Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers strategies for nonprofit organizations to connect with more donors, members, and volunteers through their websites, and presents examples of successful website features from a variety of nonprofit organizations. It s filled with tips on strengthening relationships, reaching a broader audience, and driving traffic to a website. Important topics covered include: * Publicizing membership * Online donations * Blogging * Membership kits * Sponsorship promotion * Donor spotlight programs * Member feedback * FAQs * Personalized web pages * Volunteer opportunities * Press rooms * Online advertising * Member privacy * Online commerce * Online renewals * Virtual volunteers * Online wish lists * Chapter activities * Social networking * Virtual donor walls * Planned gifts Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource helps nonprofit organizations attract and engage volunteers and board members in fund development. It includes strategies for identifying and enlisting them in fund development efforts, keeping them engaged and motivated, communication, training and more. Important topics covered include: * Expand opportunities for involvement * Advice for enlisting volunteer solicitors * Board member responsibilities * Enable board members to make asks * Get your board to assume responsibility for annual gifts * Volunteer education * Team solicitation * Major gift solicitation * Business advisory councils * Inspire board members * Cultivate neighborhood ambassadors * Planned gifts committees * Development committee chairs * Former board members * High-powered volunteers * Volunteer recognition * Donor involvement Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource contains tips, techniques, and best practices for motivating volunteers and maximizing their involvement and productivity with your organization. Important topics covered include: * Volunteer goals, orientation, motivation * Volunteer appreciation and recognition * Communication * Teamwork * Volunteer engagement * Overcoming volunteer burnout * Volunteer management Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource is designed specifically for volunteers and serves as a helpful training tool for those nonprofit professionals who manage or work with volunteers in any capacity. This resource will help educate and inspire volunteers to: * Recruit others, including friends, relatives and business contacts, as volunteers * Plan and manage events and projects more effectively * Manage other volunteers and conduct meetings with greater confidence * Strengthen their leadership skills * Better utilize their individual strengths and talents Important topics covered include: * Volunteer motivation * Teamwork * Career implications * Volunteer outreach * Special events * Delegation * Avoiding burnout * Leveraging networks and connections Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Nonprofit organizations often struggle with selecting and screening volunteers and placing them in the best possible positions. This practical resource, originally published by Stevenson, Inc., provides actionable tips and techniques to improve volunteer selection, screening, and placement. The articles in this resource cover useful topics such as: recruitment procedures aimed at filling key volunteer positions, techniques for screening volunteers in advance, interviewing procedures, tips for checking references, how to conduct thorough background checks, how to decline a volunteer appointment with tact, advice on clarifying volunteer tasks before assigning them, steps for conducting volunteer evaluations. Other topics include: * Background check rejection follow-up * Defining volunteer roles * Conducting the right check for the right position * Matching tools * Conducting volunteer interviews * Effective task delegation * Staff preparation * Consultant programs * Training and supervision * Agreements and policies * Special skills volunteers * Evaluation and assessment * Placement questionnaires * Volunteer satisfaction * Advocacy volunteers * Codes of conduct * Constituent safety Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides strategies for nonprofit organizations to connect with more volunteers through their websites. It includes proven techniques for tailoring a website to meet volunteers' needs and provides examples of effective website features from a variety of organizations. Important topics covered include: * Essential elements of a volunteer website * How to target baby boomer volunteers * How an online conferencing system helps bridge the gap * Boost online contact through social media * Ways to offer virtual volunteering opportunities * Launching a Facebook page * How online training can streamline orientation * How volunteer blogs promotes communication * Online publications * How to increase website usage * Virtual volunteer projects * Useful online tools * Recruiting virtual volunteers * Migrating existing volunteer programs online Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features a variety of procedures for working with and managing volunteers in hospitals and other health-related organizations. It is rich with ideas for general and targeted recruitment, screening and placement, training and education, nurturing volunteers, appreciation and recognition, evaluating and improving volunteer programs, and more. Additional topics covered include: * Volunteer guidelines * Prospective volunteers * Volunteer assessment * Supplemental training * Placement questionnaires * Online resources * Internships * Volunteer awards * Volunteer reviews * Strategic partnerships * Self-evaluations * Marketing volunteer programs * Online tools Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Although volunteer recruitment can be difficult for nonprofit organizations, volunteer retention is often even more difficult. Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations and professionals with strategies for nurturing long-term relationships with volunteers and examples of what various organizations have done to retain new volunteers. Important topics covered include: * Welcome kits * Volunteer assignments * Goal setting * Volunteer motivation * Risk management measures * Volunteer handbooks * Volunteer incentives * Volunteer communication * Retention approaches * Volunteer training * Engaging volunteers * Volunteer recognition Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides strategies for nonprofit organizations to recruit, train, motivate, and reward young volunteers. It addresses: * Beginning a youth volunteer program * Tips and techniques to recruit young volunteers * Connecting with and motivating young people in volunteer efforts * Benefits and rewards for young volunteers * Reaching and engaging college-age volunteers Important topics covered include: * Volunteer selection guidelines * Teen incentive programs * College and university partnerships * Online recruitment * Communicating with younger volunteers * Internships * Grants and awards * Youth volunteer benefits * Cultural awareness * Family engagement * Working with first-time offenders * Youth volunteer boards Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features strategies to recognize those who support your organization s mission, including donors, volunteers, and members. Creative recognition ideas, tips and techniques are presented from a diverse sampling of nonprofit organizations, as are useful forms, reports, and other recognition efforts and programs. Important topics covered include: * Special Events * Outreach * Individual Donor Recognition * Media and Communication * Specialty Awards, including to Diverse Members * Effective Awards Presentations * Leveraging Online Opportunities * Memorable Dedications * Personalizing Gratitude * Hosting Memorials * Volunteer Halls of Fame * Recognizing Major Donors * Ways to Say Thank You Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

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 issues

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organization with strategies to effectively train volunteers. It includes essential principles and procedures to train and educate new and veteran volunteers, samples of useful forms and resources, and case studies of how other managers train and educate volunteers. Important topics covered include: * Rules and regulations * Creative approaches to training * Volunteer handbooks * Continuing education * Senior training * Electronic orientation procedures * Teaching skills * Time management training * Training younger volunteers Quantifiable objectives * Leadership * Storytelling * Training supervisors * Confidentiality issues Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource presents a variety of recruitment strategies including: how to identify and target particular types of volunteers, procedures for enlisting groups of volunteers, techniques for recruiting through publicity and the media, and more. Examples of useful forms, letters, and brochures used to attract volunteers are also included. Important topics covered include: * Low-tech recruitment efforts * Retirement outreach * Minority outreach * Overcoming recruitment obstacles * Volunteer brochures * Collaboration * Tapping new constituents, i.e. single parents, baby boomers, techies, youth * Tapping companies for volunteers and grants * Corporate partnerships for volunteers, grants, and funds * Volunteer recognition * Volunteer incentives * Communication plans * Pro Bono consultants * Staff preparation * Volunteer continuity Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.