VolunteerSpot. Betty B. Stallings - Building Better Skills - Leadership Resources. Resources — Effective Altruism, LLC. Volunteer Power. Www.cavrcanada.org/_Library/Docs/CodeEng.pdf. Effective Altruism, LLC. Resources — Effective Altruism, LLC. 8 Volunteer Management Behaviors that Lead to Effective Volunteer Programs. List of Volunteer Management Software. For this page, volunteer management software is defined as software that actually has "volunteer" somewhere in its official description (it does NOT have to be called "volunteer management" software, however) and allows an organization to do most of the following: track all contact information about volunteers (postal address, phone number, email, etc.) Track where a volunteer applicant is in the volunteer orientation/participation process (completed application, completed orientation, current assignment or role, has a photo release form on file, inactive because of illness, permanently withdrawn, etc.)
Track volunteer / community / constituent participation in events, online fora, etc. How to Choose Volunteer Management Software If you have more than 50 active volunteers, then I think it's fundamental that the software you choose allows volunteers to update their information themselves, via the web. I am NOT endorsing any of these software packages/platforms/products. ?? Also see: Engaging Volunteers: VolunteerMatch Blog for Social Change Organizations. Editor’s Note: This series explores ways to apply content marketing strategies to help lead a successful nonprofit volunteer program.
Using the wealth of information in Kivi Leroux Miller’s book “Content Marketing for Nonprofits” as a jumping-off point, this four-part installment discusses how a solid content marketing strategy will pay dividends in drawing volunteers and supporters, bridging the gap between volunteers and donors, and engaging your community. How can you learn more about your volunteers and supporters? This question should serve as the driving force behind how you keep track of your work and success. In this blog post, the final one of the series, we will discuss how you can quantitatively and qualitatively measure the impact of your work and adapt to the needs of your volunteers and community. Valuing Volunteer Management Skills. Best Practices in Volunteer Management.
Resources for the Voluntary Sector. Volunteer: Best Practices for Volunteer Management Professionals. Nonprofit Webinars » Free Training for Nonprofits. High Impact Volunteer Engagement. Volunteer Frontier. Streategic Volunteer Engagement Resources. Serviceleader.org. Free Management Library (SM) Developing and Managing Volunteer Programs. © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. The Library topic is called "Developing and Managing Volunteer Programs" to emphasize that, for the organization and its volunteers to benefit the most from each other, volunteers should be managed as part of an overall, systematic program, somewhat similar to the systematic approach that should be used to managing employees. Certainly there are differences between how employees and volunteers are managed, but the differences are probably much less than most people realize. The following links are to sections in this overall topic and the sections are organized in the order in which they might be needed in an organization that is starting a volunteer management program -- the order of the links themselves suggest the systematic nature of a well designed volunteer management program.
Sections of This Topic Include Additional Information. Independent Sector. Value of Volunteer Time. National Value of Volunteer Time The estimated value of volunteer time for 2013 is $22.55 per hour.
The estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. Charitable organizations can use this estimate to quantify the enormous value volunteers provide. According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 64.5 million Americans, or 26.5 percent of the adult population, gave 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth $175 billion in 2012.1 For the latest information, please see www.volunteeringinamerica.gov. For more information on the economic impact of nonprofits by state, please visit our state profiles portal. Volunteering in America. California Profile - Volunteering in America. Los Angeles Profile - Volunteering in America. Get Involved! Resource Clearinghouse. California State Library - Get Involved. California Library Volunteers: Welcome. California Library Volunteers (CLV) began as an electronic discussion group established to facilitate communication between and among California library volunteer programs.
Over 80 folks currently participate in the group representing library staff, volunteers and board members who work with library volunteers and/or are looking to start or expand a volunteer program in their library. The project moderator is Carla Lehn, a consultant to the California State Library in the area of volunteerism, and author of the 1999 Best Practices Manual on the subject "Volunteer Involvement in California Libraries. " The idea is to help people who work with library volunteer programs keep from feeling isolated by helping them to share ideas, materials and problems -- the electronic way!
This website has been established to take our networking one step farther. On it you will find: Remember, our resources section is only as complete as our members are willing to make it! Volunteer Management Resources — 501 Commons.