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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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1981 | Survival Skills for Managers |
Volunteer Management Associates | Marlene Wilson | 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 This booklet on recruiting advises us to forget outdated perceptions of volunteers and, then, presents a process of recruiting for skills and talents necessary to meet our agencies' needs in a timely and effective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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
1989 | Dealing With Difficult Volunteers A toolkit from which to draw strategies for dealing with the many types of difficult behavior that can be exhibited by volunteers. |
VMSystems, Volunteer Management Series | Marilyn MacKenzie | Book | Download | |
1984 | Marketing Magic for Volunteer Programs |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | |
1987 | How to Take Care of You So you Can Take Care of Others |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | |
Managing Volunteer Diversity |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | ||
1989 | Designing Programs for the Volunteer Sector This short booklet outlines a five-step process to design volunteer engagement programs to be more attractive to volunteers. Author Nancy McDuff presents the methods for conducting a needs assessment, setting objectives, arranging and planning activities, developing an administrative plan to support new volunteer involvement, and evaluating the overall program. |
Nancy Macduff | Book | Download | ||
1991 | Service Learning from A to Z: Serving to Learn, Learning to Serve |
Vermont Schoolhouse Press, Chester, VT 1991 | Cynthia Parsons | Book | Download | |
1993 | Mayor's Voluntary Action Center, 25 Years of Service to New York City |
Mayor's Voluntary Action Center | Book | Download | ||
1998 | Planning It Safe: How to Control Liability and Risk in Volunteer Programs |
Minnesota Office of Volunteer Services | Book | Download | ||
1977 | Volunteers |
Sage Publications | Armand Lauffer, Sarah Gorodezky | Book | Download | |
1998 | Volunteers - A Guide For Volunteers And Their Organisations |
Hazard Press | Mary Woods | Book | Download | |
1999 | Volunteers Wanted: A Practical Guide to Finding and Keeping Good Volunteers |
Magnolia Mansions Press | Jo Bryan Rusin | Book | Download | |
1988 | At the Heart: The New Volunteer Challenge to Community Agencies |
Valley Volunteer Center | Nora Silver | Book | Download | |
1997 | Volunteers and Paid Workers: A Collaborative Approach (Australia) |
Volunteering S.A. | Joy Noble | Book | Download | |
1974 | Women, Work and Volunteering |
Beacon Press | Herta Loeser | Book | Download | |
1984 | The Successful Volunteer Organization |
Contemporary Books | Joan Flanagan | Book | Download | |
1980 | Helping People Volunteer |
Marlborough Publications | Judy Rauner | Book | Download | |
1997 | Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make |
Minnesota Department of Human Services | Book | Download | ||
1974 | Uplift: What People Themselves Can Do |
Olympic Publishing Company | Book | Download | ||
1970 | Your Volunteer Program |
Des Moines Area Community College | Mary T. Swanson | Book | Download | |
1992 | Managing Legal Liability and Insurance for Corporate Volunteer Programs |
United Way of America | Charles Tremper, Jeffrey D. Kahn | Book | Download | |
1977 | Volunteer Administration: Readings for the Practitioner |
The Voluntary Action Resource Center | Larry F. Moore, John C. Anderson | Book | Download | |
1979 | I Volunteer Too |
P / M Associates | Marcia Penn | Book | Download | |
1986 | A New Competitive Edge: Volunteers From The Workplace The authors explore workplace-based volunteering by profiling the efforts of several corporations promoting community involvement, employee volunteering within small businesses, and volunteer involvement in labor unions. These profiles represent a variety of approaches, each respecting its individual organizational culture while responding to community needs and practicing social responsibility. |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | Cynthia Vizza, Kenn Allen, Shirley A. Keller | Book | Download | |
1970 | A Guide to Volunteer Services |
Cornerstone Library | Anne David | Book | Download | |
1999 | Focus on Volunteering Kopykit |
Energize | Susan J. Ellis | Book | Download | |
2010 | Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement: Practical Tools for Busy Executives Each section of Leading the Way focuses on a key aspect of involving volunteers in which it is crucial for executives to take a lead role, such as fund development, planning and policy development, and evaluation. Checklists, worksheets, idea stimulators, real-life examples, self-inquiry assessments, and other practical tools can be used immediately to guide planning and decision-making.
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Energize | Betty Stallings, Susan J. Ellis | Book | Download | |
1994 | Recruiting: Help and Hope for Finding Volunteers |
Standard Publishing | Ellen E. Larson | Book | Download | |
2000 | An Asset Builder's Guide to Service-Learning |
Search Institute | Book | Download | ||
1980 | Exploring Volunteer Space Exploring Volunteer Space: The Recruiting of a Nation is Ivan Scheier’s exploration of the universe of volunteering. Ivan ponders much of what volunteering can be and a great deal of what would happen in volunteering in the future. While Exploring Volunteer Space is a highly conceptual work, it has great and continuing relevance to practitioners who think about the development of volunteer engagement. |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | Ivan H. Scheier | Book | Download | |
1987 | The Creative Volunteer Community |
Vancouver Volunteer Centre | Eva Schindler-Rainman | Book | Download | |
1995 | Utilizing All Your Resources: Individuls With and Without Disabilities Volunteering Together |
Institute for Community Inclusion | Cheska Komissar, Debra Hart, Robin Friedlander | Book | Download | |
1987 | Volunteerism in the Arts |
The Journal of Arts Management and the Law | Book | Download | ||
1967 | Volunteers in Community Service |
The North Carolina Council of Women's Organizations | Guion Griffis Johnson | Book | Download | |
1985 | Motivating Volunteers |
Vancouver Volunteer Centre | Larry F. Moore | Book | Download | |
1985 | You Can Teach Others: A Professional Approach to Volunteer Training |
Alabama Office of Voluntary Citizen Participatio | Ida Rush George | Book | Download | |
1999 | Beyond Police Checks: The Definitive Volunteer & Employee Screening Guidebook This book was removed from the archive since it is still available for sale. You can purchase at: http://lindagraff.ca/books.html#BeyondPolice |
Linda L. Graff | Book | |||
1973 | Volunteers Today: Finding, Training and Working with Them |
Dryden Associates | Harriet H. Naylor | Book | Download | |
1960 | Citizen Volunteer Written in 1960 primarily for the volunteer but also for professional social workers and those who work in the social realm, this book presents a collection of writings exploring the facets of volunteer service at the time. Contributors include executives, supervisors, professors, volunteer involvement directors, and individual volunteers themselves and, therefore, offering diverse points of view. |
Harper & Brothers | Nathan E. Cohen | Book | Download | |
2009 | A Conversation with a Purpose |
Kathleen McCleskey, Cheryle N. Yallen | Book | Download | ||
1982 | Volunteerism in the Eighties |
Joint Action in Community Service | John D. Harmon | Book | Download | |
1976 | Voluntarism at the Crossroads |
Family Service Association of America | Gordon Manser, Rosemary Higgins Cass | Book | Download | |
1981 | Transitioning: Strategies for the Volunteer World |
Vancouver Volunteer Centre | Eva Schindler-Rainman | Book | Download |