A to Z: Volunteer Management Overviews

Best of All: The Quick Reference Guide To Effective Volunteer Involvement

A concise compendium of best practices in volunteer program management.

From the Top Down

Outlines the key executive decisions necessary to lay the foundation for effective volunteer involvement: policies, budgeting, staffing, employee-volunteer relationships, legal issues, cost and value of volunteers, and more. Revised in 2010!

Keep Those Volunteers Around

A back-to-basics book on volunteer retention.

Keeping Volunteers: A Guide to Retention

How to enhance volunteer retention and motivation, avoid volunteer burnout, get beyond short-term commitments, and more – subjects of critical interest to every volunteer program manager.

Volunteer Management: An Essential Guide, 2nd edition

Truly an "essential guide," the book is filled with solid information for both starting and stengthening a volunteer program in any setting.

Volunteer Management for Animal Care Organizations (free)

As of August 2011, now offered as a free resource by the Humane Society of the U.S.! Geared specifically to the challenges posed by an animal shelter environment but can help any animal care organization build its volunteer program.

Volunteer Management: Mobilizing All the Resources of the Community, 3rd Edition

The most widely utilized text in the world on the theory and practice of managing a volunteer program, revised for 2011.