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Average Hourly Value of Volunteer Time

(United States Figures)
Estimated dollar value of volunteer time:
$19.51 per hour for 2007.
See Independent Sector website for more information.

 

Certification/Education Programs

Posted here are the materials HAVA members should refer to
when studying for the CVA certification test.

2008 CVA Exam: Primary References

The Volunteer Management Handbook, ed.
Tracy Daniels Connors, Wiley Nonprofit Series, New York, 1995.
Available on line from: www.ASAEcenter.org/bookstore ($57.00 approx.)

From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success.
Susan J. Ellis. Energize, Inc.: Philadelphia, PA. 1996.
Available from: www.energizeinc.com/xmlEi/top.php. ($25 approx.)

Leading Volunteers for Results: Building Communities Today,
Jeanne H,. Bradner. Con-versation Press, Inc. Winnetka, IL, 1999.
Available from Amazon.Com or Conversation Press at 800-848-5224. ($11.95 approx.)

Free Downloads from Internet

Virtual Volunteering Guidebook:
How to Apply the Principles of Real-World Volunteer Management to Online Service.
Susan J. Ellis and Jayne Cravens, Impact Online, Inc., 2000.
Introduction and Chapters 8 and 9.
Free download from: www.energizeinc.com/art/elecbooks.html

“Emerging Partnerships: New Ways in a New World”.
Peter F. Drucker Foundation, De-cember 1996.
Free download at www.pfdf.org/collaboration/partners.html.

Measuring the Difference:
A Guide to Outcome Evaluation for Volunteer Program Man-agers.
Melissa Eystad, 1997.
Free download from: www.energizeinc.com/art/elecbooks.
Hard copy upon request to eye-stad53@spacestar.net for $5.00 shipping and handling fee.

“Volunteer Risk Management”
Melanie Herman, Nonprofit Risk Management Center.
30-minute tutorial can be accessed at: http://nonprofitrisk.org/tutorials/tutorials.htm

CVA Reader
(additional material sent to all registered candidates)

Professional Ethics in Volunteer Administration.
Association for Volunteer Administration, Richmond, VA. 2005.

“The Relevance of Professional Ethics”,
Kathy Perun, CVA and Katie Campbell, CVA.
Volunteer Management Magazine, Summer 2005.

Cultural Competency: Not a Lump Sum of Stereotypes.
Nora Silver, The Journal of Volun-teer Administration, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2002.

 

Postings of Volunteer Opportunities

SERVEnet
Volunteer Match
Volunteer Houston

 

Volunteer Management Resources

Action without Borders
Charity Channel
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Energize
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Points of Light Foundation
Virtual Volunteering
Volunteer Today

 

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