Contents: 1. Let's Get Started! Ten Ways to Help 3. Can We Talk? Get Lost in a Book 5. Find Books to Love 6. Discover Shared Reading 7. When writing a handbook, it will be essential to consider your audience. You might have young volunteers, family volunteers, and older volunteers.
With the latter, it's especially important to speak to them respectfully without using cliches or stereotypes. Depending on the size and sector of your nonprofit, your handbook will vary in size and breadth.
Each nonprofit is different and has its own structure, so there's no one table of contents for your volunteer handbook. However, many nonprofits, both small and large, use handbooks that include items such as:. Often volunteer handbooks include many more items than listed here. For instance, the National Wildlife Foundations includes sections on record management, dress code, attendance and time, minimum hours required, training, evaluation, recognition, conduct, smoking and drugs, safety and liability, reimbursement of expenses, safety and security, sexual harassment, and conflicts of interest.
The list above is just a starting point for your nonprofit; in no way is it the only format you can choose. Nonprofits can make a full handbook version, or they can take more of a volunteer "orientation" approach.
An orientation handbook may focus only on the roles and tasks volunteers will be performing for your organization. These descriptions could be customized to each position or could serve as a general orientation handbook that all volunteers receive. Orientation can also include videos volunteers can access remotely, or a group or individual meeting.
Some nonprofits may need to include additional sections in their handbooks, such as reimbursement guidelines or emergency evacuation procedures. There may also be some legal or insurance disclaimers to include, such as injury liability information and information about your state's "Good Samaritans Law.
The beauty of a volunteer handbook is that it doesn't have to be complicated. You can use existing training documents or discussions between staff and volunteers to decide what to include. You can also use other nonprofits' handbooks as an outline but don't copy! Also, keep in mind that your handbook doesn't have to be perfect; it's OK to start with a first edition and upgrade as you expand.
The key is just to get started. Using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, one of your volunteers or staff members can select professional manual templates, brochure templates, or just use a basic document. You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: 1 2 3 4 5. Preview this item Preview this item. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private.
Save Cancel. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Coordinator's guide to Help America read. Aimed at those co-ordinating literacy volunteers, this resource offers information on building a programme along with suggestions for training. It provides practical advice on recruiting, orientating, organizing, supervising and advising volunteers, along with transparencies and sample letters.
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