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 Volunteer
Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book, Third Edition.
Susan J. Ellis
This book will help you:
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Pinpoint exactly why
someone would want to volunteer with you…and why others would
not
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Find fresh sources of
volunteers available in any community
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Develop recruitment
tools and techniques that work
Susan
Says: I
literally crammed this book with every suggestion and recommendation on the
subject of recruitment developed over my 20-plus years in the volunteer
management field. The book first shows how to design the best assignments
for volunteers as the initial step to recruit the most qualified people.
What follows is a wealth of information on topics ranging from how your
organization's image affects your success in recruitment to where to look
for new volunteers, including your own backyard. The Volunteer Recruitment
Book also offers a whole chapter on membership development for all-volunteer
organizations, including how to get current members "off the rolls and
on their feet."
The 2002 Appendix updates "Outreach in Cyberspace," explaining the
Internet as a powerful recruitment tool. Learn how to make your own agency's
Web site attract applicants, utilize online registries of volunteer
opportunities well, and incorporate e-mail, listservs, and other Internet
capabilities to target your search.
Readers'
Reviews
"Positively the best book I
have found for ideas, rationale and methodology. I am on my 4th copy to date
as they keep getting 'borrowed' and not returned!"
--Anthea Hoare, Co-ordinator, Community Resources
"At last, a truly
perceptive book on volunteer recruitment, one that doesn't belabor the
obvious, talk down to readers, or offer farfetched scenarios and
advice."
-- Contributions, July/August 1995
"If you're in the business
of recruiting volunteers [this book] should be on your shelf."
-- Philanthropy Journal
"...Susan Ellis puts across
ideas clearly, with energy, conviction, and humor...."
-- Volunteering, UK
"Even experienced
administrators can look at what we think we know well and see it from a
different perspective...A 'must- have' for any good library on volunteer
management...."
--Leadership
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