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FALL WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING:

Golf Tournaments as a Fundraiser

Standards for Excellence Introduction

Board Excellence

So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit Organization in Delaware

Two Day Standards for Excellence Clinic Series

Fundraising Regulations

Click here to register for the above Fall Workshops and Training

 

  
 
 
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Volunteer Management
Frequently Asked Questions
  1. Volunteer recruitment that really works.
  2. How do we develop creative volunteer roles?
  3. Volunteer job description worksheet.
  4. Community resources to recruit volunteers.
  5. Recruiting volunteers from your current "Circle of Resources."
  6. How do we build a stronger staff/volunteer partnership?
  7. How do we find daytime volunteers?
  8. Where should we place our volunteer ads?
  9. Sample volunteer advertising ideas.
  10. Sample Volunteer Procedure & Policy Manual
  11. Directory of Volunteer Management Software.
Volunteer Management Links

Delaware

National

  • Association for Volunteer Administration
    Site includes information about their certification program for volunteer managers and a listing of workshops and links.  The link above goes to their homepage.  To view their directory of volunteer management software click here.
  • Energize, Inc!
    A consulting & publishing company that specializes in volunteerism, the site contains articles and links on volunteer management, a schedule of forthcoming conferences on volunteerism and volunteer management, and more.
  • Foundation for Individual Responsibility and Social Trust (FIRST)
    is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring the generation of young adults to address the major political, economic, and social issues of our time at their most basic level while taking a leadership role in finding creative and positive outcomes.
  • The Corporation for National Service
    Run by the federal agency that oversees government-run community-service programs, this site includes links to other Internet sites about volunteering, and about ways that education and service can be integrated.
  • Project America
    Site includes the "Action Guide to Community Service," an online guide to developing service projects and managing volunteers, and provides links to state and national community-service organizations and tips for finding local service groups.
  • ServeNet
    Through SERVEnet.org, users can enter their zip code, city, skills, interests, and availability and be matched with organizations needing help.
  • Volunteer America!
  • Points of Light Foundation
    Runs efforts to promote service, provides information on numerous aspects of volunteerism.
  • VolunteerMatch
    The premier website of volunteer openings.  Search by zip code, interest, even volunteer virtually!
  • Volunteer Today
    Published by Nancy Macduff, a volunteer management consultant, her site offers advice on how to recruit, train, and retain volunteers, and a calendar of events.

Volunteer Opportunities

Delaware

National

  • CompuMentor
    Matches volunteers who have strong computer skills with schools and nonprofit groups across the country.
  • Idealist
  • Impact Online
    Site includes listings of short-term and remote (online) volunteer opportunities, and advice for volunteers.
  • SERVEnet
    This site allows nonprofit groups to post volunteer opportunities. It also includes facts and tips about volunteering, a calendar of meetings about public service, and offers online discussions about volunteering.
  • Volunteer America!
  • Points of Light Foundation
  • VolunteerMatch
    The premier website of volunteer openings.  Search by zip code, interest, even volunteer virtually!
  • Youth Service America
    Resource center and the premier alliance of 200+ organizations committed to increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, or globally.
 
Need Volunteers??  DANA has a new form for the "Your Help is Needed" supplement in the Saturday News Journal. If you're a DANA member and would like to get new volunteers, please fill out the form and email it back to us by the Wednesday prior to the date you prefer for publication. Download the form here>>
 
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