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This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.
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2001 | Recognizing Volunteers and Paid Staff: The Art, the Science, and a GAZILLION Ideas! This book is an update of the classic Beyond Banquets, Plaques & Pins. Vineyard describes how to tailor recognition ideas to fit the "achievers," "affiliatiors," and "empowerers" in an organization. Outlines 10 keys to recognizing volunteers, including being timely, creating an appreciative organizational climate, and embracing diversity. Ends with a list of actions to say thank you. |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard | Book | Download | |
1997 | Measuring Up: Assessment Tools for Volunteer Programs Nearly 70 tools to help evaluate volunteer involvement in an organization including the plans, volunteers, the organization, the people involved, and the manager of volunteers. Other key subjects include diagnosing organization norms, the potential for successful change and for fundraising success, hidden problems, meetings, climate health, responsibilities and job stress. |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | |
1998 | Handling Problem Volunteers Steve McCurley and Sue Vineyard take a lighthearted look at some of the most common volunteer performance problems and deliver some serious solutions. The book assess es the extent and root causes of problems. Examples range from the "Somewhat Annoying Volunteer" with poor interpersonal skills to the "Dangerously Dysfunctional Volunteer," posing risk concerns. Sample volunteer policies directly related to handling problematic volunteer situations are include |
Heritage Arts Publishing/VMSystems | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | |
1998 | The Self-Help Sourcebook |
American Self-Help Clearinghouse | Edward J. Madara, Barbara J. White | Book | Download | |
1993 | Helping You Is Helping Me: How a New Breed of Volunteers Can Make a Difference |
Servant Publications | Virgil Gulker, Ken Wilson | Book | Download | |
2009 | Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders |
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin | Sarah Jane Rehnborg | Book | Download | |
1974 | Volunteerism: An Emerging Profession |
The American Lecture Series in Social and Rehabilitation Psychology, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher | John G. Cull, Richard E. Hardy | Book | Download | |
1994 | Everything You Need To Do Before You Begin To Recruit: Research The first booklet in PROVOL's Volunteer Management Made Easy Series, which includes: Research, Recruit, Retain, and Recognize. This booklet on Research covers the work to be done before that new volunteer walks through the door for the first time, even when the pressure to recruit new volunteers can be pretty intense. |
PROVOL, Mess, AZ | Jim Bottorf, Judy Bottorf, Maggie King | Book | Download | |
1994 | How To Find The Ideal Volunteers: Target Your Recruiting The second booklet in PROVOL's Volunteer Management Made Easy Series, which includes: Research, Recruit, Retain, and Recognize. This booklet on recruiting advises us to forget outdated perceptions of volunteers and, then, presents a process of recruiting for skills and talents necessary to meet our agencies' needs in a timely and effective manner. |
PROVOL, Mesa, AZ | Jim Bottorf, Judy Bottorf, Maggie King | Book | Download | |
1981 | Survival Skills for Managers |
Volunteer Management Associates | Marlene Wilson | Book | Download | |
1976 | The Effective Management of Volunteer Programs A landmark book on the application of management principles to administration of volunteer programs. |
Volunteer Management Associates | Marlene Wilson | Book | Download | |
1983 | How to Mobilize Church Volunteers This book for churches points out common problems congregations face when it comes to member involvement and service, establishes management principles, answers questions, and offers a plan to turn the volunteer challenge into a reality. It's written from a Christian perspective. |
Augsburg Publishing House | Marlene Wilson | Book | Download | |
1990 | You Can Make a Difference: Helping Yourself and Others Through Volunteering Back cover: Why do people volunteer? People help other people because they have learned one of life's great secrets: help one other person and you will also help yourself and your community. You Can Make a Difference is a celebration of the spirit of giving and a guide for those who want to take a step toward a more fulfilling life. |
Volunteer Management Associates | Marlene Wilson | Book | Download | |
1990 | Fostering Volunteer Programs in the Public Sector This book shows how private citizens and public agencies can work together to provide a wide range of public services -- from neighborhood crime watch to mental health assistance. It describes effective methods for managing volunteer programs sponsored by public agencies, and demonstrates how volunteer programs can enhance the quality and impact of government services. |
Jossey-Bass Publishers | Jeffrey L. Brudney | Book | Download | |
1984 | Involving the Handicapped as Volunteers: A Guidebook |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | Book | Download | ||
1995 | Changing the Paradigm: Self-Assessment Kit This Self-Assessment Process is an organizational change management tool for guiding staff, leadership, board, and other volunteers to examine the effectiveness of volunteer engagement. The Kit contains a Team Leader's Resource Book, a Team Member Book, and a survey. |
Kenn Allen | Book | Download | ||
1978 | The New Volunteerism |
Schenkman Publishing | Barbara Feinstein, Catherine Cavanaugh | Book | Download | |
1999 | Ready to Respond: Disaster Preparedness and Response for Volunteer Centers |
Points of Light Foundation | Book | Download | ||
1983 | The Barter Network: Building Community Through Organized Trade Handbook |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | David Tobin, Henry Ware | Book | Download | |
2002 | Family Volunteering - Ready, Set, Go A handbook developed for Volunteer Centers, offering tools needed to add family volunteering to existing community involvement activities. There are tips and tricks for every Volunteer Center, from inviting families to join single days of service to creating an entire mission for promoting volunteering by families. |
Points of Light Foundation | Marie Bouvier | Book | Download | |
1980 | Building the Collaborative Community From the preface: The authors of this book are social scientists with practical and tested strategies for rebuilding collaborative communities. An important feature of this book is that the authors are not prescriptive-they don't tell you what should be done; they are descriptive - they tell you what has been done that you can draw on. They are reporting on their own action research, done while serving as consultants to eighty-eight communities. From this rich experience they are able to portray a variety of strategies adaptable to a variety of situations. |
University of California Extension | Eva Schindler-Rainman, Ronald Lippitt | Book | Download | |
1992 | Volunteer Recognition Skit Kit This collection of seven original skits is complete with instructions, scripts and ideas for adaptation. Each skit incorporates songs using well-known popular music with lyrics written for the volunteer recognition occasion. Song sheets can be used separately. |
Energize | Arlene Grubbs, Evelyn Levine | Book | Download | |
2002 | The Volunteer Recruitment Book The book first shows how to design the best assignments for volunteers as the initial step to recruit the most qualified people. What follows is a wealth of information on topics ranging from how your organization's image affects your success in recruitment to where to look for new volunteers, including your own backyard. The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book also offers a whole chapter on membership development for all-volunteer organizations, including how to get current members "off the rolls and on their feet." The Appendix,"Outreach in Cyberspace," explains the Internet as a powerful recruitment tool. |
Energize | Susan J. Ellis | Book | Download | |
2008 | Visionary Leadership in Volunteer Programs: Insight and Inspiration from the Speeches of Marlene Wilson Marlene Wilson moves from the hows to the whys of leading volunteer programs. She urges all who lead volunteers to move beyond thinking of themselves as managers to thinking of themselves as leaders—those who develop vision for volunteer programs and impart that vision throughout an organization. Includes16 of her most popular presentations from 1974 to 1999. |
Energize | Marlene Wilson | Book | Download | |
2003 | Proof Positive: Developing Significant Volunteer Recordkeeping Systems, 21st Century Edition A step-by-step guide to the basic elements of a volunteer recordkeeping system. Includes the why and how of application forms, volunteer data files, assignment records, time and activity reports - for individual volunteers, groups, and off-site service, too. Lots of sample forms, ideas for documenting hard-to-track activities, and ways to demonstrate the work you do in managing volunteer involvement. |
Energize | Susan J. Ellis, Katherine H. (Noyes) Campbell | Book | Download | |
1999 | Focus on Volunteering KOPY KIT® Contains 117 formatted, ready-to-print and copy pages, each about a specific volunteering subject such as working with volunteers, the history of volunteering, and trends in volunteerism. The KOPY KIT also includes a section of ready-to-use graphics including "thank you" and "we miss you" letters, certificates and awards, recruitment flyers and even greeting cards. |
Energize | Susan J. Ellis | Book | Download | |
1976 | Volunteer Training and Development: A Manual |
The Seabury Press | Anne K. Stenzel, Helen M. Feeney | Book | Download | |
1987 | But That's Not What My Mom Does (a book about volunteers) This is the story of a young girl's search to discover what exactly is a volunteer. Written for elementary-aged children, the book explores the concepts that the image of volunteering can differ greatly, and the opportunities to help our community are endless. |
Why Not Publishing Co., 1987 | Wendy Hollo | Book | Download | |
1976 | Releasing the Potential of the Older Volunteer |
Older Volunteer Project, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Los Angeles, CA | Book | Download | ||
1961 | School Volunteers |
Public Education Association | T. Margaret Jamer | Book | ||
1994 | The Starter Kit for Mobilizing Ministry - PART 2 |
Leadership Network, Tyler, Texas | Sarah Jane Rehnborg | Book | Download | |
1994 | The Starter Kit for Mobilizing Ministry - PART 1 |
Leadership Network, Tyler, Texas | Sarah Jane Rehnborg | Book | Download | |
1992 | A Book of Case Studies for Training Volunteers (Canada) A resource for training volunteers to develop analytical and problem-solving skills, this book is a compilation of realistic situations that volunteers may face while volunteering. Leaders of volunteer involvement can use the case studies to prepare volunteers via group discussions or role playing. |
Johnstone Training and Consultation | Patricia Harvey, Ginette Johnstone | Book | Download | |
1971 | The Volunteer Community: creative use of human resources |
Center for a Voluntary Society, Washington, DC | Eva Schindler-Rainman, Ronald Lippitt | Book | Download | |
1999 | The GRANDfriends Project: A Program Creating Friendships Across the Generations (Leader's Guide) |
Fairview Press, Minneapolis, MN | Martin Kimeldorf | Book | Download | |
2007 | Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers: The 55-Minute Staff Training Series 12 ready‑to‑deliver training sessions to teach paid staff the fundamentals of working with volunteers. Each training module is designed for delivery in 55 minutes of staff time. Each electronic module comes with: a complete PowerPoint® presentation; a timed script for the trainer highlighting “4 Key Concepts” on each topic; suggestions for expandable group activities; handout masters ready to duplicate, including a workshop evaluation form; and more. The 12 topics range from Designing Positions to Volunteer Recognition.
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Energize | Betty B. Stallings | Book | Download | |
1997 | Resource Kit for Managers of Volunteers The purpose of this Resource Kit was to provide leaders and managers of volunteers with a succinct, practical guide to the fundamentals of developing a volunteer program. It has lots of sample forms. This guide covers the 3 R's of Volunteer Management: READY?- RECRUIT and RETAIN, and an appendix which includes a section for local resource information on volunteering and an extensive annotated bibliography on books, videos, and publications in the field. |
The Volunteerism Project | Betty B. Stallings | Book | Download | |
1977 | People Approach: 9 New Strategies for Citizen Volunteer Involvement |
National Information Center on Volunteerism | Ivan H. Scheier | Book | Download | |
2000 | A Roadmap to Managing Volunteer Management Systems |
National Health Council, Inc. | Claudia Kuric, Sharon Koll | Book | Download | |
1988 | Teen Power: How to Develop a Teen Volunteer Program |
Volunteer Centre of Metropolitan Toronto | Claire Lloyd | Book | Download | |
1993 | Marketing and Motivating Today's Volunteers |
International Self-counsel Press Ltd. | Flora MacLeod | Book | Download | |
1999 | All Hands on Board |
National Center for Nonprofit Boards | Jan Masaoka | Book | Download | |
1990 | Building Credibility with the Powers That Be |
Partners Plus | Gail Moore, Marilyn MacKenzie | Book | Download | |
1993 | Passionate Volunteers |
Conversations Press | Jeanne H. Bradner | Book | Download | |
1973 | Volunteer Training for Courts and Corrections |
Scarecrow Press | Ivan H. Scheier, James D. Jorgensen | Book | Download | |
2000 | How to Recruit Generation Me |
Jump Start Books | Cynthia D'Amour | Book | Download | |
1982 | The Volunteer Powerhouse |
The Rutledge Press | Janet Gordon, Diana Reische | Book | Download | |
1977 | Volunteers: How to Find Them, How to Keep Them |
Mike Haines | Book | Download | ||
1995 | Volunteering as a Family: How to Get Involved |
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta | Book | Download | ||
2008 | Volunteer Training: A Short Course (PART 3) |
Nancy Macduff | Book | Download |