21. Working With Volunteers LEADERSHIP COLUMN FISHERIES, JANUARY 1994. working with volunteersHandling the What's in it for me? Question. By Linda Rosenberg. http://www.fisheries.org/resource/unitsurv/lead_article.htm

LEADERSHIP COLUMN FISHERIES, JANUARY 1994 Working with Volunteers: Handling the "What's in it for me?" Question By Linda Rosenberg In today's society, volunteers think hard before they commit their time and efforts to a professional society such as the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Those days when people would blindly work "for the cause" or to "give something back to their society" are gone. Today, if you want people to volunteer, you must be able to answer one basic question: "What's in it for me?" Or, put another way: "What will my contribution of time and energy do to advance the Society's goals in which I'm interested?" It isn't the amount of time they would spend volunteering that bothers them it's the amount they're afraid they're going to waste. So if you want to put your volunteers to good use, let them know what they will get in return for their investment of time. What do volunteers want? Recognition, rewards, and a sense of accomplishment. Volunteers want to do something worthwhile and do it well. They also want someone to recognize their contribution appropriately, to make them believe they are "successful" volunteers. Sometimes a volunteer leader only has to say, "Thank you you did a great job," but that is a minimum! If you give your volunteers a job to do, you must do everything possible to show them the job is meaningful, worthy of their time, and an important contribution to the Society's success. Make sure you give them a "volunteer-sized" piece of the action along with the resources to accomplish this task. This might mean breaking a large job into several smaller ones handled by one or more volunteers with a series of deadlines. It might also mean providing training on computers or other equipment to ensure they not only have the resources but the know-how to do the job right.

22. CMS Working With Volunteers In Schools Click here for other resources, working with volunteers in Schools. $27.00(includes tax and delivery anywhere). working with volunteers in Schools. http://www.marketingschools.net/resources_volunteers.htm

23. Social Work Conference And Carver Reunion working with volunteers. working with volunteers Conference for Social Workersand Other Human Service Professionals (February 8, 2003) - CEUs Available! http://www.nacsw.org/Carver.htm

Working with Volunteers Conference for Social Workers a Reunion for Alumni of the WMU Training School, the Carver School of Missions and Social Work, and the Carver School of Church Social Work February 7-8, 2003 Woman's Missionary Union, SBC 100 Missionary Ridge Birmingham, AL 35242 Click Here to View our Conference Brochure *This conference will include the following events: Reunion Dinner for Alumni (February 7, 2003) "Working with Volunteers" - Conference for Social Workers and Other Human Service Professionals (February 8, 2003) - CEUs Available! Featuring: Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity, International Diana Garland, Baylor School of Social Work Workshops with Alumni of Carver School Photographs and Memories (February 8, 2003) *To register, download a conference registration form *Co-Sponsored by: Baylor University School of Social Work Woman's Missionary Union, SBC

24. How Good Are You At Working With Volunteers? How Good are You at working with volunteers? Rayna Skolnik. Article. How Good areYou at working with volunteers? Rayna Skolnik Medical Meetings, Jul 1, 1996, http://medicalmeetings.net/ar/meetings_good_working_volunteers/

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25. Help Is At Hand Home : Publications : Good Practice Guides : Working With Volunt You are here Help is at Hand / Publications / Good Practice Guides / Workingwith Volunteers. working with volunteers. working with volunteers. http://www.helpisathand.gov.uk/publications/good-practice/volunteers/

Skip Navigation Skip to Related Accessibility Options Home ... Sitemap Search: You are here Help is at Hand Home Publications Good Practice Guides Working with Volunteers Working with Volunteers This booklet is part of a series of booklets about developing good practice in UK online centres. This guide, the fourth in the series, aims to show the benefits of engaging volunteers to work in your centre, offers advice on how to recruit and manage volunteers and provides a list of further information sources to help centres and volunteers get the most out of the volunteering experience. The guides have been written to help UK online centre staff, whatever their job role, ensure the long-term sustainability and appropriate development of their centre. Designed to be practical and 'hands on', the series is suitable for newcomers to the community ICT sector as well as for those who simply need to update their skills and knowledge. This booklet aims to capture emerging good practice and also to provide pointers to future developments. What is a volunteer?

26. Verizon Literacy University - The Benefits Of Working With Volunteers Your literacy organization may already be working with volunteersto help meet the literacy needs in your community. If not, it's http://www.vluonline.org/program/benefit.asp

Your literacy organization may already be working with volunteers to help meet the literacy needs in your community. If not, it's a great time to consider how volunteers can help improve and expand your program. Literacy volunteers bring the following benefits and more: A Range of Experiences Tutors and trainers Committee members Office assistants Librarians Public speakers Readers to children Family mentors Professional advisors Free Public Relations Potential Donors Role Models Personal Contact Learn the answers to four important questions literacy programs have about volunteers Back to Program Directors and Staff page

27. Communitybuilders.nsw: Working With Volunteers - 06 February 2002 working with volunteers. Where Sydney. A seminar that will benefit anyone workingwith or recruiting volunteers in the welfare and community sector. http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/events/20020206_183.html

Text only version Full graphics version Home Events Calendar Working with Volunteers Where: Sydney When: 09 April 2002 Start time: 9.30 am Finish time: 4.30 pm A seminar that will benefit anyone working with or recruiting volunteers in the welfare and community sector. Following the International Year of the Volunteer, this workshop asks the question 'who is the volunteer in the new millenium?'. Participants will explore some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding volunteers in the welfare sector. We will address the challenges that organisations encounter when recruiting and retaining volunteers, and develop strategies for building and maintaining a professional volunteer workforce. Participants will be able to draw upon and benefit from our presenters' considerable experience of working directly with volunteers in The Benevolent Society. $90 per person. For further information Contact Kate Spalding Address PO Box 171, Paddington NSW 2021 Phone Mobile Fax view events by topic view events by date view events by region Helpful Interesting Not that relevant Please tell us why Top of page About this site Contact Us Feedback ... Privacy Statement communitybuilders.nsw - working together to strengthen communities

28. SJL Associates - Training Services - Working With Volunteers Training Training Services working with volunteers. Learn how to build a strongorganization by developing effective volunteer resources. http://www.sjlassociates.com/t-volun.htm

Training Services Working with Volunteers Learn how to build a strong organization by developing effective volunteer resources. In this workshop, participants will learn the steps necessary to plan effective volunteer leadership programs and the key roles these programs play in achieving strategic organizational goals. Objectives examine techniques to build a strong volunteer base learn process to develop effective volunteer training programs understand key roles of application and interview process in assessing volunteers' motivations, needs and skills understand role of job job descriptions and needs analysis in helping to match volunteers' skills to an organization's needs learn role of orientation, mentoring, and on-the-job training programs Learning Activities group participatory methods for active exchange of ideas, views and perspectives open discussions that focus on how to apply volunteer development techniques in specific organizations Discussions, throughout the workshop, focus on how to apply this information directly to a volunteer-based organization.

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Home Projects Skits Minutes ... Sites Activities Jeopardy Mad Lib Treasure Hunt Hangman ... Scoutorama Search Now: Working With Volunteers Motivating Volunteers: A 4 Step Process Step 1. Identify the job to be done. Put it in writing so that you have a clear vision of what needs doing. Step 2. Select the best person or group for the job. List the qualities and experience you desire. Step 3. What motivates this person (or these people)? What enticed them to succeed in the past? (Recognition, an award, appreciation, a challenge...) See Volunteer Motivators below for a list of probable motivators. Step 4. Link the desired outcome with the individual's motivator. Don't Forget! Motivation is no secret weapon. Everything we do is based on motivation. Even those people we call "selfless" and "altruistic" are acting on motivation- the admirable motivation of the "good feeling". Volunteer Motivators (What makes Scouters scout?) Plan annual ceremonies to recognize volunteers. Rely on them in an emergency situation.

30. Course 1 Working With Volunteers Course 1 working with volunteers . Aim. The Identify the needs of volunteers;Deal with issues relating to working with volunteers. To http://www.volunteerdundee.org.uk/orgs/courses/c1.html

Training and events Contact VIP Course 1: "Working with Volunteers" Aim The first of a series of four workshops intended to cover the key skills needed by those whose role includes managing volunteers; this particular session aims to clarify the relationship between volunteers and the organisation. Course Content The course will consist of small and large group discussions and excercises, with handouts. Why Volunteers? Identifying an organisations aims and values for working with volunteers A Framework for Working with Volunteers - examining rights and responsibilities Volunteer Life Cycle - understanding the process Identifying and meeting the needs of Volunteers - practical applications Course Outcome By the end of the day participants will be able to: Devise a volunteer framework Identify the needs of volunteers Deal with issues relating to working with volunteers To register interest in this (or any other) course contact VIP Volunteer Information Point. Number Ten, 10 Constitution Road, Dundee, DD1 1LL Scottish Charity No: SC 027529

31. WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS BACK. working with volunteers. Reflections on 20 years in Adult Literacy.by JOAN GIUMELLI. In this article I would like to offer some http://www.acal.edu.au/publications/papers/occasional/JoanGiumelli.html

BACK WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS Reflections on 20 years in Adult Literacy by JOAN GIUMELLI In this article I would like to offer some personal thoughts and conclusions on volunteer tutors in adult literacy, based primarily on my long association with volunteer programs in NSW. I know that there are considerable differences in such programs from state to state, but I hope that my recollections will have resonance for others working in this rarely visited field. The early days Growth and tensions What about volunteer programs? My personal position in all these arguments remained pro-volunteer, because I believed that the two systems (professional - group tuition and volunteer - 1:1 tuition) were not in competition, but complementary. Noone would deny the need for a learning pathway through accredited courses for those who need or want them; on the other hand, there will always be those who are not ready for group tuition, whether emotionally or in skill level, and those for whom informal, private, flexible learning with a nonprofessional helper exactly meets their needs. Consequently, I resigned from TAFE in 1987 and with those tutors and students who walked out with The Network is still very much part of our local community in the north of Sydney today, partially funded by BACE (Board of Adult and Community Education) but the rest comes from fee-for-service work and fund-raising. We operate as professionally as possible, insisting on substantial training for tutors (but not competency-based), careful assessment and matching, and close liaison of student/tutor pairs with their coordinator. Indeed, many people who have gone on to careers in Adult Basic Education received their initial training and first supervised teaching experience as volunteer tutors.

32. Working With Volunteers - The Issues working with volunteers the issues. Both sides in a partnership need to be awareof the issues involved when paid workers and volunteers work together. http://www.education.tas.gov.au/equitystandards/ace/volunteers.htm

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34. Working With Volunteers working with volunteers Why Recruit? working with volunteers is the most criticalaspect of your job and will call for the most time and effort on your part. http://www.w0ipl.com/ECom/vol.htm

Working with Volunteers Why Recruit? "Eighty percent of those people not volunteering say the primary reason they didn't volunteer was because they weren't asked." There has yet to be a volunteer that appeared by magic, at just the right time, knew all phases of emergency communication, could pick up any ARES job, complete it successfully, work without thanks, disappear when not needed and reappear when needed next. With the above in mind we then need to plan a way to obtain the next best thing. A person, that we: Recruit Train Thank - even if all they do is show up Organize Lavish with an appropriate amount of praise when they complete their assignments. Working with volunteers is the most critical aspect of your job and will call for the most time and effort on your part. Where do we start? Let's try: Define the Job What specific jobs will your organization have? Many organizations fail to be effective in their recruitment because they have failed to define their needs to the potential member. You should have a list of: all of the jobs available what each job does skills needed for that job training available to meet the skills required time requirements by job approximate activity level by job Assess the needs of your organization How many different jobs will you need filled for any given event?

35. Earth Day Network - How To Volunteers working with volunteers, The volunteers you will be workingwith will respond well to being entrusted with responsibilities. http://www.earthday.net/howto/workingwith.stm

Take Action Join Earth Day Network Contact Us Store ... Webmaster Volunteers Working with Volunteers Volunteers: Volunteers Finding Working With Meeting Tips Establishing Committees Consider designating committees through which work can be divided up. Several different committees may emerge to work separately on projects that interest particular individuals. An events committee might work with a communications committee to produce a calendar on which all events and related deadlines might be posted. Once all activities and deadlines are listed, everyone can refer to the calendar to be clear about who is doing what, where, when, and why. The Importance of Specific Assignments Be organized as you seek volunteers, and be prepared to offer specific assignments. One of the easiest ways to lose volunteers is to get them excited about a project and then not have a specific task ready for them to do. However, this word of caution doesn't mean that you must have all details worked out in advance; helping with planning is a substantial part of many volunteer tasks. It is essential to have things defined clearly enough so that each person knows what s/he has agreed to do and when it needs to be done. Make sure every task has a target date for completion.

36. A Co-ordinator's Guide To Working With Volunteers - Contents A Coordinator's Guide to working with volunteers. Contents a recruitmentchecklist Introduction Starting Up. Why are volunteers important? http://www.dacorumvb.org.uk/co-ordinators_guide_contents.htm

D ACORUM V OLUNTEER B UREAU DVB Home Volunteers Home Companies Home Organisations Home ... About DVB A Coordinator's Guide to Working with Volunteers Contents - a recruitment checklist Introduction Starting Up Why are volunteers important? What will volunteers get out of it? ... What will volunteers do? will task descriptions be drawn up? are the tasks suitable for volunteers? is the voluntary work ongoing , or for a specific length of time? will an information pack be produced? How will volunteers be recruited? recruiting responding to a volunteer's offer to help recruiting volunteers through DVB How will suitable volunteers be selected? will an application form be used? will volunteers be interviewed - by whom and where? will references and / or a police check be requested?

37. A Co-ordinator's Guide To Working With Volunteers - How Will Volunteers Be Selec selected? A Coordinator's Guide to working with volunteers. How willvolunteers be selected? Will an application form be used? Records http://www.dacorumvb.org.uk/co-ordinators_guide_select.htm

D ACORUM V OLUNTEER B UREAU DVB Home Volunteers Home Companies Home Organisations Home ... About DVB A Coordinator's Guide to Working with Volunteers How will volunteers be selected? Will an application form be used? Records of a volunteers name / address / phone number will be needed, if only so that you can get hold of them in the future. A simple form is generally sufficient. Will volunteers be interviewed, by whom and where? It may be too formal for your group to call it an interview. An informal chat may be more appropriate. Will references and / or a police check be requested? Asking for the names of 2 referees is becoming standard practice in many voluntary organisations. A relative, or someone under 18, is not acceptable as a referee. Preferably a referee should have known an applicant for at least 1 year. Police checks may be part of your procedures but beware - there is a danger in relying too much on them - negative results can give a false sense of security. There can be no substitute for good supervision of volunteers if they are working with vulnerable people, or otherwise in positions of trust. Have you considered what level of check is needed for the work your volunteers do? Basic? Standard or Enhanced? Refer to the

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39. Working With Volunteers - Home Page working with volunteers is an online tutorial intended to be used as a selfstudyguide by coordinators or managers of volunteer programs in BC public http://www.bcla.bc.ca/volunteer/main.html

A Guide for B.C. Public Libraries and Other Community Organizations Working with volunteers is an online tutorial intended to be used as a self-study guide by coordinators or managers of volunteer programs in B.C. public libraries or other community agencies. The focus of the guide is on working with direct service volunteers who participate in the delivery of library services and programs, as opposed to the roles of library board members, or volunteers involved in separately constituted "Friends of the Library" groups. To begin the tutorial, please click on the "Start Here" button at the top of the menu on the left-hand side of this page. Web Manager

40. Working With Volunteers After surveying hundreds of school volunteers in a wide range of schools and exploringthe factors that motivate them, Linda Vining has written a very handy http://www.nzpf.ac.nz/vols.htm

By Doctor Linda Vining After surveying hundreds of school volunteers in a wide range of schools and exploring the factors that motivate them, Linda Vining has written a very handy book which would be a very useful addition to every school library. This is a very easy to read book, well set out and full of practical ideas on how to attract, train, manage, motivate and retain people who are out there in every school community. The value of school volunteers and their gifts of time are well known to all educators but how to gain the best out of these people is clearly explained in this book. "The mood is right to attract volunteers but the management structures must be in place to retain and encourage them." The author successfully outlines clear guidelines as to the best way to set up a volunteer programme. Richly illustrated, and with the addition of actual volunteer’s personal accounts, this book sets out to give schools a formula for effectively managing volunteers who help in the classroom, on the sport’s field, as fund raisers and as members of committees. "If managed well volunteers are hidden gold with the potential to stretch school’ resources."

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