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Resources for the 12 Elements of Volunteer Management

#1 Planning and Resources: These web sites will help you assess whether your organization is ready for volunteers:


#2 Staffing: These sites can help determine the staffing you will need to manage a diverse, part-time volunteer staff:


#3 Volunteer Work Design: A key to keeping volunteers coming back is thoughtful design of volunteer opportunities. These sites offer tips:


#4 Recruitment: Successful volunteer recruitment requires support of the entire organization and ties into your marketing efforts. These sites help you find better ways to recruit:

 
#5 Interviewing and Screening: Effective interviewing prevents many of the most common problems in volunteer management. Find out how to interview and screen volunteers more effectively:


#6 Orientation and Training: Provide volunteers with context and a way tosucceed, so they can make useful and satisfying contributions, through the tips offered at these sites:


#7 Volunteer/Employee Relationships: Encourage teamwork and build relationships between staff and volunteers with ideas from these sites:


#8 Supervision: Determine the right level of supervision, and the staff expertise needed to supervise volunteers, through these sites:


#9 Recognition: The merits and drawbacks of all kinds of volunteer recognition are discussed at these sites:


#10 Recordkeeping and Reporting: Documenting the valuable work of volunteers assists with recruitment, recognition, and fundraising. Find out how to track volunteer contributions more effectively at these sites:


#11 Evaluation: Effective evaluation keeps your volunteer program healthy and provides recognition opportunities for volunteers. Learn how to conduct volunteer evaluations at these sites:


#12 Volunteer Input: Create channels for volunteer input through ideas offered at this site:

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