Focus: Building Local Capacity for Volunteer Management in the Event of a Disaster

• Defining volunteers’ roles in preparation for disaster response

• Designing a service-learning program in ten steps
• Finding innovative volunteer opportunities for baby boomers
• Finding ways to help during a disaster
• Identifying activities for volunteers and service members with disabilities
• Making your meetings accessible to persons with disabilities
• Managing volunteers in times of disaster
• Planning for National Volunteer Week: 20 tips
• Preparing your organization to engage people with disabilities
• Reaching out to potential volunteers with disabilities
• Supporting volunteerism in the workplace
• Tracking the participation of volunteers with disabilities
• Understanding the motivations of baby boomer volunteers
• Volunteering by, in, and with low-income communities
• Working with local emergency management organizations to coordinate disaster-related activities

Additional effective practices related to volunteer management.

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