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Book Excerpt – Time-Tastic!

Submitted by Lindsay Liprando
on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 00:00

One of the concerns we hear most often from volunteer managers is – “I just don’t have the time!” … for exploring new technologies, developing positions for highly-skilled volunteers, professional development, and the list goes on. If you feel this way, Time-tastic! Time Management for Nonprofit Leaders might be able to help.

As author Karen Eber Davis states in the introduction:

Today’s market offers an array of time management advice…Why add another time management book? Well, time management is different in the nonprofit world for a number of reasons, including high expectations for relationships, stewardship issues, and the general scarcity of resources. Not only is time management different, it is more critical and often requires more skills.

We’re excerpting three of our favorite tips here for blog readers.  To learn more about the book and get more time management advice for nonprofit leaders, visit www.kedconsult.com

Exercise No
Save time by saying “no” to tasks before

Author Interview – John L. Lipp

Submitted by Lindsay Liprando
on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 00:00

Can you believe it – volunteer management now has its own Idiot’s Guide book! Working with the standard template, author John L. Lipp  crammed a lot of very useful information into 304 pages, all in bite-sized chunks.  Read on for our interview with John and a taste of the great information you’ll get from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Recruiting and Managing Volunteers.

Energize,Inc. (EI): What makes this book different from previous books on volunteer management?

John Lipp (JL): As a profession, we’ve been very fortunate to have some great books on volunteer management. Many of those books gave me a lot of guidance over the years and the feeling that I wasn’t alone. I’m hoping this book will do the same for a whole new generation of leaders in the field, especially those who might not even think of volunteer management as a profession.

I wrote this book from the perspective of a practitioner.

Ask-an-Author: Risk Management and Volunteer Drivers

Submitted by Lindsay Liprando
on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 00:00

Here’s the third  in a series of questions submitted by our readers and answered by volunteerism and risk management expert Linda Graff (read previous posts, on Risk Management and the Swine Flu and policies on reference checks).

The Question: I presently have a volunteer driver who has just come back from leave for medical conditions (stroke).  She still has her license and is eager to drive for us again.

 

My supervisor received an irate call from her son stating that his call was confidential and he did not want his mother driving due to her health condition.  He also implied that her health condition had deteriorated due to her busy schedule with us.  He made it VERY clear we are not to tell her he called.

 

The volunteer’s husband has passed and she enjoys her volunteer work.  The volunteer called wondering why she is not getting drives.

The son should speak directly with the mother, but won’t.

Interview – Volunteering and Employability

Submitted by Lindsay Liprando
on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 00:00

Here’s an interview with Nick Ockenden, Head of Research at the Institute for Volunteering Research in the UK, about IVR’s recent report on volunteering and employability. You can find more information about the research and read the final report at the IVR website. Many thanks to Nick for taking the time to talk to me about this important and timely project!

(Note: we have retained the spelling differences in British English in Nick’s answers below.)

Energize, Inc. (EI): You’ve just released a report about ways that organizations can successfully link volunteering to employability. Tell us a little about what this research has found.

Nick Ockenen (NO): The research focused on the role that Volunteer Centres could play in supporting the link between volunteering and employability.

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