Book Description
"Until now, we and other nonprofits had to find out the hard way–by trial and error–that garnering the energies of todays volunteers means answering their special needs. Thats where The Volunteer Management Handbook comes in, with helpful, practical, and proven solutions to the often overlooked problems of effectively managing volunteer efforts." – From the Foreword by Kathleen Behrens Executive Director, New York Cares
The VolunteerManagement Handbook
Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer Management Handbook offers the nonprofit manager a complete guide to establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. In one handy reference volume, the Handbook offers practical guidance on such essential issues as:Motivating people to volunteer their time and servicesDeveloping a detailed Volunteer Management Policy ManualRecruitment, orientation, and retentionTraining volunteersRecognition and reward systems for volunteersVolunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities
Designed for all nonprofit and fund-raising professionals as well as volunteer leaders, The Volunteer Management Handbook is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.
Book Info
Offers the nonprofit manager a complete guide to establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. Offers practical guidance on such essential issues as motivating people to volunteer their time and services, developing a detailed volunteer management policy manual, and training volunteers. Softcover. DLC: Voluntarism--U.S.--Management.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This handy desktop reference contains all the information a nonprofit manager needs in order to establish and maintain an active volunteer program. Provides crucial material on legal issues ranging from standard employment law to risk management and such management practices as recruiting, training and integrating volunteers into the general organizational structure. Features guidelines, suggestions, checklists and sample forms plus proven strategies and techniques from experts in the nonprofit sector.
From the Back Cover
"Until now, we and other nonprofits had to find out the hard way–by trial and error–that garnering the energies of todays volunteers means answering their special needs. Thats where The Volunteer Management Handbook comes in, with helpful, practical, and proven solutions to the often overlooked problems of effectively managing volunteer efforts." – From the Foreword by Kathleen Behrens Executive Director, New York Cares
The VolunteerManagement Handbook
Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer Management Handbook offers the nonprofit manager a complete guide to establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. In one handy reference volume, the Handbook offers practical guidance on such essential issues as:Motivating people to volunteer their time and servicesDeveloping a detailed Volunteer Management Policy ManualRecruitment, orientation, and retentionTraining volunteersRecognition and reward systems for volunteersVolunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities
Designed for all nonprofit and fund-raising professionals as well as volunteer leaders, The Volunteer Management Handbook is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.
About the Author
TRACY DANIEL CONNORS is President of the BelleAire Institute, a management communications and publishing organization. He is also the editor of The Nonprofit Management Handbook: Operating Policies and Procedures (Wiley), The Nonprofit Organization Handbook, and Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations.
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