Completely revised and expanded, the ultimate guide to starting--and keeping--an active and effective volunteer program

Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, "The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition" is the only guide you need for establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. Written by nonprofit leader Tracy Connors, this handy reference offers practical guidance on such essential issues as motivating people to volunteer their time and services, recruitment, and more. Up-to-date and practical, this is the essential guide to managing your nonprofit's most important resource: its volunteers.Now covers volunteer demographics, volunteer program leaders and managers, policy making and implementation, planning and staff analysis, recruiting, interviewing and screening volunteers, orienting and training volunteers, and much moreUp-to-date, practical guidance for the major areas of volunteer leadership and managementExplores volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities

Designed to help nonprofit organizations survive and thrive, "The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition" is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.

AN INNOVATIVE, NEW APPROACH TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

The Nonprofit Handbook: Management, Third Edition brings together more than thirty-five leading experts in nonprofit management to provide information and guidance on standardized policies and procedures that are applicable to virtually every nonprofit organization--and effect the three most crucial areas: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Evolutionary Environment. Updated to include the latest developments in the field, this new edition:

• Covers such topics as management environment, organizational identity and focus, effective operating and management strategies, marketing and communications, information management technology, process management, fund raising, values, leadership, and human resource development
• Includes sample forms, management checklists, model reports, and suggested policy statements that can be adapted to the needs of any organization
• Applies the latest developments in business management to the nonprofit sector
• Stays current with annual updates

Also available as part of a two volume set along with Fund Raising: Evaluating and Managing the Fund Development Process, Third Edition, The Nonprofit Handbook provides a foundation from which nonprofits can best manage and administer their organizations—and make their missions flourish.