LINKS
Trainings, Degrees Related to Volunteer Management
UNA Job Opportunities
Job openings and positions available for non profit volunteer organizations
around the Utah area
Courses
in Volunteer Management
Institutes of higher education around the country offering courses in
volunteer management and volunteer training
Volunteer Management (Recruitment, Retention, Recognition)
Futures Program
Tips on recruitment, retention and organization
The
Resource Center
Exploration of ways volunteer managers can use value-based leadership
and conducting value based training
Best
Friends Animal Society
Information about how to find volunteers and direct their enthusiasm into
results. Includes examples of questions and answers. . If you're having
trouble recruiting, keeping, training and relating to volunteers, this
is the forum for you!
National Center
for State Courts
FAQs about practices for recruiting volunteers, managing and training
volunteer programs, finding existing programs, and how volunteers are used
in different areas of volunteering.
Includes volunteer opportunities for
local courts
Volunteer Opportunity Application & Job Description Form Websites
Best Friends
Animal Society
Mission: “no more homeless
pets in Utah.”
Our volunteers do office work, help out with the animals
at Furburbia, walk dogs at special adoption events, serve as volunteer committee
chairpersons for Strut Your Mutt and other special events, take on construction
projects, and dozens of other important jobs. Whatever your skills are, we
can probably put them to good use.
Little League Program
Application forms for local little
league baseball programs.
The Bureau of
Land Management
Job includes helping wildlife, improving recreation sites, and gathering
archaeology information.
Volunteer Coordinator Organizations Nationwide
Points
of Light Foundation
Lists of different volunteer member service centers around the state.
A
database of multiple volunteer opportunities for all ages.
Volunteers of America
Volunteers
of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing
local human service programs, and opportunities for individual and community
involvement.
List Services/Newsletters
Charity
Channel
Newsletter that helps with every aspect of volunteering,
charitable contributions, and includes a discussion board. Includes tips
on recruitment, retention and organization.
Association for Volunteer
Administration
The Association for Volunteer Administration advances volunteerism and
enhances quality of life locally and globally by engaging leaders of volunteers
through professional development, networking, and quality products and
services.
World
Volunteer Web
Global one-stop-shop for information, resources, and
organizations linked to volunteerism
A database of multiple volunteer opportunities
for all ages.
Gifts in Kind/Donations; postcard printing, business cards, e-cards, etc.
Youth Service America
Provides project planning tips, and resources to celebrate national youth
service day like posters, planning kits, etc.
Free Spirit Riders
Quotes
on past experiences with “free spirit riders” volunteer
group.
E vent Planning
Youth Service America
Provides project planning tips, and resources to celebrate national youth
service day like posters, planning kits, etc.
Information and stats on volunteering, benefits of it, and practices in volunteer management
Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Stats from the United States Department of Labor from the past 5 years
that include general volunteering, hours contributed, how volunteers became
interested, and what kinds of activities were planned and how successful
they each were.
World
Volunteering Web
Slideshow on the benefits of volunteering.
Event Planning
Points
of Light
Guide to planning a one-day event.
