Employee/Volunteer Relations

Books on this topic

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• Answers to poor Volunteer/Staff Relations from 211 Info Bank
• Best Practices in Staff and Volunteer Relations, by Louise Chatterton Luchuk for Charity Village
• Cultivation and Critique, from the book A Roadmap to Managing Volunteer Systems
• Developing Good Staff-Volunteer Relationships by Betsy McFarland for AnimalSheltering.org
• Effective Relationships Between Staff and Volunteers by Mary Merrill
• How to Generate Conflict Between Volunteers and Staff by Steve McCurley and Rick Lynch (a what not to do list)
• Satisfy Staff First, from the book Building Staff/Volunteer Relations
• A Volunteer's Bill of Rights, samples compiled by John Lipp
• Volunteer-Staff Relations, by Ella Marin for Suite101.com

Web sites with information on this topic:

Knowledge Network - Saskatchewan CVI Network

http://www.spra.sk.ca/knowledge/Resources/svrel.htm

Resources on Staff and Volunteer Relations.

Staff/Volunteer Relations section of the Ivan Scheier Volunteerism Archive

http://academic.regis.edu/volunteer/Ivan/sect14.htm

Classic, timeless information on the subject.

Relevant Hot Topic essays:

• Confidentiality and Other Objections to Volunteers - Apr '09
• The Difference Beteween Needing and Wanting Volunteers - March '09
• Replacing Volunteers with Paid Staff - Sept '08
• The Middle Management Barrier - Oct '06
• Educating Other Professions about Volunteers: Starting at the Source - Nov '03
• One Step Further: Volunteer Services and Agency-wide Education - Aug '03
• When a Volunteer Transforms into an Employee - June '01
• Unskilled vs. Differently Skilled: Maximize Volunteer Differences - Nov '00
• Staff Resistance and Highly-Skilled Volunteers - May '99
• Why Is It Labor Unions vs. Volunteers? - June  '99

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