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These awards are presented annually to local groups, families and individuals whose contributions and service have strengthened their communities. At the Virginia Commission for National and Community Service, people can nominate someone for the award, as well as learn about Virginia AmeriCorps programs and online service publications.
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Finding new volunteers and donors is one of the biggest challenges facing nonprofit organizations. For the past few years, more and more nonprofits have used social media to get people to embrace their causes, but getting the "social-media generation" behind your cause and then inspiring them to contribute in time and resources is another matter.
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A comprehensive guide to risk management in relation to volunteers.
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The search for a key employee is the single most critical decision your organization can make. And if you are like most NonProfit organizations, your board and/or Executive Director will probably decide to take on this task themselves.
Most people figure that because they've been in business (or been an executive in a NonProfit) that they know how to hire. But if you ask, they'll tell you war stories - bad hires, bad interviews, horrible candidates.
With the success of your organization hinging on this decision, there are steps you can take (and, more importantly, steps to avoid) to increase the chances of getting the very best candidate for the job.
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This directory from the Free Management Library has an extremely thorough toolkit for designing and operating volunteer management systems. The toolkit includes information on staffing analysis, legal and risk considerations and much more. The directory also houses links to virtual volunteering and library resources on volunteer management.
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For a limited time, the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at The University of Texas at Austin is offering a free download of Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders. This text provides guidance on important matters such as how to more effectively manage, engage and work with volunteers.
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Strategic Recruiting: Using Creative Communication Principles to Find the People You Need is based on the half-day workshop delivered to participants at the Community Literacy of Ontario Annual General Meeting and Conference in October 2000.
The workshop – and this resource – approach the topic of recruiting from a cyclical communications model. Through the progressive series of exercises, we hope that you will be able to clearly identify who it is you are trying to recruit and then use that information to structure your recruitment messages accordingly.
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Forty leaders in the field of volunteer management, from Australia, Britain, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and the USA, share what they have learned about making your organisation attractive to volunteers. Packed full of top tips and compelling case studies on topics ranging from recruitment and retention, to diversity and creative programme management, these authors – many of whom are published here for the first time – write from the grassroots of volunteer management. Now in its second edition, this expanded collection of ideas is an indispensable resource written by managers of volunteers for their peers.
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Volunteers are an important part of the nonprofit community. This article examines how savvy managers realize volunteers can pose risks to an organization if they are not well managed in the areas of recruitment, training and supervision.
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This site by the Office of the President enables nonprofits methods for recognizing their volunteer's efforts.