Volunteer Recognition

Books on this topic

Companies providing thank you gifts

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• Budget-conscious Volunteer Recognition Ideas by Nan Hawthorne
• Elements of Effective Volunteer Programs — Part 8: Volunteer Recognition and Appreciation, a 4-page PDF, from the Seattle Public Schools Volunteer Coordinator Manual (2003)
• Exploding the Big Banquet Theory of Volunteer Recognition: An Incendiary Analysis by Ivan Scheier, YellowFire Press (1987)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas, from The Joy of Recognition
• The Radio Hour, from The Volunteer Recognition Skit Kit
• #6: Recognition Must Understand the Changing World Around It from Recognizing Volunteers and Paid Staff
• Recognizing Employee Volunteers from Employee Volunteering: The Guide
• Recognizing Volunteers by Mary V. Merrill, (September 2005)
• Recognizing Volunteers from Leading Volunteers for Results: Building Communities Today
• Retention and Recognition by Steve McCurley and Rick Lynch
• Thank You Notes:  The Volunteer's Paycheck by Saul Carliner.
• Volunteer Recognition by The Virginia Community Association Network
• Volunteer Recognition Poems
• When Recognition Isn't Enough from The Nonprofit Times column "On Volunteers"
• Words Cannot Express by Laura Biggs

 

Web sites with useful information on this topic:

Celebrate National Volunteer Week

http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/vol-management/hints.php#recog

Lots of great ideas from Volunteer Canada, including "Volunteer Horoscopes" and "The Event in a Box."

"Collective Wisdom" on Energize Site
http://energizeinc.com/ideas.html
People share their recognition success stories in this area on our site.  Also see our listing of international awards and special days of recognition in the Referral Network area.

International Volunteer Day (5 December)

http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/int-l-volunteer-day.html

Information about the United Nations-sponsored international day to celebrate volunteers, including a toolkit, media materials, sample project ideas.

NC 4-H Volunteer Recognition Pages
http://www.nc4h.org/volunteers/recognition/index.php

Scouting Web Awards and Thanks

http://www.scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/Training/Awards.htm

Many recognition ideas from the Girl Scouts.

The Thanks Company Volunteer Recognition Ideas Forum
http://pub47.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?
usernum=3992171003&cpv=1
Postings from many people sharing how they handle volunteer recognition, on the site of a company that sells thank you items.

Relevant Hot Topic essays:

• A Medal for Volunteer Service - How to Measure Success? - Sept '02

• National Volunteer Week: Does Anyone Care? - Apr '01
• A Proposal for IYV2001: The Look Back to Look Ahead Project - Oct '00
• Enough Formal Banquets! Let's Transform Recognition Events - June '00
• The Giving of Thanks - Nov '98
• Give Volunteers a Voice - Feb '98

 

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM :

http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_recognition.htm

1/29/08

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