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Role of Director of Volunteers

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Focuses on prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance abuse and mental illness; however, the principles described apply to any field and may help organizations understand how to start and manage a successful volunteer program.

This excellent, free, 44-page guide demonstrates wonderfully how to apply research to practice by applying data in the National Survey to specific aspects of volunteer management.  By Norah McClintock for the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy and Volunteer Canada (2004).

Introduction to the basics of volunteer management in a 106-page PDF from Volunteer Victoria in Canada.

Web sites with introductory or summary materials on the basic elements of volunteer management:

Action Without Borders/Idealist.org, partnering with Energize, launched the

Volunteer Management Resource Center - http://www.idealist.org/vmrc - in 2007 as a comprehensive site focusing on the role of the volunteer program manager .

See also Major Web Information Sources

Best Practices for Developing a Volunteer Program

http://www.gosv.state.md.us/volunteerism/bestprac/sec00.htm

Online, ten-section guide from the Maryland Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism. (scroll down page to the topic "Volunteerism")

Georgia Volunteer Program Management Manual

http://www.ltcombudsman.org/ombpublic/49_507_1799.cfm

From the National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center, this 7-chapter online manual was written for ombudsman programs but contains much generic information.

Good Practice Guide

http://www.brightonhovevolunteers.org.uk/goodpractice/

Overview of volunteer management basics from the Brighton and Hove Volunteer Bureau in the UK.

Illinois State Volunteerism and Community Service Guide

http://www.illinois.gov/volunteer/techassistance.cfm

Lengthy overview of the basics of creating a volunteer program.

Investing in Volunteers Toolkit

http://iiv.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/newsviews/IiVToolkit/

Free interactive e-learning tool from the UK offers advice and simple ‘session plans’ with of a range of online activities such as case studies, assignments, quizzes, and multi-media presentations. The Toolkit has been designed as an individual and organisational ‘Guided Discovery Learning’ approach to better understand the concept of quality standards in volunteer program management.

LGBT Consortium (UK)

http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/c1/activities/involved/resources_lgbt.php

Have created an entire Web area with free downloadable resources called collectively: Volunteering on a Shoestring (not another toolkit!). Written in 2008 for the LGBT community but applicable to any setting, especially those at the grassroots level. Includes PDF guides, templates and case studies.

"My Improvement Plan" from the Corporation for National and Community Service

http://nationalserviceresources.org/

An online tool to identify the resources you most need to improve your service or volunteer program. Go to the page above and click on "My Improvement Plan" for an online self-assessment process that produces a set of resources tailored for your needs.  The Resource Center is free but you will need to log in.

National Occupational Standards for Recruiting and Managing Volunteers

http://www.ukworkforcehub.org.uk/DisplayPage.asp?pageid=8701

The Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation's

detailed and comprehensive set of occupation standards for the role of volunteer program manager in the UK (available free in PDF and Word formats).

Northern Ireland Volunteer Development Agency

http://www.volunteering-ni.org/what_we__do/publications/

Extensive selection of free, downloadable publications, checklists, and tools for volunteer program managers.

UPS Best Practice Toolbox

http://community.ups.com/philanthropy/toolbox.html

Strategies for community impact and successful model volunteer programs.

Voluntary Matters 1+2

http://www.voluntarymatters1and2.org/people/volunteers/index.html

Voluntary Matters 3

http://www.voluntarymatters3.org/index.html

Online learning sites supporting community television programmes of The Media Trust in the UK, focused on volunteer management.  Innovative use of case studies, discussion questions, off-line activities, and resources.

Volunteer Management Resource Kit

http://www.volunteeringqueensland.org.au/forms/vol man resource web kit.PDF

Guide to the essentials of volunteer management from Volunteering Queensland in Australia.

Wisconsin 4-H Volunteer Development and Management

http://4h.uwex.edu/resources/mgt/volunteer.cfm

Resources for 4-H volunteer leaders and ideas for recruitment, training, utilizing, and recognizing volunteers.

 

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Bookcover - By the People
By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers

 

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From the Top Down

 

Everyone Ready -Staff Development - Click to learn more
Online training to work successfully with volunteers. Learn more

 

Also visit our online journal, e-Volunteerism
The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community

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