What Volunteer Managers Want

In preparing the OurSharedResources.com website we surveyed leaders of volunteer to ask them what resources of their peers they would like access to. The percentages next to each of the items indicate the percentage of the respondents that would like to have access to such resources.

• Examples of volunteer manuals 80.0%
• Examples of volunteer policies 77.0%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - training / orientation 70.9%
• Examples of forms such as photo releases, confidentiality, parental permission for youth, etc. 69.1%
• Volunteer position description templates 66.7%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - recognition 66.1%
• Examples of volunteer position descriptions 60.6%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - strategic recruitment 59.4%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - supervision / evaluation 58.2%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - current trends 53.9%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - communications 52.1%
• Volunteer manager position descriptions 50.9%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - screening 45.5%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - strategic planning 43.6%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - working with other staff 43.6%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - technology 41.8%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - reporting 40.0%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - generational influences 33.3%
• ‘How-to’ articles / advice - budgeting / financial implications 31.5%

If you have developed any of these types of resources that you would like to share with others, or if you are looking for something to help you avoid "recreating the wheel", please go to www.OurSharedResources.com.