates Inc.).
Part Three Results and Evaluation.
Chapter 15 Evaluating the Volunteer Program.
Contexts and Models (Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ph.D., Cleveland State University and Tamara G. Nezhina, Ph.D., Depaul University).
Chapter 16 Evaluating Impact of Volunteer Programs (R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D., North Carolina State University).
About the Editor.About the Contributors.
About the Website.
Index.
