Volunteer Management

Where would the Not-for-Profit Sector be without invaluable volunteers? Having been a volunteer most of her life, Emily understands the importance of recruiting, retaining, and recognizing the amazing efforts of volunteers. If your organization is looking to develop a volunteer program, EDA Consulting can help you to assess your organizational readiness and implement strategies that will keep valuable volunteers with you for many years to come. A strong volunteer base can make an organization grow in ways you might never thought were possible!

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Websites

• Blue Avocado
• Association of Volunteer Resources Management (AVRM)
  
• Independent Sector- Giving and Volunteering
• Charity Channel: Volunteer Management

News, Articles, & Readings

• Tips for volunteer management
• The Value of Volunteer Time
  
• Corporate Community Service Programs
• Friendly Atmosphere
• Giving and Volunteering in the US in 2001
• Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make
• Mentors Strengthen Student Community Service
• Volunteerism, Social Capital, and Philanthropy
• Volunteer Management: Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations

From the Chronicle of Philanthropy

• College Student Volunteer in Growing Numbers
• Recruiting Disabled Volunteers
  
• Midwestern Cities are Popular for Volunteering
  

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From Guidestar

• Volunteers, Part I: What Makes Them Stay?
  
• Volunteers, Part II: Why Do They Leave?

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From the Foundation Center

• Boomers Intend to Work, Volunteer After Retirement Survey Finds
  
• Value of Volunteer Time Up 73 Cents in 2006
  
• Companies' Commitment to Volunteering Attracts Young Employees, Study Finds

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From Independent Sector

• Giving and Volunteering in the United States
• Ten Tips on Volunteering
• Factors that Influenced People to Give and Volunteer

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Other

• National Volunteer Week: Inspire by Example
  

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