Mobilizing More Volunteers
This initiative is about increasing the level of individual engagement in volunteer activities and building the infrastructure of nonprofits and communities to create more volunteer opportunities, and to respond to significant community challenges through citizen mobilization. … Meeting the demand of individuals wanting to volunteer requires building and sustaining capacity and infrastructure within nonprofit organizations and communities to support those volunteers, to match them with appropriate and meaningful opportunities, to train them to succeed, and to manage and reward their work.
—From the Corporation for National and Community Service Strategic Plan 2006–10
Visit Focus Area One: Mobilizing More Volunteers on the Corporation site.
Here is a sampling of the resources available to assist you in meeting the Corporation's goals in this focus area:
Online Publications
- Toolkit for Program Sustainability, Capacity Building, and Volunteer Recruitment/Management
- Volunteering in America: 2007 City Trends And Rankings
- Volunteering in America: Resources for Retention
- Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings
- Volunteering in the United States, 2005 (PDF)
- Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations: A Briefing Report (PDF)
- Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers (PDF)
Effective Practices
- Choosing appropriate outreach techniques for different generations
- Collaborating to recruit and train RSVP volunteers for homeland security needs
- Recruiting mentors in tribal/rural communities: ten tips
- Recruiting volunteers at the last minute for one-time events
Lending Library Resources
- Care and Feeding of Volunteers
- Pass It On Volunteer Recruitment Manual: Outreach to Minority Communities
- Volunteer Management: Mobilizing all the Resources of the Community
- Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them
Links to Useful Websites