Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1928892019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rich with examples and useful tools, this book is a quick read that you will reference again and again.. An essential guide for volunteer leaders and staff of professional, trade and charitable organizations. Outlines 12 basic needs of volunteers in membership associations and clearly explains how to meet those needs
. Helen Little has provided management and marketing services to nonprofit associations in the United States for more than 20 years. Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them is a compilation of wisdom drawn from her work with volunteer leaders and staff in a wide array of associations from the local through international level,ranging in size from 25 to 2.5 million members. In addition to being a recognized program presenter on volunteer leadership, association management and marketing
"False advertising" according to Cynthia McAlister. As a new Outreach Coordinator for a small non profit, I am looking specifically for information on how to recruit volunteers. The title suggests this book is the one, and other reviewers found it helpful. But, I'll just say, it is not about recruiting, it is about managing volunteers. After a very short Chapter 1 discussing the "myth" of the volunteer shortage, the author tells us "the remainder of the book is dedicated to helping" us recognize and meet the needs of my volunteers. Humm, a very misleading title! I wish I had found it in the library, then I'd hav. "Best of the Leading Books, But Not the Whole Picture" according to Robert David STEELE Vivas. There are upwards of a 100 fairly good books on managing volunteers, and of those I selected four based on the information provided by Amazon and its readers, who now represent a critical mass of useful guidance. Of the four books, this is the best. If you buy only one, this is the one. (The other three were Vineyard & McCurley's "Best Practices for Volunteer Programs", Lee & Catagnus, "Supervising Volunteers", and what may be one of the originals (from 199Best of the Leading Books, But Not the Whole Picture Robert David STEELE Vivas There are upwards of a 100 fairly good books on managing volunteers, and of those I selected four based on the information provided by Amazon and its readers, who now represent a critical mass of useful guidance. Of the four books, this is the best. If you buy only one, this is the one. (The other three were Vineyard & McCurley's "Best Practices for Volunteer Programs", Lee & Catagnus, "Supervising Volunteers", and what may be one of the originals (from 1994), Susan J. Ellis' "The Volunteer Recruitment and Membership Development Book." These latter three are re. ), Susan J. Ellis' "The Volunteer Recruitment and Membership Development Book." These latter three are re. "You don't need this book, I promise" according to Jennifer. Unless you've never been a volunteer, never worked with a volunteer, and/or never heard of the word "volunteer", you do not need this book. First, this should cost about $5, as it is essentially an overgrown pamphlet. It contains great insights like "get name tags!" and "seat people with vision trouble near the front". Really?!?I have no idea why the other reviews were so high. Maybe those of us in non-profits are too nice I don't know but I guarantee that no one with previous experience in volunteer management found this book worth the purchase price.
-- The Leading Edge, Quarterly publication for leadership of the American Association for Medical Transcription, January 2000Provides specific, practical information. Provides guidelines for identifying new volunteers, moving them through increasingly committed roles and encouraging the best to be association leaders. Slim and eminently readable, it's packed with guidelines, suggestions, and forms readers can use immediately. -- NCSAE Connect, monthly electronic newsletter of Northern Society of California Executives, November 1999