Resources

What do 851 volunteer managers say?
People First -Total Solutions conducted the first Global Volunteer Management Survey in 2007-2008.
www.pfts.com.au

Betty Stallings, M.S.W. (http://www.bettystallings.com/about.htm) is an international trainer, consultant, author and keynote speaker specializing in volunteerism, nonprofit fundraising, board development and leadership. She has written many popular books including: Getting to Yes in Fund Raising, A Resource Kit for Managers of Volunteers, Training Busy Staff To Succeed With Volunteers and The 55 Minute In-Service Training Series.

Rick Lynch (http://www.ricklynchassociates.com/) is a Seattle-based management consultant with a variety of clients in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, and Russia. He is the co-author of the books Secrets of Leadership, Keeping Volunteers, and Volunteer Management, the world's best-selling book in the field of volunteer management. This book has been translated into four languages.

Steve McCurley is co-author with Rick Lynch of Volunteer Management: Mobilizing All the Resources of the Community 2nd Edition A detailed guide to developing and managing a volunteer program. It includes chapters on planning a high-impact volunteer program, creating motivating volunteer jobs, recruiting the right volunteers and tips on special supervisory situations such as event-based, youth or transitional volunteers. It also contains a large appendix of forms.

Linda Graff (http://www.lindagraff.ca/) The principal specialty of Linda Graff And Associates Inc. is training and consulting with not-for-profit agencies and organizations to help them "get better at doing good."

Nancy Gaston (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-gaston/1/301/7a8) Sole proprietor of Gifts Differing and trainer and consultant.

Susan Ellis (http://www.energizeinc.com/index.html) is President of Energize, Inc., a training, consulting, and publishing firm that specializes in volunteerism. She founded the Philadelphia-based company in 1977 and since that time has assisted clients throughout North America (48 states and 6 provinces), Europe (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Latin America (2 countries), Australasia (2 countries), and Israel to create or strengthen their volunteer corps.