Everyone Ready® is a professional development program
in volunteer management delivered via Online Seminars,
electronic Self-Instruction Guides, interactive discussion boards, and other online resources – available to your entire network.

Reach EVERYONE Who Works with Volunteers   

Online materials brought directly to each learner’s desktop 24/7, no matter the location or time zone.

Gain High Return-On-Investment
with Low Per-Person Cost

A full year of learning for your entire network, priced more affordably than sending a few staff to one conference.

Choose a Membership Level to Suit Your Needs

The higher the membership level, the greater the access to Everyone Ready resources and additional tools for each learner.     
Comparison Grid (with prices)

What Your Organization Receives

A new topic every month! 

You start with two essential topics in the first two months of membership that lay the foundation for the rest of the topics to come and which remain available to your learners as long as you retain your membership.
      • Month 1:  An Online Seminar, Building the Foundation for Volunteer Involvement
      • Month 2: A Self-Instruction Guide, Focus on the Volunteer Program Manager: A Task Analysis of the Role and its Significant Issues

   Then starting Month 3, participants will join the    ongoing cycle of 36 monthly topics in progress.  On       the third Monday of each month, in alternating     sequence, your entire network will get access for a
    minimum of one month to an Online Seminar or Self-
   Instruction Guide focused on the volunteer
   management topic of the month. For the entire year,
   that adds up to:

6 Online Training Seminars (bi-monthly) combining Flash® media presentations and electronic handout packets. (Enhanced-level members get an extra month’s access to each seminar; Champion-level members retain access to all seminars in an archive for as long as their membership is active.)  Sample

6 Electronic Self-Instruction Guides (bi-monthly) of 15-25 pages in length, focused on specific volunteer management subjects, including Featured Readings, discussion questions, additional resources, and a pre- and post-reading self-assessment.  Then all Guides are placed into an Archive that remains available for as long as your membership is active. Sample

Enhanced and Champion-level members also get an audio version of each Guide that can be downloaded to a portable listening device.

Plus, for each topic, there is an online Discussion Board with the opportunity to ask the trainer questions specific to each learner's situation.

Benefits Available 24/7

The following benefits are constantly available as long as you are members of the Everyone Ready program. 

Full access to e-Volunteerism:   The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community—current featured articles and its complete searchable Archive of past issues.  Also access Training Designs, Keyboard Roundtables with experts from around the world, Research to Practice, and more…  Visit

A 10, 15, 20% bookstore discount (depending on membership level) on individual purchases of the 80+ items in the Energize Online Bookstore all year-round.

Allow your staff to count hours toward recertification for the Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential or, for those in healthcare, recertification under ASDVS/AHVRP.

Participation in a “Point Person Network” of the key people in each member organization responsible for Everyone Ready. You benefit from peer exchange and advice by conference call, periodic meetings, and individual contact.  

Enrollment Options

There are three levels of membership for large organizations, plus a special level for organizations with up to 75 learners.  There’s also a Volunteer Center option for bringing Everyone Ready to a particular community.  Get more details, including prices and a comparison grid of the levels of membership by clicking on the appropriate category below.

• National or large organization
• Organization with up to 75 learners
• Volunteer Center

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