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Title: From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success
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Manufacturer: Energize, Inc
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| From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success by Energize, Inc An essential for anyone who works with volunteers | | This book puts forth ideas and resources that are changing the ways people view, value and involve volunteers. It represents the growing profound shift in how organizations should think about volunteer contributions and support for those volunteers. If you are part of an organization that involves volunteers, whether or not you yourself work with them directly, this book is ESSENTIAL for your bookshelf. Written by one of the most respected authorities on volunteersim and volunteer management in the world, Susan Ellis outlines the key executive decisions necessary to lay the foundation for effective volunteer involvement: policies, budgeting, staffing, employee-volunteer relationships, legal issues, and the value of volunteers beyond financial. Prepare to be challenged, and prepare to have traditional ideas about what volunteers represent swept away. This is an empowering and practical read, and a book you will reach for again and again. | | From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success by Energize, Inc Product Description | | The only book that addresses the top decision maker's role in a volunteer program. Illuminates what's necessary for success, including vision and goals, policy questions, budgeting, staffing, employee/volunteer relations, the role of the board of directors, and assessing the impact of volunteer contributions. Contains information regarding legal issues and risk management; accounting for donated time; the effect of mergers; and special categories of volunteers, such as mandated community service participants. |
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