Resources and Research for Volunteer Managers

Volunteer Management Trainings

The Volunteer Management Trainer Certification Program offers advanced volunteer managers an opportunity to participate in a train the trainer event and to utilize the Betty Stalling 55 minute trainings to to offer trainings throughout Oregon.

Volunteer Management Resources

• Volunteer Management Advocacy Kit
  This brand new advocacy kit was developed to better empower Oregon volunteer managers to advocate for their profession and serve as a one-stop-shop for excellent resources.
  
  
• Cost-conscious ways to recognize volunteers
  
• Find ways to recognize your volunteers with little or no cost, including an Oregon-specific idea and web-specific section.

• Days of Service and Learning
  How to plan projects or incorporate learning into your day of service.

• Governor's Volunteer Awards
  Nominate an outstanding volunteer or group!
  

• Motivation Analysis
  To determine the preferred style of a volunteer, acknowledging that people with different styles prefer different kinds of supervision, recognition and position placement.
  

• Interest Self-Assessment: Part One, Part Two
  To help assess the interests of a volunteer in order to create a best fit and meaningful opportunity.
  

• Recommended Guidelines for Conducting Background Checks
  

Oregon Data on Volunteerism

• Volunteering in America Report
  Read the Oregon Volunteers Press Release
  Volunteering in America Full Report
  

• The Business Case for Volunteering-PPT
  How to build stronger volunteer engagement within an organization.

General Data and Research on Volunteerism

Reports

• Civic Life in America Report - 2010
  Data on the civic health of the nation provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and the Congressionally-chartered National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC).

• Volunteering in America Report 2010
  A comprehensive website with information on volunteerism and civic engagement by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

• Volunteering in the United States-2009
  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report on volunteering, January 26, 2010.

• Connecting and Giving
  A Report by the AARP on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities, January 2010.

• NY Association for Volunteer Administrators 2009 Salary Survey
  A Summary of Findings, Presented by Diana Kyrwood, CVA, MA, President of NYAVA, October 22, 2009.

• The New Volunteer Workforce
  A report by the Standard Social Innovation review: David Eisner, Robert T. Grimm, Jr., Shannon Maynard & Susannah Washburn, Winter 2009

Links

• Idealist
  Volunteer Management Resource Center including best practices, support networks and resources.

• CNCS Resource Center
  Tools and trainings for volunteer and service programs.

• Alliance 4 Public Service
  This site includes published works, videos, career information, law and policies, news, and more on public service.
  

• Center for Volunteer Innovation
  Building Capacity for Civic Engagement
  

• Energize Inc.

• VolunteerMatch
  This link takes you to Non Profits section. In here there is a learning center, resources, stories of volunteers, a blog and more.

• Independent Sector
  Independent Sector is the leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs, committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world.

• HandsOn Network
  HandsOn Network inspires, equips and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world through a network of more than 250 HandsOn Action Centers.

• National Service Resources
  The Resource Center, administered by ETR Associates, is the knowledge management, training, and technical assistance provider to the Corporation for National and Community Service. It is the best source for connecting service programs with targeted training and information.

• Network For Good
  Network for Good makes it easy to donate and volunteer online, keeping it simple and affordable for nonprofits of any size to recruit donors and volunteers via the Internet.

• Points of Light Institute
  Points of Light Institute includes three business units—HandsOn Network, MissionFish, and Civic Incubator. Their mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world.

• Serve.gov
  This Web site, managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service, is a comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities and online resources.

• ServiceLeader
  Serviceleader.org offers specialized resources for volunteers, leaders and managers of volunteers, and instructors and thought leaders.

• Tech Soup
  This website offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support.

• The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
  

• Harvard School of Public Health "Initiative on Retirement & Civic Engagement"
  

• Regis University Special Collection on Volunteerism

• Institute for Volunteering Research

• World Volunteer Web

• e-Volunteerism Online Journal