Engaging Volunteers
Successfully Still Starts with
Top Execs
From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement has been fully revised and updated in its 3rd edition! This bestseller from Susan J. Ellis is still
the only book to address the role of the senior decision maker in developing vision
and strategy for high-quality volunteer engagement. (Give it to your boss - but read it yourself, too!)
- Build your organization's capacity with meaningful
volunteer participation
- Create a culture where volunteers are thought
of as partners at all levels of the organization
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Advocate for full managerial and financial
support of volunteers
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About the Book
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From the Top Down
The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement, 3rd edition By Susan J. Ellis
This book helps CEOs and senior-level leaders:
- Develop
a strategic vision for volunteer involvement
- Create
policies and set expectations
- Budget
and find funds to support volunteers
- Hire
the most qualified person to lead volunteer engagement
- Assure
employee-volunteer teamwork while minimizing tension
- Assess
the impact of volunteer contributions
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Deal
with legal, risk management, and insurance issues
What's New or Expanded in the 2010 Edition?
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Managing volunteer involvement during an economic downturn
- Drawing closer connections between money donors and "time donors"
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Dealing with
resistance from middle managers
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The evolving
vocabulary of volunteerism
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The difference
between wage equivalency and the true
value of volunteers to an organization
- Suggested ways volunteers can work directly with the executive
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paperback $24.95 USD
e-book $18.00 USD
Kindle edition also available!
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Coming Soon
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A Companion Toolkit for Busy Execs
Put From the Top Down principles to work with Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement: Practical Tools for Busy Executives. Written by Betty B. Stallings with Susan J. Ellis, this is a companion
toolkit of examples, worksheets, checklists, and more to guide decision makers
in implementing what they learn in From
the Top Down. Due out in June 2010. Learn more about Leading the Way. |