Useful Policies, Examples and Forms for the Volunteer Manager

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers nonprofit organizations strategies to recruit, manage and retain volunteers.  It includes procedures for screening, orienting, training and motivating volunteers as well as samples of useful forms, policy statements and other examples that the volunteer manager can put to immediate use.

 Important topics covered include:

• Background checks
• Volunteer training
• Volunteer checklists
• Volunteer assignments
• Skill-based volunteer programs
• Volunteer motivation
• Conflict resolution
• Tracking volunteer hours
• Innovative recruitment ideas
• Minority outreach
• Training manuals
• Volunteer surveys
• Volunteer recognition
• Communication
• Mentors
• Youth Volunteers
• Staff engagement

Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issuesContent:
Chapter 1 Procedures for Recruiting Quality Volunteers (pages 4–8):
Chapter 2 Screening, Orientation and Training Tools (pages 9–13):
Chapter 3 Clarifying Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities (pages 14–16):
Chapter 4 Resources for Assigning and Scheduling Volunteers (pages 17–20):
Chapter 5 Strategies for Managing Volunteers (pages 21–24):
Chapter 6 Tracking Volunteers' Involvement and Impact (pages 25–28):
Chapter 7 Ideas for Thanking and Recognizing Volunteers (pages 29–32):
Chapter 8 Approaches to Effective Communication and Outreach (pages 33–37):
Chapter 9 Youth and Mentoring Tools (pages 38–42):
Chapter 10 Effectively Utilizing Volunteers for Special Events (pages 43–46):
Chapter 11 Useful Volunteer Policies and Procedures (pages 47–49):