These sites provide
information to assist in recruiting volunteers and managing a volunteer
program including recruitment, human resource issues, and discharging.
Information regarding publications available on volunteer issues is included,
some are free others are for sale. Samples of volunteer applications and
job descriptions are included. Other information available includes advertising
for volunteers, consultants, liability legislation, education opportunities
and interesting volunteer quotes.
ONLINE ADVERTISING
FOR VOLUNTEERS
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
You can advertise your volunteer needs at this site free of charge.
Information you may include in your advertisement includes the name of
your organization, specific function you need volunteers for, who prospective
volunteers need to contact, the dates the volunteers are needed on, and
the duration of the project. Individuals who want to volunteers query
on this site by entering their zip code, how far from home they are willing
to travel, whether they are looking for a one time opportunity or ongoing
work, and may specify the type of organization they are interested in
helping or query the entire database. Volunteers may also search by specific
organization. This site includes the option of volunteering over the Internet
for people who do not have time to physically go somewhere to volunteer
or are unable to travel. This site is user friendly and provides an excellent
way to match volunteers with organizations that need their services.
GENERAL INFORMATION
http://www.drcharity.com/voluntee.html
This site would be helpful to an organization in the preliminary
stages of volunteer recruitment, or possibly one that needs a fresh look
at volunteer recruitment. It provides suggestions for gaining community
support for your volunteer program, and places to recruit volunteers.
It also provides information about acknowledging and cultivating volunteers
and suggestions for creating volunteer job descriptions. There is not
an overabundance of information on this site, however the information
provided is common sense and straight to the point.
http://www.delawarenonprofit.org/volfaq5.html
This is a volunteer program and procedure manual. It has ten chapters
and an appendix:
- Purpose of Volunteer
Program Procedural Manual
- Developing Volunteer
Positions
- Volunteer Application
Process
- Creating and Running
a Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
- Screening Volunteers
In and Out
- Training Volunteers
- Supervising and
Evaluating Volunteers
- Correcting and
dismissing Volunteers
- Volunteer Recognition
- Program Evaluation
and Refinement
- Appendix
There is a large amount
of helpful information in each of these chapters and overall it is a very
comprehensive site. It also includes a sample volunteer development plan,
job description and application. The information on this site would be
helpful to those organizations beginning a volunteer program and those
with established ones.
http://www.egroups.com/message/ShelterFundraising/346
This site consists of over 1400 online messages discussing fundraising
and volunteer issues as they relate to animal shelters. This URL address
enters the overall site at an ongoing discussion of volunteer issues.
Although the main concern of the discussion deals with animal shelters,
many of the points made are applicable to volunteer recruitment for any
organization.
http://www.slc2002.org/sloc/get_involved/volunteers/volunteers_index.html
This is the volunteer recruitment site for the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City. It is an excellent example of a comprehensive recruitment
plan. The topics included are:
- What does Mitt
have to say? (Mitt Romney is the CEO of the organizing committee)
- What is the volunteer
timetable?
- What are the benefits
of volunteering?
- What does it take
to be a volunteer?
- What positions
are available?
- How will I be trained?
- Do I need to complete
CPR and First Aid training to be a volunteer?
- Where are the Olympic
Venues?
- What can I do as
a volunteer BEFORE the Games?
- How will I know
if I have been selected?
The information provided
is detailed and informative. This site could serve as a model for an organization
seeking to recruit volunteers.
http://www.cybervpm.com/recruit.htm
This site provides a large amount of information on volunteer recruitment
including:
- Volunteer Recruitment
That Actually Works
- Turning a Volunteer
Job Description into a Recruitment Strategy
- What's our Recruitment
Message?
- Selling Your Volunteer
Opportunities
- How to Market your
Organization and its Volunteer Opportunities on the Internet
- Raining Money and
Volunteers
- Further Online
Resources On This Topic
This site also has
many links to other sites. Unfortunately many of these links do not work.
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/recruit.keep.html
Articles on volunteer recruitment. This link gives many ideas on
how to retain volunteers, although it is geared to student volunteers.
http://nisus.sfusd.k12.ca.us/sfsv/teacher6.html
Sources for Recruiting Volunteers. This link gives suggestions on
what groups of people to approach for volunteer recruitment.
http://bluegoose.arw.r9.fws.gov/nwrsfiles/HabitatMgmt/PestMgmt/SaltcedarWorkshopJun96/Paper6.html
Guidelines for Recruiting Volunteers. This is an article that discusses
which duties or projects should be given to volunteers and which to paid
staff.
http://www.idealist.org/
Action Without Borders. This is an international site that allows
non-profits to advertise for volunteers and volunteers to seek opportunities
globally. It provides for non-profits to find consultants, software, and
conferences. Don’t click on "The Big Help", this will take you
to a site that has nothing to do with volunteers and it is difficult to
get out of it without completely exiting and re-entering the original
site.
The Do Something link
has to do with gun control in schools, not volunteers. http://rth.netgate.net/freeweb/index.html
Free Web Page for Organizations Improving the World. If your organization
is involved in science, education, gardening or environmental activities
you can obtain a free website.
http://www.nonprofitspace.org/ncava/index.html
Nonprofit Space , go to North Carolina AVA. Great information about
organized efforts to recruit volunteers and make the overall volunteer
process more successful.
http://www.charityvillage.com/guides/guide1.html
This is a Canadian site that provides a large amount of information
on many volunteer recruitment issues. The most helpful information on
this site is that contained in the articles, resource web sites, online
publications, government programs and organizations. It also provides
information on books that may be purchased on the subject. It provides
the names of consulting firms, however these are Canadian firms. Most
of the information is provided in English or French, however some is only
available in French.
http://www.nonprofit.about.com/careers/nonprofit/library/weekly/aa090199.htm
This site provides information on how to recruit and keep volunteers.
It includes a discussion of what you want volunteers to do, where to find
them, and how to keep them. There are many links at this site to information
regarding many issues of interest to nonprofits.
http://www.txserve.org/mgmt/volrec/costs.html
This site provides good information of volunteer recruitment. It
discusses planning recruitment strategies, identifying volunteer needs,
and tips for successful volunteer recruitment programs. There is a large
amount of useful information on this site.
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/vmarket.html
This site offers information regarding advertising for volunteers
online. It includes tips on when and how to advertise online. There are
several links to additional information on numerous issues regarding internet
recruitment. http://www.energizeinc.com/art/npcrea.html
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/npday.html
These are two articles written by Susan J. Ellis. They each provide
an insightful discussion about issues facing nonprofits recruiting volunteers.
Each of these discusses the tasks that can be done in other than normal
hours and how to recruit volunteers for work during the normal business
hours.
http://home.about.com/jobs/nonprofit/library/weekly/aa090199.htm#anchor12154
This site offers basic information on volunteer recruitment. This
site gives good information regarding firing a volunteer and draws similarities
between volunteers and paid employees in that aspect. The best feature
on this site is that it allows you to subscribe to a volunteer recruitment
newsletter.
http://www.mnpl.org/best/boards/00simons.html
This is an article written by Cultural Program Manager in the City
of Kent. She discusses traditional and new volunteer recruitment techniques.
It is a comprehensive article that provides useful information.
http://www.serviceleader.org/
This is a very comprehensive site with many links all dedicated to
online recruitement. The Virtual Volunteering Project link provides information
on using the Internet to recruit volunteers. Other links include information
on how to develop an online application. The Community Engagement and
Volunteer Management Resources for School Settings link gives excellent
information and links to school related volunteer recruitment.
ASSESSMENT TOOL
http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/assess7.htm
This is an assessment tool to determine where your organization is
in the development of its volunteer program. A suggested action plan for
improvement is also included. This tool is one of eight provided by the
Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations. It provides answers to
questions submitted via internet regarding several nonprofit issues including
volunteers.
CONSULTING
http://www.pointsoflight.org/trainprodserv/trainprodserv_nonprofitconsulting.html
This is the site of the Points of Light Foundation, a nonprofit consulting
firm. It discusses some of the challenges of volunteer recruitment today
and includes information on how to contact the firm for further information.
PUBLICATIONS
http://www.ivr.org.uk/voluntaryaction5.htm
This is the British site for the Institute of Volunteering Research.
It includes abstracts of articles included in The Journal of the Institute
of Volunteering Research. By selecting “Voluntary Action, the journal”
you will have access to a few full journal articles on volunteer issues.
Information is also provided to subscribe to the journal.
http://www.symphony.org/info/titles.htm
This site provides information on many publications that are available
to purchase about volunteer issues. The publications available are:
- 101 Ideas for Volunteer
Programs
- 101 Tips for Volunteer
Recruitment Beyond
- Banquets, Plaques
and Pins: Creative Ways to Recognize Volunteers
- Episodic Volunteering:
Building the Short-Term Volunteer Program
- Evaluating Volunteers,
Programs, and Events
- Gold Book: Sourcebook
of Successful Fundraising, Education, Ticket Sales and Service Projects
- Megatrends & Volunteerism
- Recruiting Volunteers
for Difficult or Long-Term Assignments
- Secrets of Leadership
- Volunteer Recruiting
and Retention: A Marketing Approach
- Volunteer Recruitment
(and Membership Development) Book
- Volunteer's Survival
Manual: The Only Practical Guide to Filing Your Time and Money
VOLUNTEERISM: GOVERNANCE
- Audit Committee:
A Key to Financial Accountability for Nonprofit Organizations
- Board Assessment
of the Chief Executive: A Responsibility Essential to Good Governance
- Board Members and
Risk: A Primer on Protection From Liability
- Board Member's
Guide to Strategic Planning
- Board Overboard!
Laughs and lessons for all but the Perfect Nonprofit
- Board Passages:
Three Key Stages in a Nonprofit Board's
Life Cycle
- Board's Role in
Effective Volunteer Management
- Board's Role in
Strategic Planning
- Building Board
Diversity
- Chief Executive's
Role in Developing the Nonprofit Board
- Creating and Renewing
Advisory Boards: Strategies for Success
- Development Committee:
Fundraising Begins with the Board
- Executive Committee:
Making it Work for Your Organization
- Finance Committee:
The Fiscal Conscience of the Nonprofit Board
- Fundraising and
the Nonprofit Board Member
- Fundraising Realities
Every Board member Must Face
- Guide to Orchestra
Governance, Revised Edition
- Guidebook for Directors
of Nonprofit Corporations
- How to Help Your
Board Govern More and Manage Less
- Improving the Performance
of Governing Boards
- Legal Obligation
of Nonprofit Boards: A Guidebook for Board Members
- Nominating Committee:
Laying a Foundation for Your Organization's Future
- Nonprofit Board
Answer Book
- Nonprofit Board
Committees: How to Make Them Work
- Nonprofit Board's
Guide to Bylaws: Creating a Framework for Effective Governance
- Nonprofit Board's
Role in Reducing Risk: More Than Buying Insurance
- Orchestra Board
Executive Connection: Selecting, Enabling, and Evaluating the Executive
Director
- Planning Committee:
Shaping Your Organization's Future
- Planning Successful
Board Retreats: A Guide for Board members and Chief Executives
- Six Keys to Recruiting,
Orienting, and Involving Nonprofit Board Members
- Sound Advice
- Strategic Planning
Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations
- Ten Basic Responsibilities
of Nonprofit Boards
- We Can't Keep Meeting
Like This! A Guide to More Effective Meetings
- Welcome to the
Board: Your Guide to Effective Participation
http://www.jobing.com/jobs/bookstore5.asp
This site offers for sale several books on assorted volunteer recruitment
subjects. Most links on this site such as “read more” or “click here for
more information” take you to Amazon.com. The information here provides
you with some of the publications that are available to assist with volunteer
issues, but all at a cost.
EDUCATION
http://www.serviceleader.org/training/courses.html
This site offers information to nonnprofit managers about the availability
of courses in volunteer management at institutes of higher education.
You can query these courses by state.
LIABILITY
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/il10_porter/essay_970311_hr911.htm
This is an essay by Congressman John Porter discussing his proposed
bill (Volunteer
Protection Act (with the signature bill number H.R. 911) regarding
liability of volunteers. The aforementioned link brings you to the legislative
history of the bill which was signed by the president as S.B. 544 on June
18, 1997 and enacted as public law No: 105-19. This provides the text
of the federal legislation that applies to volunteer liability. This is
good information for anyone in the nonprofit sector to be aware of.
QUOTES
http://www.energizeinc.com/reflect/quote1.html
This is an inspirational site that supplies quotes on volunteerism
such as the following: There is only one thing worse than training your
volunteers and having them leave - and that's not training them, and having
them stay. --unknown Submitted by Eileen Macmillan, American Friends of
the University of Edinburgh
http://www.energizeinc.com/reflect/joke.html
This site provides entertaining information which can lighten up
the search for volunteers. Historical quotes are presented about volunteers
that are quite humorous.
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