Volunteer Work category: 192 books

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Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums

A Handbook for Volunteer Management

by Kristy Van Hoven, Loni Wellman
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016

We are in the middle of a museum paradigm shift and a new type of museum volunteer is emerging from the community. Non-profit volunteers are looking for unique and satisfying ways to engage in their communities and museums are primed to offer just the experiences these volunteers are looking for. Here’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008

Volunteer management has many challenges, not the least of which is how we study it and view it. Academics examine it from a variety of disciplines and practitioners experience it in a variety of contexts. However both approaches have limitations. In academia we go to public administration schools to...
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Volunteer Economies

The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa

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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016

Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions that raise contentious ethical issues. What has been the real impact of volunteers...
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by Quentin Wodon
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017

As is the case for many nonprofits, the success of Rotary clubs depends in part on the image that communities have of the organization. Public image – the term often used in Rotary – matters especially for membership, both to attract new members and to keep the members clubs already have. But...
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by Nichole Georgeou
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

This work comes at an important time of global crisis and change, where the world is ravaged by natural disasters, wars and poverty. This has increased the pressure on governments and other organisations, such as volunteer sending agencies, which provide aid, and we have seen an upward trend in the...
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by Pam Grout
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009

Travel industry experts report that more and more people are combining vacations with volunteer work—the growing phenomenon called "voluntourism." Professionals predict this will be a key growth area for years to come; the voluntourists themselves find it a rewarding activity, good for...
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by Mark Winfield
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013

The Essential Volunteer Handbook provides all the help you will need to find a rewarding volunteer experience in your local community. Easily read in one sitting, information is provided on locating and selecting opportunities that will make a difference while helping you grow as a person. The author...
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Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins

How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch in, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Be tter Place

by David T. Levinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010

The director of one of the largest grassroots volunteer programs in the country shows how everyone can give back. Just in time for the season of giving, Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins will change how Americans give back to their communities. Once a self-proclaimed "reluctant volunteer"-too...
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Wide-Open World

How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever

by John Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching...
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If It Takes a Village, Build One

How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too

by Malaak Compton-Rock
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010

A must have book for anyone has ever wanted to make a difference in the world. ________________________________________________   Service is the rent we pay for living" says preeminent children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman and this is the motto by which Malaak Compton Rock, dedicated humanitarian...
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The Give-Back Solution

Create a Better World with Your Time, Talents and Travel (Whether You Have $10 or $10,000)

by Susan Skog
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009

An unprecedented surge of ordinary people are using their time, talents, and travel to make a better world. What's Your Part of the Give-Back Solution? Reaching out and supporting others brings out the best in all of us. Giving back strengthens America-but the under-appreciated secret...
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Hoping to Help

The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering

by Judith N. Lasker
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016

Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations,...
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by Christopher Handy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012

Why Changing Your Mindset Can Change Your Life! In This Book, You Will Learn: Volunteering Basics, Less Fortunate And Disabled Kids, The Aged, Your Community, Helping Others Via Your Occupation, And so much more! Volunteering is a selfless way to dedicate your time to work with individuals who are...
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The Springs of Namje

A Ten-Year Journey from the Villages of Nepal to the Halls of Congress

by Rajeev Goyal
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012

A Peace Corps volunteer’s inspirational story about the power of small change In 2001, Peace Corps volunteer Rajeev Goyal was sent to Namje, a remote village in the eastern hills of Nepal. Brimming with idealism, he expected to find people living in conditions of misery and suffering; instead,...
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