Susan
J Ellis
Susan
J. Ellis is President of Energize, Inc., a training,
consulting, and publishing firm that specializes in
volunteerism.
She
founded the Philadelphia-based company in 1977 and
since that time has assisted clients throughout North
America (48 states and 5 provinces), Europe (8 countries),
Asia (3 countries), Latin America and Australia to
create or strengthen their volunteer corps. The year
2002 marked Energize's 25th anniversary.
Susan
is the author or co-author of eleven books, including
From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer
Program Success and The Volunteer Recruitment
Book . All her books can be found in the Energize
Online Bookstore.
From
1981 to 1987 she was Editor-in-Chief of The Journal
of Volunteer Administration . She has written
more than 90 articles on volunteer management for
dozens of publications and writes the national bi-monthly
column, "On Volunteers," for The NonProfit Times
. [Complete bibliography
of Susan's books and articles.]
Susan's
interest in new technology has taken Energize into
cyberspace, where its innovative Web site has won
international recognition as a premier resource for
volunteer program leaders: www.energizeinc.com.
Energize are proud to be an international partner
with OzVPM
In
2000, she and Steve McCurley launched the field's
first online journal, e-Volunteerism:
The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community,
for which she serves as editor.
She was the recipient of the Association for Volunteer
Administration's 1989 Harriet Naylor Distinguished
Member Service Award. Susan is an active volunteer
in a variety of volunteerism associations and is treasurer
of the board of the New Society Educational Foundation.
You
can e-mail Susan at: susan@e-volunteerism.com

OzVPM Founder Andy Fryar and Energize President, Susan
J Ellis pictured while conducting training together
in Perth (June 2000)
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