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Book coverRaising Charitable Children

Warmly provides practical tips for adults to share the gifts of generosity, selflessness, and compassion with children of all ages and get past the "gimme-gimme" mind-set.

Book coverThe Rants and Raves Anthology

We invited the best-selling authors in the volunteer field to share what's on their minds right now

Book coverRecognizing Volunteers and Paid Staff

10 Keys to recognizing volunteers, ends with a list of lots and lots of actions you can take to say thank you.

Book coverRunning a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program

Clear and streamlined guide to developing a youth mentoring program of excellence, taking you from vision to recruitment, matching, retention, and evaluation.

Book coverSecrets of Successful Retreats

A step-by-step guide to planning and facilitating a productive off-site retreat for boards and other volunteers, paid management and line staff, or any combination thereof.

Book coverSecrets of Successful Fundraising

Nineteen top fundraising professionals clearly explain all your options for increasing your revenue and promoting your organization.

Book coverThe Secrets of Successful Boards

A "Boards 101" book for trustees new to boards, for leaders of all-volunteer associations, or for anyone starting a nonprofit from the ground up, with chapters by ten well-known authorities on boards.

Book coverSelf-Help Accounting

A how-to guide to fulfilling the role of board treasurer, written in simple, clear language for the non-accountant.

Book coverStalking the Elusive Executive

Free e-publication - A dozen tips written mainly for volunteer program managers who need help in gaining administrative support, even to get their bosses to read a book on the topic of volunteers.

Book coverStep-by-Step

Ideas for how young people can discover what they care about, gain support, and implement a plan for change.

Book coverTake Your Partner for the Corporate Tango

Clear guide to community/corporate collaboration, including how to prepare, choose a suitable partner, assure a successful working relationship, and other practical do’s and don’ts (from Australia).

Book coverTraining Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers: The 55-Minute Staff Training Series (Limited Multi-Use License)

12 ready-to-deliver, but completely adaptable, training sessions for teaching paid staff the fundamentals of working with volunteers in your setting.

Book coverTraining Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers: The 55-Minute Staff Training Series (Complete Set)

12 ready-to-deliver, but completely adaptable, training sessions for teaching paid staff the fundamentals of working with volunteers in your setting.

Book coverTraining Module 1 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Designing Positions for Volunteers

Designed to sensitize volunteers and staff to the significance of written volunteer job descriptions.

Book coverTraining Module 2 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Volunteer Recruitment

Explores targeted volunteer recruitment: develop a strategy of invitation to reach the best people to fill your volunteer positions.

Book coverTraining Module 3 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Interviewing Volunteers

Designed to examine the need for interviewing and screening volunteers and to share the basic process and skills necessary to do it effectively.

Book coverTraining Module 4 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Volunteer Motivation

Explores why people volunteer and teaches how to respect and respond to differences in motivational needs.

Book coverTraining Module 5 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Supervising Volunteers

Identifies the basic skills and characteristics of good volunteer supervision, clarifies the supervisor's role with volunteers, and explores methods and systems for carrying out this role.

Book coverTraining Module 6 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Orienting and Training Volunteers

Explores the rationale and elements of volunteer orientation and training, and how to deal with the challenges inherent in training today's volunteers.

Book coverTraining Module 7 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Delegating to Volunteers

Explores the values of responsible delegation and teaches procedures and techniques for doing it well.

Book coverTraining Module 8 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Mutual Performance Reviews

Explores why people volunteer and teaches how to respect and respond to differences in motivational needs.

Book coverTraining Module 9 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Handling Volunteer Performance Problems

Identifies some of the causes of volunteer performance problems and examines options for dealing with volunteer performance gaps.

Book coverTraining Module 10 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Volunteer Program Evaluation

Discusses the purpose and values of a volunteer program evaluation and helps identify the steps needed to carry out an evaluation.

Book coverTraining Module 11 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Risk Management in Volunteer Programs

Shares the importance of adhering to policies and procedures for managing risk in a volunteer program, as well as suggestions for controlling, alleviating or diminishing risk.

Book coverTraining Module 12 in The 55-Minute Training Series: Volunteer Recognition

Helps salaried and volunteer staff appreciate the significance of meaningful recognition and to generate creative formal and informal ways to acknowledge volunteers and staff.