Description

Presents a step-by-step framework for creating a team approach to volunteer management. With this realistic, no-nonsense book, you'll learn how to map the boundaries of your job and clarify expectations; find administrative volunteers and put them to work in vital ways; and share ownership--and the work of the volunteer program with everyone in your organization. Includes an appendix of electronic volunteerism resources

Table of Contents

1. Recognizing Your Role pp. 7-10
2. Mapping the Boundaries pp. 11-20
3. Task Analysis and Delegation pp. 21-38
4. Finding Your Management Team: Inside pp. 39-50
5. Finding Your Management Team: Outside pp. 51-68
6. Imagine This pp. 69-76
7. Structuring Your Team pp. 77-88
8. Communication Strategies pp. 89-104
Also includes Appendix: Resources to Help You Do the Job and Bibliography

Readers' Reviews

Reviewed in "We Review: Review of Books of Interest to the Nonprofit Sector" on the Charity Channel
Reviewer: Jeane Vogel, Fund Raising Innovations.
" Just when you think that volunteers might not be worth the trouble, there's The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management. This straightforward guide to volunteers will have your volunteer program under control faster than your Friend's Association can organize the next raffle. ...This little book has so many fine features, it's hard to select a favorite.

From the Nonprofit World:
"The 'Help' Guide is chock full of information that will make any volunteer program more efficient."

From Arlene Ferris, Director of Volunteer Services, Fairchild Tropical Garden
"There is so much I have to do, need to do and want to do. I couldn't imagine how to do it all and now your book has inspired me to get others involved...The charts and forms are brilliant--so simple, but so good! "

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Brief Excerpt

Excerpted from "Recognizing Your Role"
This Guide is designed to help you step back and examine the responsibility you have been given to lead volunteers. This process begins with understanding the basic elements of effective volunteer management. In these pages you will not find information on how to do recruitment, screening, training or recordkeeping; rather, you will explore a practical strategy for adapting your role so that all these tasks can get done within the constraints of your available time. If you do need to build your basic skills in volunteer program development, the Appendix will direct you to helpful resources--both books and organizations.

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