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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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1983 | The Barter Network: Building Community Through Organized Trade Handbook |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | David Tobin, Henry Ware | Book | Download | |
1999 | Ready to Respond: Disaster Preparedness and Response for Volunteer Centers |
Points of Light Foundation | 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 | ||
1973 | Volunteer Training for Courts and Corrections |
Scarecrow Press | Ivan H. Scheier, James D. Jorgensen | Book | Download | |
1972 | School Volunteers: What They Do, How They Do It |
Citation Press | Barbara Carter, Gloria Dapper | Book | Download | |
1984 | Involving the Handicapped as Volunteers: A Guidebook |
VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement | Book | Download | ||
1993 | Mayor's Voluntary Action Center, 25 Years of Service to New York City |
Mayor's Voluntary Action Center | Book | Download | ||
1976 | Releasing the Potential of the Older Volunteer |
Older Volunteer Project, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Los Angeles, CA | 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 | |
1998 | Planning It Safe: How to Control Liability and Risk in Volunteer Programs |
Minnesota Office of Volunteer Services | Book | Download | ||
1996 | Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers (Manual) |
Building Better Skills | Betty B. Stallings | Book | Download | |
1977 | Volunteers |
Sage Publications | Armand Lauffer, Sarah Gorodezky | Book | Download | |
1988 | Teen Power: How to Develop a Teen Volunteer Program |
Volunteer Centre of Metropolitan Toronto | Claire Lloyd | Book | Download | |
1971 | People Helping People |
U.S. News and World Report | Book | Download | ||
A Systems Approach to the Planning and Development of Effective Volunteer Programs |
State of Florida Office of Voluntarism | 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 | |
1998 | Volunteers - A Guide For Volunteers And Their Organisations |
Hazard Press | Mary Woods | 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 | |
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 | |
2000 | A Roadmap to Managing Volunteer Management Systems |
National Health Council, Inc. | Claudia Kuric, Sharon Koll | Book | Download | |
1997 | Volunteers and Paid Workers: A Collaborative Approach (Australia) |
Volunteering S.A. | Joy Noble | Book | Download | |
1991 | Episodic Volunteering |
MBA Publishing | Nancy Macduff | Book | Download | |
1977 | People Approach: 9 New Strategies for Citizen Volunteer Involvement |
National Information Center on Volunteerism | Ivan H. Scheier | Book | Download | |
1985 | Volunteer Recruiting and Retention: A Marketing Approach |
MBA Publishing | Nancy Macduff | Book | Download | |
1981 | Recruiting and Training Volunteers |
McGraw Hill | Paul J. Ilsley | 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 | |
1973 | Volunteers in Rehabilitation |
Goodwill Industries | 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 | |
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 | |
1981 | Survival Skills for Managers |
Volunteer Management Associates | Marlene Wilson | 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 | |
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 | ||
1970 | A Guide to Volunteer Services |
Cornerstone Library | Anne David | Book | Download | |
1999 | Focus on Volunteering Kopykit |
Energize | Susan J. Ellis | Book | Download | |
1987 | Volunteerism in the Arts |
The Journal of Arts Management and the Law | Book | Download | ||
1994 | Recruiting: Help and Hope for Finding Volunteers |
Standard Publishing | Ellen E. Larson | Book | Download | |
Managing Volunteer Diversity |
Heritage Arts | Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley | Book | Download | ||
1985 | The Volunteer Organization Handbook |
Center for Volunteer Development Cooperative Extension | Marie Arnot, Lee J. Cary, Mary Jean Houde | Book | Download | |
1993 | The Power and Potential of Youth in Service to Communities |
Minnesota Office of Volunteer Services | 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 | |
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 | |
1985 | Motivating Volunteers |
Vancouver Volunteer Centre | Larry F. Moore | Book | Download | |
1967 | Volunteers in Community Service |
The North Carolina Council of Women's Organizations | Guion Griffis Johnson | 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 | |
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 | |
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 |