Discusses how effective volunteer programs are built upon a foundation of factors that are vital to the overall success of the project: recruitment, training, variety, recognition, and evaluation. (MG)

A series of questions provides a framework for camp directors assessing their need for volunteer staff, possible reactions of top-level organizational management and paid staff, and special qualities needed for successfully managing volunteers. Job descriptions, recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of volunteers are discussed. (SV)

Discusses changing nature of volunteers in Peter Drucker's book "Managing the Nonprofit Corporation." Points out that most volunteers have full-time jobs, families, very little leisure; they are not willing to do such routine work as stuffing envelopes; they want carefully defined projects with beginning and end. Discusses real…

This study was conducted to obtain information about volunteers' preferences for various recognition techniques. A survey of volunteers in 13 cultural arts, non-profit agencies located within the Minneapolis/St. Paul (Minnesota) area was taken during August and September, 1981. Of 212 questionnaires returned, 207 (approximately 72 percent of the…

Written primarily for founders and coordinators of citizen advocacy (CA) programs for the developmentally disabled, the manual provides practical tips on how to establish and administer a CA program. Part 1 (six chapters) gives an overview of citizen advocacy and tells how to start a CA program--how to assess community support, find a sponsor,…

Intended as a practical guide for the administrator in homes for the aging, this booklet provides direction on how to set up a volunteer program. Five steps in organizing a volunteer program are: (1) Launching a Volunteer Program, (2) Recruitment and Selection of Volunteers, (3) Orientation and Training Program (The Role and Function of a…

This document provides a conceptual framework and programs structure that encompasses a training program for coordinators of volunteers with special emphasis on tutorial services within the public school and junior college environment. The project design includes program objectives, criteria for solving the problem, procedures, supportive services…

This article offers specific methods that could be used for recruiting, training, and evaluating classroom volunteers in school volunteer programs. (MB)

Discusses topics related to public and school library volunteers: (1) recruitment and reasons for volunteering; (2) training; (3) job satisfaction; and (4) other motivating factors including recognition, achievement, and responsibility. (MES)

This description of a program in which public libraries serve as sites for mediation sessions discusses the advantages of mediation over judicial proceedings in resolving disputes in the neighborhood and workplace, the role of the library in this program, and the effects on the library's relationship with the community. (CLB)

Volunteer participation in adult literacy programs can be encouraged by (1) stressing the goals of helping individuals and long-term social value, (2) gearing expectations to students' abilities and progress, (3) emphasizing pragmatic methods to achieve students' goals, (4) stressing teaching methods adapted from daily interaction, and (5)…

Describes a volunteer program that uses retired people to work in their neighborhood schools. Volunteers receive training and provide an invaluable resource for students and teachers. (MD)

The heterogeneous composition of student bodies at 2-year colleges can be an advantage for student volunteer activities. The advantages, problems and innovative approaches characterizing these activities at several junior colleges are discussed and pointed out as being different from those in 4-year colleges and universities. (MN)

A small sample of volunteer graduate students were randomly assigned to two treatment groups and a control group, to increase their ability to work effectively with specially admitted black students. Results are positive but should be viewed with caution. Need for further study is indicated. (CJ)