Resources For Volunteer Managers:
Recruiting Volunteers
Marketing/Advertising
The Recruitment Approach
http://www.txserve.org/mgmt/volrec/needs.html
Covers recruitment strategies, making volunteer recruitment more manageable, secrets of success, where to look for volunteers and places to distribute recruitment information. Developed by TxServe.
Making the Appeal
http://www.txserve.org/mgmt/volrec/implem.html
Excerpts from "10 Pointers for Effective Invitations to Volunteer", an adaptation of Leadership Training Network's Starter Kit for Lay Ministry by Sarah Jane Rehnborg, and "Tips on Speaking with Groups" by Sue Vineyard and Steve McCurley.
Your Circle of Resources
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/avolrb.html
By Susan Ellis and Energize, Inc., from The Volunteer Recruitment Book.
Marketing Volunteer Opportunities Online
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/vmarket.html
By the Virtual Volunteering Project and Serviceleader.org
Volunteer Recruitment
http://www.cybervpm.com/recruit.htm
By Nan Hawthorne and CYBERVPM.
Recruiting and Retention
http://www.bmi.net/mba/recrui.html
By Volunteer Today: An Electronic Gazette, a publication of MBA publishing.
Public Service Announcement for Radio (Sample)
Where Should We Place Our Volunteer Ads
http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/04/17.html
From the soc.org.nonprofit newsgroup's FAQs (frequently asked questions and their answers), produced in association with The Evergreen State Society.
Creative Volunteer Roles
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/npcrea.html
from Susan Ellis's "On Volunteers" column in The NonProfit Times.
Do Something's How-To Guide and Summary of Research on recruiting, involving and developing young leaders in community organizations
http://www.dosomething.org/
Click on the "Community Connections Campaign" icon for a link to this guide.
The Black Church
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/apas.html
from the book Pass It On: Outreach to Minority Communities by Charyn D. Sutton
Finding Daytime Volunteers
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/npday.html
from Susan Ellis's "On Volunteers" column in The NonProfit Times.
An Untapped Volunteer Resource: People with HIV Disease, ARC or AIDS
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/jrec.htm
from the Journal of Volunteer Administration.
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