Volunteers Wanted:
A Practical Guide to Finding and
Keeping Good Volunteers
by Jo B. Rusin
With over
37 years of experience as a volunteer and volunteer coordinator
in a variety of programs, Jo Rusin has written Volunteers
Wanted with community based volunteer organizations
in mind. Volunteers Wanted begins
with the basics: who volunteers, what operating a volunteer
program costs, the importance of deciding in advance exactly
what you want volunteers to do, and then moves on to finding
and developing the volunteers you need. Unlike many academic
publications on volunteers, this book delves into the real
reasons people do and don't volunteer. And when it comes to
not volunteering, "I don't have enough time." is
just the beginning of the actual reasons, some of which may
surprise you. It goes even further into outlining why volunteers
quit and suggests a number of ways to prevent attrition. Along
with ideas, the book is filled with over 60 real life examples.
Perhaps
the most useful aspect of the book, though, for experienced
volunteer leaders is the chapter on how to deal with problem
volunteers. The examples are realistic and the suggested
solutions are refreshing and creative. Also included are chapters
on making the most of business supported volunteer programs
and a common sense approach to liability considerations.
Now in its third
printing,Volunteers Wanted has become
a mainstay for volunteer programs from coast to coast as the
little book that unlocks the barriers to successful volunteer
management. Not only are volunteer organizations applying
it's lessons, Volunteers Wanted
is now being used as a university textbook.
At a
cost of $10.95 per copy, Volunteers Wanted
is definitely worth adding to
your library. It would also be an excellent tool to add to
training material for new
volunteer program managers. As Rich Lampkin, Executive Director
for United Way of Story County in Ames, Iowa, summed it up,
"If you have to work with
volunteers, this book will get you going down the right path."
Volunteers
Wanted (Magnolia Mansions Press, $10.95, 1999)
is available
from online book sellers including Amazon.com
and from book wholesalers such as Baker and Taylor, and Ingram
as well as from the publisher:
Magnolia
Mansions Press
4661 Pinewood Drive East
Mobile, AL 36618
Phone: 251-342-6021
E-mail: magnoliamansions@aol.com
Significant
discounts are available from the publisher on orders of five
or more copies.
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