In my previous jobs I learned the hard way how to create volunteer applications, volunteer screening procedures, and volunteer management best practices; but this shouldn't have been the case. There is an abundance of volunteer management resources available on the web, many which are free. Here's a brief overview of these resources:
Awesome volunteer management websites
- Idealist.org's Volunteer Management Resource Center
- Service Leader.org -- Specialized resources for Volunteers, Leaders and Managers of Volunteers, and Instructors and Thought Leaders
- National Service Resource Center -- Tools and Training for Volunteer and Service Programs
- Volunteer Match -- Find your next volunteer, or search for a volunteer opportunity
- Volunteer Today.com -- Pertinent information on recruiting and engaging volunteers; and promoting professional development opportunities for those who work to engage volunteers
- Points of Light Ideas and Insights -- Research, analysis, tools and training to support the creation and management of volunteer programs.
- Energizeinc.com -- Volunteer Management Resources for Directors of Volunteers in a Volunteerism World.
- National Youth Leadership Council -- Resources on service-learning
- Servenet (Youth Service America) -- Volunteering Opportunities
- Innovations in Civic Participation -- Works with individuals, organizations, and groups around the globe to support the development of innovative approaches to national youth service and service-learning.
- National Commission on Service Learning -- A national initiative to engage more young people in service to others as part of their academic studies.
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Starting and Maintaining a Quality Internship Program -- by Michael True
- 12 Key Actions of Volunteer Program Champions -- by Betty Stallings
- 55 Minute Volunteer Management Training Series -- by Betty Stallings
- Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders -- by Sarah J. Rehnborg.
- From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement by Susan Ellis
- Journal of Volunteer Administration
- Center for Information and Resource on Civic Learning and Engagement -- A nonpartisan research center studying youth participation and civic engagement
- The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not, New York Times 4/2/10
- Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities/Congregations -- by Mark Hager
1 comment:
This is great. Thanks! I just took over the volunteer coordinator position at a local shelter, and they need help bad. This will so a long way in making sure I give them a real volunteer future.
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