Links and Other Online Resources for
Volunteer Managers
updated June 2, 1997
These Internet areas provide information on and tools for volunteer recruitment, management and recognition, both off-line and online. Also included are resources that promote volunteerism.
World Wide Web Sites
Impact Onlinehttp://www.impactonline.org/
A nonprofit organization helping to "turn good intentions into action". Our Web site is a place to post general information about nonprofit organizations, to post volunteer opportunities, to get information about involving volunteers via the Internet (Virtual Volunteering) and learn how to market volunteer opportunities online. Individuals can use the Impact Online site to find volunteer opportunities, and read our advice for volunteers.
List of Volunteer Centers by State
http://www.stand.org/text/action/volunteers.html
By Stand For Children, a project of the Children's Defense Fund.
AccessPoint's Volunteerism Resources
http://www.accesspt.com/civicsys/volunteer/volunteer_m.html
Also has a list of volunteer centers by state.
American Red Cross National Office
Facts About Volunteers
http://www.redcross.org/volunteer/fact.html
We've included this page because it is an excellent example of how an organization lets audiences know, via the Internet, the value of volunteers to the agency, what kinds of people volunteer, and what services these volunteers provide.
CASAnet,
http://www.casanet.org/vmmantip.htm
A resource by the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL) programs, with numerous volunteer management tips, including sample policies and volunteer interviewing techniques.
CompuMentor
http://www:compumentor.org
A nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that connects technical professionals who want to volunteer with nonprofits who need them. The organization has an online version of its handbook to prepare its mentors for what to expect in volunteer situations available at:
http://www.compumentor.org/cm/mentors/handbook/handbook_toc.html
The Contact Center Network
http://www.contact.org/
Another place to post volunteer opportunities, or to volunteer your services, and a good site to find nonprofit organizations like yours, and other nonprofit-related resources.
COOL (Campus Outreach Opportunity League)
http://www.COOL2SERVE.org/
A national non-profit that helps college students start, strengthen and expand their community service programs. COOL holds an annual student-run conference attracting over 2,000 students, and its staff visit hundreds of college campuses giving workshops that encourage, promote and initiate programs that get students involved in service.
Do Something
http://www.dosomething.org
A national nonprofit organization that encourages young people to help build their communities, and the organizer of Webstock96.
Energize, Inc.
http://www.energizeinc.com/
Susan J. Ellis, an internationally-recognized expert in volunteerism, is president of Energize, Inc., a publishing, training and consulting firm specializing in volunteerism. Her web site includes numerous excerpts from her books and articles on employee/volunteer relations, all-volunteer group leadership, policy development, program assessment, record-keeping, recruitment, risk and liability, service learning, training tools, trends, volunteer centers and international policy development, and much more!
Epic Productions' Web Site
http://www.epicbc.com/volunteer/
Another place to post volunteer opportunities online, with some general information about volunteerism.
Institute for Global Communication has an outstanding list of links to activist tools and funding resources for NPOs at
http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/activis/index.html.
Internet NonProfit Center
http://www.nonprofits.org/
Another good site to help you find nonprofit organizations like yours, and many other resources.
Legal handbook for nonprofit corporation volunteers
http://www.polarnet.com/Users/vlh/
Offers examples of "awful situations" and how to prevent them, with advice on volunteer screening, evaluation, training and insurance.
NetAction
http://www.netaction.org
A project of The Tides Center and a nonprofit organization. The NetAction site has information on a variety of resources for "Virtual Activists," and organizations who want to use such activists-via-the-Internet in grassroots campaigns.
Nonprofit FAQs - Volunteerism
http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/04/index.html
Compiled from posts by nonprofit professionals to USNonprofit-l (list serve) and soc.org.nonprofit (usenet group), as well as from information posted to other nonprofit-related Internet discussion groups. Comprehensive, with information or links to information on volunteering from both a voluteer's and an agency's point of view. Includes information on setting up an all-volunteer program, program development strategy, training and screening volunteers.
Nonprofit Resources Catalogue
Volunteerism and Activism Meta-Links
http://www.clark.net/pub/pwalker/General_Nonprofit_Resources/Volunteerism_and_Activism/
An index of links that provide volunteer information, as well as linking to many other valuable indices relating to nonprofit issues. By Phillip A. Walker
Points of Light Foundation
http://www.impactonline.org/points/
Presidents' Summit for America's Future
(Summit on Volunteerism and National Service)
Held April 27, 1997 in Philadelphia
http://www.americaspromise.org
or
http://www.phillynews.com/packages/summit/
or
http://www.citizenservice.org
The summit aimed to increase corporate philanthropy, employee and individual volunteerism.
Project America
http://www.project.org
This nonprofit organization's Web site has an online search engine to find a local, state or national community service organizations, as well as volunteering tips.
Servenet
http://www.servenet.org
A new place to post volunteer opportunities, or to post volunteer interests.
Service Club FAQs
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/service-clubs/general-faq.html
Frequently Asked Questions and their answers for the soc.org.service-clubs.misc newsgroup. The most "canonically most up-to-date version of this document" can be retrieved by anonymous FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/service-clubs/general-faq
Volunteer Management Resources by Sound Volunteer Management
http://www.halcyon.com/penguin/svm/newvpms.htm
An excellent site with helpful articles on volunteer program development, recruitment, screening, training, and other management issues, as well as links to other sites that provide such information. By the manager of the CYBERVPM and VOLUNTEER Electronic Mailing Lists (see below).
Volunteer Today: An Electronic Gazette
http://www.bmi.net/mba/
A site by MBA Publishing that provides recruiting and retention tips, ideas to enhance training and education programs, reviews of offline resources, the MBA catalog.
Newsgroups
Also called Usenet groups, newsgroups are Internet discussions, each dedicated to a particular topic. Newsgroups can be accessed via a news reader or via many Web browsers, such as Netscape. Messages are "posted" to the newsgroup, for everyone who subscribes to the newsgroup to see (it is free to subscribe to most newsgroups).
soc.org.service-clubs.misc
A newsgroup for members of service clubs.
uk.community.voluntary
Begun in early 1997 for the discussion of issues relating to volunteerism in the United Kingdom. For more information about this newsgroup, visit
http://www.scanline.com/intersect/discussion.html
soc.org.nonprofit
A newsgroup for the discussion of all issues relating to nonprofit organizations.
Mailing Lists
Internet mailing lists, also called list servs or list servers, are Internet discussions via email. Email messages go to a central point and are then "reflected" automatically back to all who subscribe to the list. It is free to subscribe to a mailing list.
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VOLUNTEERS
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For volunteers to discuss experiences. This is a good place for Volunteer Managers to view feedback from volunteers around the country, but it is NOT a place to post your volunteer opportunities.
To become a part of the group (participation is free), send this message to
listserv@listserv.aol.com
SUBSCRIBE VOLUNTEERS
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For volunteer coordinators. This is a good place to share experiences and ask questions of other volunteer managers, but it is NOT a place to post your volunteer opportunities.
To become a part of the group (participation is free), send this message to
listserv@listserv.aol.com
SUBSCRIBE CYBERVPM
Do not write anything else in the body of your message, and do not use commas in between your name and organization name. You will receive a reply request, which you must respond to within 48 hours to become a part of the ongoing discussion.
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Nonprofit issues discussed by nonprofit professionals and volunteers. It is run by volunteers from the nonprofit sector. This is another good place to share experiences and ask questions of other volunteer managers, but it is NOT a place to post your volunteer opportunities.
To become a part of the group (participation is free), send this message to
usnonprofit-l-request@rain.org
SUBSCRIBE
If you would like to add an online volunteer management resource to this list, please email Impact Online. Please include your name, email address, Web address (if applicable) and the name of the organization you represent or with whom you are affiliated.
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Impact Online
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