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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Explore the world of books, guidelines, online resources to enhance and improve your management of volunteers .

~MARCH 2010~

 

Jeanne Bradner
ISBN:0-9634395-5-3

Jeanne Bradner is an author with deep experience in helping those who administer volunteer programs.  She served as Director of the Illinois Governor’s Office of Voluntary Action, providing technical assistance and training to nonprofit and government organizations throughout the state. 

This small handbook is a treasure-trove of practical tips on being a leader in an organization; whether paid staff or volunteer.  The book is organized by chapters that lay out 10 steps to leading effectively.  The chapters deal with vision, mission, planning, culture of the organization, frameworks, getting the right people, creating the right jobs for volunteers, training, communication, and evaluation and renewal. 

There are tools in the book to help the manager of volunteers achieve the goals she sets.  For example, there are risk management forms; a planning tool called a SWOT analysis; and methods for measuring outcomes.  In about 100 pages Bradner provides all the elements needed to be successful in organizing volunteers.