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Energize
has some great new resources in the works for 2010! Here's a "sneak peek" of
what to expect...and as a Book Buzz subscriber, you'll hear about
these new releases first and get great discount offers.
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A Classic Gets an Update
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From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement, 3rd Edition
The
fully revised and updated version of Susan Ellis' classic -- the first and only
book that addresses the top decision-maker's role in a volunteer program -- will
be available early next year. Lots of new material on the importance of
volunteer program infrastructure, risk management, outcomes evaluation, and
more! See an excerpt about the correlation between "time donors" and "money
donors" on the Book Blog.
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Practical Help for Busy Execs
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Leading
the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement: Practical Tools for Busy
Executives
This
new toolkit from Betty Stallings is scheduled for release in June 2010. A great accompaniment to
the upcoming third edition of From the Top Down, this compilation of
practical checklists, idea stimulators, action steps, and worksheets will help
your executive think about (and take action on!) volunteer involvement in your
agency. Read on for an excerpt!
And More...
There
are several other publications on their way for late in the year, including a
revision of The Virtual Volunteering
Guidebook and an innovative assessment tool using the "balanced scorecard"
concept as adapted by a team of Canadian colleagues. Lots to look forward to.
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Book Excerpt
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The Case for Initiating a Management Team for
Volunteer Involvement
Pre-publication
excerpt from the manuscript of Leading the Way to Successful
Volunteer Involvement: Practical Tools for Busy Executives by
Betty Stallings with Susan J. Ellis, � 2010, Energize, Inc.
A Management Team for
Volunteer Involvement is
an ad hoc or ongoing gathering of executive(s), key staff, board members and
other leadership volunteers who have an interest in the success of volunteer
engagement and the skills and power to
support recommendations coming from the group.
Why A Management Team for Volunteer Involvement Is
Needed
- Directors
of volunteer involvement generally have no authority over any staff who must be
influenced to work effectively with volunteers.
Likewise, they have no control/authority over upper management who
establish agency vision and priorities. Therefore, there is a need for those
with authority and power to be strong advocates and supporters of volunteer
engagement. This can be best addressed
by a management team that focuses on issues of volunteer engagement and their
implications for accomplishing the mission of the organization.
- Without
a synergistic exchange among the management team (including directors of
volunteer involvement or those who provide shared leadership for the volunteer
program), the organization will never achieve an optimal volunteer program....
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Most
volunteer programs (without a voice on the management team) are poorly
understood, appreciated or integrated into overall organization planning, thus
considerably limiting the potential impact volunteers could have....
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Relationships
made during the management team meetings will carry over to working
partnerships between the volunteer manager and other staff, executives and
board. This will break down the
isolation that often characterizes this position.
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Since
upper management is most informed about the organization's priorities and
strategic plans, they are in the best position to incorporate goals for
volunteer involvement that support the overall mission.
Permission is
granted for organizations to reprint this excerpt. Reprints must provide full
acknowledgment of the source, as cited here: Pre-publication
excerpt from the manuscript of Leading the Way to Successful
Volunteer Involvement: Practical Tools for Busy Executives by Betty Stallings with Susan J. Ellis, � 2010,
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