Risk and Liability

Better Safe: Risk Management in Volunteer Programs & Community Service

Demystifies risk management and sets out in plain language what every volunteer program needs to know about this sometimes scary, always critical subject.

Beyond Police Checks

Definitive guide for screening volunteers and employees, explaining why and how to assure everyone's protection.

Self-Help Accounting

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

Training 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.

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.

Your Guide to Youth Board Involvement and the Law

An analysis of the key legal issues arising when involving young people under the age of 18 on a board of directors, with strategies to maximize youth involvement whatever your state’s laws.