-
-
Information on all aspects of volunteer management, including getting your organization ready to involve volunteers, volunteer screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, legal issues/risk...
-
Open Space Technology substantiates the premise that the most engaging portions of seminars and conferences are the "down times" such as coffee breaks and meals, and uses this information to create...
-
Michael Morrow, an after-school program director, consultant, and trainer in Portland, Oregon, offers advice on how to deal with behavioral and attitudinal problems among difficult staff. Excerpted,...
-
Online volunteers are a great addition to regular volunteers, adding diversity and a wider range of knowledge and skills. Although volunteer managers need to be prepared with a slightly different...
-
Volunteering provides real social and economic benefits. Knowing how people are involved in volunteering, what they do, and what motivates them can help raise awareness and numbers of new volunteers...
-
Depending on program size and needs, becoming or appointing a committee chairperson may be a one-time event or a situation that arises often. This effective practice, which presents ten questions to...
-
Staff can aid the volunteer program manager in reducing the turnover of volunteers. Positive communication, recognition, important tasks, and a "thank you" now and again can contribute to keeping...
-
A volunteer's experience is influenced in critical ways by his or her relationship with the volunteer manager. Volunteer retention and quality of service to clients are enhanced when the volunteer...
-
Collaboration, or partnering, is an effective method for national service organizations and other volunteer agencies to achieve common goals. Through collaboration, organizations can improve...
-
Habitat for Humanity San Francisco needed more staff to complete projects and office duties but did not have the resources to hire more people. An internship program was started to increase...
