About Books

Around this time of year, a number of us take the time to step back from our normally busy lives and examine in what ways we feel we are able to give back. The holidays are known for bringing out the charitable spirit in people, whether that spirit is in the form of a monetary or in-kind donation or a service project such as volunteering at a food bank or children’s hospital. This is truly fantastic, but a question this always brings up for me is, in what ways can we harness this spirit year-round and use it to create a legacy of giving?

What do nonprofit and public sector leaders need to know to work effectively with volunteers? Find out in Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders, now available in paperback in the Energize online bookstore!

This weekend I curled up with an unusual new light-reading book.  Crystal Hickerson’s novel, The Volunteer,  is a fictional account of hospice volunteering and one of the major characters is – yes! – the manager of volunteer resources.  In fact this VRM is a handsome, divorced guy (well, this is a fantasy) to whom the young, single heroine volunteer is quite attracted.  The feeling is mutual and, without being a spoiler, the twists and turns of the story lead to many places, including sex and love.  (This may do wonders for our image as goody two-shoes!)

The Energize Bookstore is pleased to announce that we have back in stock print copies of four of Linda Graff’s books!  A long-term friend of Energize, she is president of Linda Graff and Associates, Inc., based in Ontario, Canada and is internationally acknowledged as the volunteer field's leading expert in risk management issues.   Her books have remained consistent best sellers from our store in e-book format, and there’s a good reason.