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Volunteer Work Design

Articles and book excerpts on this subject

Are You Willing To Have Volunteers Get Really Involved? from Benevon
Marketing and Recruiting Volunteers, by Monika Penner on Charity Village
Rethinking Volunteer Engagement, from Volunteer Canada
Tips for defining volunteer positions from the Volunteer Center of Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, CA
Volunteer Coordination: Strategies for Success by Mark J. Hurley, Illinois Parks & Recreation
Volunteer Programs: Build It before They Come, by Karen King, Management Guide #5 of the Nonprofit Leadership And Administration, Western Michigan University
What's in a Name? from A People Lens: 101 Ways to Move Your Organization Forward

Doing Good Well: Engaging Ad Hoc Volunteers, from the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Singapore (2008, 40-pg PDF)

A self-learning booklet from the Gill foundation on planning and preparing for volunteers, job design, interviewing, etc. (31 page PDF)

Guide to preparing and planning for volunteers, and developing job descriptions, from Volunteering Australia (pdf document).

EnVision

http://envision.ca/templates/resources.asp?ID=112

Basics on why and how of volunteer job descriptions from the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador

Hands for Nature Volunteer Management Handbook

http://www.evergreen.ca/en/resources/docs/hands/index.html

Chapter 2: Recruiting Volunteers (includes job design overview) from Evergreen in Canada

Needs and Position

http://www.hrca.ns.ca/volunteer/manual/section1/section1.htm

Section 1 of the Volunteer Manual from the Halifax Regional CAP Association (Canada)

Toolkit for Family Readiness Groups

Chapter 2: Volunteer Management - Job Descriptions, from the US National Guard and Reserves

Focused on officers of all-volunteer groups, from the Risk & Insurance Management Society.

Work Enrichment section of the Ivan Scheier Volunteerism Archive
http://academic.regis.edu/volunteer/Ivan/sect06.htm

Classic, timeless information on the subject.

7/14/08

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