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"Until now, we and other nonprofits had to find out the hard way-by trial and error-that garnering the energies of todays volunteers means answering their special needs. Thats where The Volunteer Management Handbook comes in, with helpful, practical, and proven solutions to the often overlooked problems of effectively managing volunteer efforts." - From the Foreword by Kathleen Behrens Executive Director, New York Cares
The VolunteerManagement Handbook
Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer Management Handbook offers the nonprofit manager a complete guide to establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. In one handy reference volume, the Handbook offers practical guidance on such essential issues as:
- Motivating people to volunteer their time and services
- Developing a detailed Volunteer Management Policy Manual
- Recruitment, orientation, and retention
- Training volunteers
- Recognition and reward systems for volunteers
- Volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities
Designed for all nonprofit and fund-raising professionals as well as volunteer leaders, The Volunteer Management Handbook is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Guide.......2007-02-03
This is a very comprehensive manual for the management of volunteer based groups. I used this book extensively for two years as president of a 100% volunteer based non-profit org. Frankly, it was indispensable as both a guide and reference in countless situations, from rewriting the bylaws and policies, to managing/inspiring/leading a board of 12 directors and over 60 volunteers/500+ members. This group went from a dwindling, unorganized, under-funded lot to a vibrant, well organized, and well funded group during my time of service. I owed a lot of that success to this book.
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There are now more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the United States. The fundraising industry provides one in every ten jobs and is one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy. In Successful Fundraising, nationally recognized expert Joan Flanagan gives readers the information they need to capture a fair share of available fundraising dollars. Community volunteers and professional fundraisers alike will find helpful tips and advice on time-proven fundraising techniques and the most profitable new ways to successfully raise money.
Customer Reviews:
Great introductory guide.......2004-12-30
I felt this book was reasonably priced and offered a wide array of helpful fundraising advice -- especially for the small to mid-sized nonprofit. It covers a lot of the basics in a writing style that is pleasant to read.
Great book!.......2002-10-19
I'm not a professional fundraiser, but I plan to become involved in nonprofits, and this book was great! I know of some nonprofits that get all of their money from corporate donations and then complain about not having enough money. This isn't the way to do it, according to Ms. Flanagan. In order to be a successful fundraiser, you need to ask, ask, ask, and you need to provide many different ways for different people to give. Flanagan goes into many aspects of the game, including how to send follow up letters, when to ask, how often to ask, and different ways of making it easy to get big gifts. I especially liked the way she talks about the psychology of rich people and poor people, and how both tend to give in different ways. She tells us never to make decisions for givers--just ask, present them with the different options, and let them decide. Great advice.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get involved with charity. The marginal profit from the first day will probably cover the cost of this book many times over.
A great resource.......2002-06-23
There are now more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the United States. The fundraising industry provides one in every ten jobs and is one of the
fastest-growing segments of the economy. In Successful Fundraising, nationally recognized expert Joan Flanagan gives readers the information they need to capture a
fair share of available fundraising dollars. Community volunteers and professional fundraisers alike will find helpful tips and advice on time-proven fundraising
techniques and the most profitable new ways to successfully raise money.
Are you looking to raise $1,000-or $1,000,000-for a particular cause, group, or charity? Successful Fundraising by Joan Flanagan will arm you with the information you
need to capture your organization's fair share of available fundraising dollars.
Whether you are a community volunteer or a professional fundraiser, expert Joan Flanagan offers helpful tips and advice cm gaining access to funds, building
relationships with donors, raising more money in a shorter period of time, and developing a more productive fundraising organization.
Packed with real-litc examples from the author's extensive fundraising experience, this essential handbook is complete with planning guidelines, sample worksheets and
timetables, and all-new information on using the Internet, F-mail, websites, and on-line auctions as fundraising tools. It also includes expanded sections that cover
working with celebrities to raise funds and winning corporate dollars. All the tools you need to plan, create, and execute a successful fundraising effort are included in
this comprehensive guide.
Joan Flanagan can make you a success!.......2000-11-17
Successful Fundraising is a great resource for non-profit agencies! It is very easy to read, straightforward, and actually a fun read too! Joan gives great examples and stories to illustrate her points.
I recently had the opportunity to attend one of Joan's courses - and she is just as wonderful and helpful in person. She presents the daunting tasks of fundraising in simple language, common sense and humor.
This book should be the "bible" of every non-profit fundraiser!
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This book provides comprehensive, practical guidelines on the responsibilities of those who lead, co-ordinate and manage volunteers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams. Volunteers are key workers, who often perform difficult and always important work. In the United Kingdom alone, there are thousands of volunteers in hospice work, a small proportion doing work with patients, and the vast majority doing equally valuable work such as driving, sitting with relatives, manning charity shops and telephones. As a result, Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada are very interested in the United Kingdom's use of volunteers. Aimed primarily at Volunteer Service Managers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams, this book covers volunteer selection, training, supervision and support, and legal and ethical considerations. Information is presented in an easily accessible way, using key points, summary panels and checklists. Contributors, who are all Volunteer Service Managers themselves, have included small, clinical vignettes to bring the text to life. This book will also appeal to the volunteers themselves.
Customer Reviews:
Volunteers in Hospice and pallative care.......2005-08-16
Very compassionate overview and description of the organization of a hospice. Great emphasis placed orientation, and volunteer rules. A good handbook for service managers.
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The theory of civil society is based on the notion that informal groups, social movements, civic associations, and small formal nonprofit organizations form a cohesion of social organization that integrates society. Grassroots and community-based organizations exist between the private social world of the family and the formal,
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- The Prison Minister's Handbook
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The Prison Minister's Handbook: Volunteer Ministry to the Forgotten Christian
John Cowart
Manufacturer: Resource Publications (CA)
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Customer Reviews:
The Prison Minister's Handbook.......2000-04-18
John L. Cowart, author, subtitles his book, "Volunteer Ministry to the Forgotten Christian". This is truly a handbook on prison ministry. Each chapter is an invaluable primer and provides the both the prison chaplain and the lay minister with the basics of ministering to the incarcerated. In the introductory chapters he covers the prison inmate, the crisis in our Criminal Justice System, a history of the Penal System, and a good definitive explanation of the modern prision setting. He compares and delineates the county and city jails, the federal and state prisons, juvenile correctins, women's prisons, military prisons, and special lockups. He takes the reader inside the criminal mind, introduces him to the prison personnel who influence your work in the prison seting. The author then invites you, the reader, to discern what gifts you have to offer this ministry, and how to prepare for your first visit. He has done an outstanding job and I highly reccommend this book to everyone ministering in our prisons and jails today.
Book Description
Given the increased pressures and higher demand on social-service organizations, faith-based providers must find ways to increase their effectiveness while maintaining their religious distinctiveness. Serving Those in Need provides practical answers for those engaged in the delivery of human and social services. The editor and contributors draw from their deep commitment to faith, from a sense that religion plays a powerfully important role in people's lives and in our public life. For those who view service to others as a means of realizing their faith, this book will be tremendously useful.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent resource.......2002-11-07
I am exploring Faith-based initiatives for my thesis, so read this book. What a great "how-to" book, for any faith-based organization venturing into the provision of government funded human services. Easy to read, practical information, experienced, knowledgeable authors. Mine came from the library, but I'm buying my own in hopes of using it in the field someday.
Book Description
This practical, caring, step-by-step guide is a standard text for the millions of professionals who are committed to taking care of those suffering from chronic or terminal illness and their families. I'm Here to Help imparts the skills and techniques necessary to facilitate communication in a succinct style and provides tips on how to initiate painful discussions, listen effectively, manage defensiveness in both the family and patient, and other vital issues.
Customer Reviews:
Sharon.......2001-08-26
I am somewhat disappointed in this book. I felt that many of the "hints" were written over and over. This book could have been written in half the pages and still have been somewhat valuable. I will use this as somewhat as a reference for a while, but will look forward to finding more books with more information. I just went through a volunteer session through hospice and this book left me feeling that there was alot missing.
Practical and Very Helpful.......2000-03-11
I was honored to speak with M. Catherine Ray before she died. She was very helpful to me in publishing my book WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING. She has a servant's heart that shines through every word in her book. This book offers practical advice to anyone working with the dying. It is a classic. -- Samuel Oliver
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- Establishing a Reading Volunteer Program
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A Coordinator's Guide to Help America Read: A Handbook for Volunteers
Irene C. Fountas , and
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If you have the challenging task of coordinating literacy volunteers, you want the best information available on building a high-quality program along with practical suggestions on effective training. This outstanding resource from Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas offers both. It provides everything you need to know to run a successful program, no matter who the volunteers are or where they are working.
Research has shown that to run an effective volunteer program, the coordinator must provide strong leadership, solid training, and careful monitoring. Pinnell and Fountas help you achieve these goals, offering: specific training in ten ways to help children read and write; practical advice on recruiting, orienting, organizing, supervising, and advising volunteers; an extended training program, detailing twelve training sessions; a single session training program - for coordinators who must provide training quickly; thirty-nine transparencies, sample letters to parents, and recognition certificates; and specific instructions on how volunteers can connect with children's families.
Well-planned volunteer service will greatly enhance our efforts to make literacy a reality for all children. And the leader's contribution is of immeasurable value. This guide will help you make that experience worthwhile for everyone involved - the children served as well as those who serve them.
Customer Reviews:
Establishing a Reading Volunteer Program.......2000-06-01
This book is a helful first step in coordinating / establishing a literacy volunteer program. There are specific strategies for recruiting and maintaining a bank of volunteers. The general suggestions are also helpful. It is a good first step!
Book Description
This comprehensive guide, by Eddie Buchanan, will provide the volunteer training officer everything needed to develop and implement a successful program while promoting quality and discipline in today's volunteer firefighter. Alternative delivery options will be presented that allow the volunteer to achieve their training goals while meeting their responsibilities at home.
Each chapter is broken down into subcategories that thoroughly explain all of the duties of the volunteer training officer. Buchanan carefully covers topics such as fire service training philosophies, organizational needs, recruiting, discipline, scheduling, marketing, drills, and graduation. Each chapter ends with review questions.
Volunteer Training Officer's Handbook is ideally suited for the volunteer training officer, chief officer, or fire fighter of any rank looking to develop drills and training programs for their department. Both volunteer and paid departments will find the lessons invaluable.
Each book comes with a CD-ROM that includes appendices, instructor materials such as roll call forms, presentation material in PowerPoint, and student material.
Key features & benefits:
• Step-by-step implementation process for the volunteer training officer
• Scheduling templates that meet the training officer's core needs
• Core training values such as accountability, discipline, and pride
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