Download or read book Using Elements of Volunteering and Leadership for Supporting Cultural Transformation Within Volunteer Organizations written by David Allen Curry and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the literature regarding leadership traits and volunteering needs to determine whether any of those elements lend themselves to cultural transformation of volunteer service organizations. Discusses requirements for cultural transformation, leadership requirements, and volunteers' motivations. Concludes that cultural transformation of volunteer organizations is feasible if the leader ensures that the mission is compelling; communicates mission, vision, and values throughout the organization; enables volunteers to pursue the mission; establishes education programs for volunteers and leaders; and inspires and motivates volunteers to attain goals.
Download or read book The Volunteer Management Handbook written by Tracy D. Connors and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and expanded, the ultimate guide to starting—and keeping—an active and effective volunteer program Drawing on the experience and expertise of recognized authorities on nonprofit organizations, The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is the only guide you need for establishing and maintaining an active and effective volunteer program. Written by nonprofit leader Tracy Connors, this handy reference offers practical guidance on such essential issues as motivating people to volunteer their time and services, recruitment, and more. Up-to-date and practical, this is the essential guide to managing your nonprofit's most important resource: its volunteers. Now covers volunteer demographics, volunteer program leaders and managers, policy making and implementation, planning and staff analysis, recruiting, interviewing and screening volunteers, orienting and training volunteers, and much more Up-to-date, practical guidance for the major areas of volunteer leadership and management Explores volunteers and the law: liabilities, immunities, and responsibilities Designed to help nonprofit organizations survive and thrive, The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition is an indispensable reference that is unsurpassed in both the breadth and depth of its coverage.
Download or read book The Practical Fundraising Handbook written by Mandy Weidmann and published by . This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building a Successful Volunteer Culture written by Charles Simon and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating successful volunteers in the twenty-first century is increasingly more challenging. Budgets are tight, hands are few, and competition for a person's discretionary time is severe. How do you develop and maintain the volunteers who are essential to the vitality of your organization and community? What can you do to avoid volunteer burnout?
Download or read book The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Volunteer Engagement in Non profit Organization written by Adekunle Adeniyi and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is designed to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and volunteer engagement in faith-based non-profit organizations (NPOs). NPOs needed engaged volunteers to fulfill their organization's mission, growth, and sustainability. The facts of transformational leadership and its relationship to volunteer engagement make it essential to understand the importance and benefits of volunteering and volunteers on the society at large, the individual volunteer, and volunteer organization. When NPOs use transformational leadership knowledge, their leaders may bring about social change through increased volunteer job satisfaction and performance, increasing organizational survivability. The continuous future success of volunteer programs run in a non-profit organization depends on those organizations' ability to attract, engage, and retain volunteers. Therefore, this quantitative study is focused on a correlational study between transformational leadership and volunteer engagement in non-profit organizations, specifically faith-based entities in Minnesota. In the analysis, transformational leadership was correlated with the three aspects of volunteer engagement (vigor, dedication, and absorption), and the results indicated a strong positive correlation between the constructs. Even though studies have shown that transformational leadership correlates to employee engagement positively, only some studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of this leadership style on volunteers. The data collected from this study indicates and supports the theory that transformational leadership has a positive relationship with volunteer engagement in faith-based NPOs. Therefore, the findings of this study supplemented the existing research and academic knowledge on the relationship between transformational leadership and volunteer engagement in non-profit organizations. It also provided new research on what non-profit organizations can do to help increase their volunteer engagement.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events Sport and Tourism written by Kirsten Holmes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely handbook examines the most contemporary, controversial and cutting-edge issues related to the involvement of volunteers in the fields of events, sport and tourism. Split into thematic sections, the primary areas covered include: key disciplinary approaches to understanding volunteerism, international contexts, managing volunteers, the impacts and legacies of volunteering and future trends in these sectors including online and digital volunteering. Commonalities and differences of volunteering in these sectors are drawn out throughout the volume. A diverse range of case studies are examined including the 2007 UEFA Under 21 Championship hosted by Poland, the development of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Vancouver, London and Pyeong Chang Olympic Games, Belgium’s National Day in 2019, the Puffing Billy railway in Australia, as well as many other examples looking at destination services organizations, museums, grassroots associations, corporate events, community events and visitor attractions. Drawing on the academic and practical expertise of over 50 authors from across the globe, the handbook provides an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in volunteering in these sectors, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study in order to advance volunteering research and practice in the fields of events, sport and tourism.
Download or read book Building a Successful Volunteer Culture written by Rabbi Charles Simon and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-04-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step guide to cultivating volunteers who thrive within the Jewish community. We can never forget that volunteering is a two-way street. Volunteers must be motivated, but volunteer organizations also need to maximize volunteer satisfaction. Blaming one or the other for the failures prevalent today in the world of Jewish volunteering helps no one. The search is for a win-win strategy. from the Introduction Cultivating successful volunteers in the twenty-first century is increasingly more challenging. Budgets are tight, hands are few, and competition for a persons discretionary time is severe. How do you develop and maintain the volunteers who are essential to the vitality of your organization and community? What can you do to avoid volunteer burnout? Rabbi Charles Simon draws on over thirty years of professional experience to provide you with the resources you need to build and retain a thriving volunteer culture for your organizationregardless of size or complexity. In a straightforward, accessible style, Simon provides you with: Methods for analyzing your organizations needs Innovative ways for creating an environment that strengthens volunteer involvement and satisfaction while increasing your organizations effectiveness Plans for developing or modifying your leadership framework, positions and styles The groundwork for creating a language of inclusion that will motivate and inspire your volunteers Practical tips for establishing healthy, meaningful interpersonal relationships with and among your volunteers
Download or read book Volunteers in Your Organization written by Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Citizenship Division and published by Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Sports and Fitness Division. This book was released on 1980 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Volunteer Intention to Stay written by Mark E. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many organizations rely on volunteers in order to perform key elements of support. The retention of volunteers is important, and the role that leadership style has on the retention of volunteers is significant. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between leadership style and the intent to stay for adult and youth volunteers in a large nonprofit organization. This quantitative study examined the relationship of leadership style and intention to stay with three samples of volunteers: local leaders (n = 91), adult volunteers (n = 48), and youth volunteers (n = 42). A survey consisting of the Servant Leadership Scale, a single item addressing intention to stay, and demographic items was administered via online survey tool for leaders and adult volunteers, and with hardcopy questionnaires mailed to youth volunteers. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, correlational analyses, and analyses of variance. A significant correlation existed between leadership style and intention to stay for leaders and adult volunteers, although the correlation between the variables for leaders and youth volunteers was not significant. Leaders rated themselves as stronger in servant leadership qualities, while adult volunteers and youth volunteers rated their leaders lower. Gender differences existed in how volunteers rated their leaders. Adult female volunteers rated their leaders significantly lower than did their male counterparts, while female youth volunteers rated their leaders significantly higher than did their male counterparts. Organizations that rely on volunteers should incorporate servant leadership skills into their training programs and encourage their leaders to embrace the principles of servant leadership.
Download or read book Building a Successful Volunteer Culture Finding Meaning in Service in the Jewish Community Large Print 16pt written by Ron Wolfson and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step - by - step guide to cultivating volunteers who thrive within the Jewish community. We can never forget that volunteering is a two - way street. Volunteers must be motivated, but volunteer organizations also need to maximize volunteer satisfaction. Blaming one or the other for the failures prevalent today in the world of Jewish voluntee...
Download or read book Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations written by Kravis Leadership Institute and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-01-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well-grounded in theory, research, and practice, Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource that goes beyond traditional nonprofit management theory to offer the latest in cutting-edge thought on leadership for nonprofit organizations. The book offers a wealth of new directions and ideas for leadership and features chapters written by such well-known experts as Frances Hesselbein, Stephen Dobbs, Florence Green, and Jay Conger. Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations discusses the most compelling leadership challenges and issues for nonprofit organizations and Shows that transformational leaders of nonprofits lead more effective organizations Includes a comparison of highly functioning for-profit boards with boards of nonprofit organizations Provides an analysis of dysfunctional boards Discusses for-profit "organizations of hope" that provide important leadership for social change and responsibility Suggests strategies for managing and motivating a volunteer workforce Presents a model for leading nonprofit projects Offers a valuable model for program evaluation in nonprofit organizations Considers the ongoing development of nonprofit leaders Includes strategies to develop leadership capacity
Download or read book The Values of Volunteering written by Paul Dekker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines volunteering in detail from a civil society perspective, using empirical data garnered from various sources for countries all over the globe. The contributions deal with a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from the diversity, social and cultural determinants and organizational settings of volunteering, to its possible individual, social, and political effects.
Download or read book Training Volunteers for Community Service Package Set Contains Trainer s Guide and Participant s Workbook written by Charles Garfield, Ph.D. and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2000-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteers-skilled, sensitive, and filled with integrity, sincerity, and perseverance-are often a vital component to the success of any thriving service organization. Their tasks are at the very heart of the organization and communities they serve, yet most volunteers receive little or no formal training before their first assignment. Training Volunteers for Community Service is a much-needed manual for leaders who are charged with the task of training, and preserving, their organization's most valuable asset . . . its volunteers. Techniques presented in this manual are based on expertise gained over 25 years of training, managing, and retaining 12,000 volunteers at San Francisco's Shanti, an internationally recognized provider of volunteer training and direct services to those with chronic and life-threatening illness. Sixteen program modules enable volunteer managers to train their volunteers to provide high quality, compassionate service while increasing volunteer retention. Comprehensive and flexible, Training Volunteers for Community Service is a step-by-step guide for creating a training program that is sourced in an understanding of volunteers' primary motivations and offers trainees a uniquely rewarding training experience. The Trainer's Guide and Participant's Workbook provide methods for instructing volunteers in critical issues-such as listening and communication, psychosocial issues, the volunteer/client relationship, cultural diversity-and offers the tools and information agencies need to train, motivate, and retain volunteers.
Download or read book The Gift of Leadership written by Mark Levin and published by . This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leadership Organizational Culture and Group Dynamics in the Volunteer Setting with the American Heart Association written by Carolyn J. Dillman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volunteering and Communication written by Michael W. Kramer and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first edited volume written primarily by communication scholars to focus on volunteers. The contributors divided this volume into five sections which cover becoming a volunteer; learning about self as a volunteer; dark sides of volunteering; organizationally supported volunteering; and voice and dissent.
Download or read book Volunteers written by Jone L. Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1993 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteersis the first comprehensive look at the organizational behavior of volunteer workers, drawing upon both original research and the existing scholarly work in this field. Author Jone L. Pearce critiques the employee-centered theories of such subfields as organizational design, motivation, organizational commitment, workplace interpersonal influence, leadership, the role of values, and the effects of compensation. She proposes significant additions and modifications based on a detailed empirical analysis of two matching groups of seven organizations each, one volunteer-run and staffed, the other employee staffed. Much of the existing advice to volunteers or those employing them can be misleading or unhelpful. Pearce looks at successful and unsuccessful organizations in areas such as the arts, social services and health care. She discusses the implications of volunteers on general theories of organizational behavior and outlines the practical effects of an understanding of volunteer workers for all organizations employing them. Volunteerswill be valuable to managers, psychologists, and all interested in organizational behavior.
