Recruiting
–About.com: How to Write a Volunteer Position Description
–eHow: How to Attract Volunteers to a Nonprofit Organization
–FML: Developing and Managing Volunteer Programs
–Readiness Roadmap: Is Your Organization Ready for Skills-Based Volunteers
Recruiting Sites:
–Massachusetts Volunteer Match
–Volunteer Action Centers in MA
AmeriCorps and Other Service Learning Programs:
–Corporation for National & Community Service
Managing/Retaining
–Guidestar: Volunteers, Part I: What Makes Them Stay?
–KnowHowNonProfit: Managing and Retaining Volunteers
–NOLO Law for All: Nonprofit Volunteers- Top Five Tips to Keep Them Coming
–Nonprofit Hub: When the F1 Key Doesn’t Work – Attracting and Retaining Volunteers
Training
–Energize Inc.: Training Design and Content
–VolunteerToday.com: Training Volunteers and Professional Development
Volunteer Liability
–NCON: Volunteer Waiver and Release Form (.pdf)
–NPT: Risky Business: There’s liability for the acts of your volunteers
–NRMC: Myths of Volunteer Risk Management Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
–NRMC: State Liability Laws for Charitable Organizations and Volunteers (.pdf)
–Nonprofit Risk: Template Volunteer Release (.pdf)
Volunteer Recognition
–About.com: 14 Creative Ways to Thank Volunteers
–PdfSr: 139 Ways to Say “Thank-You” and Recognize Volunteers
–Volunteer Match: Ways to Show Appreciation
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