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Miscellaneous

A selection of published online articles by OzVPM Founder Andy Fryar
Supporting Vol Effort Through Family 'Buy-In' (VMR 26/5/04)

Good Grief? (VMR - 10/12/03)

Volunterrorism? (e-volunteerism - 7/03)

Intuition or Indigestion? (VMR - 26/3/03)

Bug or Butterfly? (VMR - 15/1/03)
VPM’s and the Time Management Trap (Energize - June 1999)

Andy Fryar's international volunteer management training journal 2005

During the latter part of 2005, OzVPM Director & Founder Andy Fryar completed a six week international training tour, providing volunteer management training in nine cities across six countries

You can still follow Andy's travels and experiences by visiting his archived on-line travel diary via the link above

Australian Observations: An interview with Linda Graff

This OzVPM Hot Topic from November 2004 asks Canadian volunteerism leader Linda Graff her thoughts on volunteerism in Australia

Confessions of a reforming workaholic

This Hot Topic from January 2004 examines the importance of volunteer managers maintaining a good work / life balance

‘e-volunteerism’ archive
This is a full list of all the articles ever published on the international journal for volunteerism – e-volunteerism. If you live in the Australasian region you can gain e-volunteerism membership when you join as a full member with AAVA – the Australasian Association of Volunteer Administrators

Fundraising Articles

This series of six innovative online fundraising articles are provided by TicketPrinting.com

6 Unique Online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 1

6 Unique online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 2

6 Unique online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 3

6 Unique online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 4

6 Unique online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 5

6 Unique online Fundraising Techniques for Your Nonprofit Pt 6

 

Leadership in volunteering

This paper, presented in 2001 by Katherine Peet from NZ examining the issues surrounding effective leadership in volunteering (pdf)

Media Guide for the Volunteer Sector

This paper, has been developed by the SA Office for Volunteers in conjunction with the SA State Governments Volunteers Ministerial Advisory Group.

OzVPM Hot Topic Archive
Every monthly hot topic from the OzVPM site (starting in July 2003) can be found here

Report of VRCs in NSW (2003)

Report of a review of VRCs in NSW completed in 2003

Sponsorship Guide for the Volunteer Sector

This paper, has been developed by the SA Office for Volunteers in conjunction with the SA State Governments Volunteers Ministerial Advisory Group.

Submission Writing Kit
Produced by Stephen McGarrigle, this easy to read guide to submission writing is available from the from Volunteering Queensland website. (pdf)

Susan Ellis' Asia Pacific Observations

While touring Singaapore, Australia and New Zealand in March / April 2005, US based volunteerism expert Susan Ellis recorded her experiences and thoughts with visitors to her Energize site. These included her thoughts on the first ever National retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management.

 

The archival collection of Ivan Scheier
Ivan Scheier has long been regarded as the 'grandfather' of volunteerism. He has been committed to volunteering since the mid 1960's and has written voluminous books and articles on the topic of volunteer management. Ivan is also credited with coining the term 'volunteerism'. This site archives a large portion of Ivan's philosophical thoughts.

Turn your organisation into a volunteer magnet

A free e-book published in 2004 by OzVPM founder Andy Fryar and UK volunteerism leaders Fraser Dyer and Rob Jackson

VolCentre Database Software

This volunteer centre management software called VolCentre is used by several centres in New Zealand and has been around since 1992. Since then it has been upgraded and enhanced many times. You can download and use the demo software free of charge. Upgrading to the full version attracts a $NZ 200 fee

* Please note this is for agency's needing to match volunteers to jobs and general software for maintaining databases of active volunteers in an agency

 

Volunteerism Bibliography
Compiled by American volunteerism author and expert, Steve McCurley, this bibliography is probably the most comprehensive ever put together (2002). Available courtesy of the Energize web site
Introduction to the Bibliography
Download the Bibliography (pdf)

International Links to Miscellaneous Resources
Additional links and information on this topic from around the world care of our friends at Energize
Volunteer Management in Special Settings
Humour
Volunteering Quotes
Parables
Poems


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