Reviews

Count Me In! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers
Australian Journal of Emergency Management

A particularly useful book on recruiting volunteers, this is an excellent resource that brings together a number of key principles with realistic ideas associated with recruiting volunteers.

This resource introduces the concept that there is far more to recruiting volunteers than putting an ad in the local paper and suggests continuous improvement and a multi-level approach. Concepts and ideas included in this book are interlinked and presented in a snapshot format by chapter for ready reference, easy digestion and application.

Contents assist the reader to take into account the many strands of recruiting volunteers. From an internal audit considering what an organization is bringing new volunteers into, to great suggestions as to how an organization identifies ways to be their own best ambassadors, right through to the 'sharp end' of actually recruiting volunteers.

Includes practical tips and ideas for both window of opportunity and ongoing recruitment strategies. Volunteer Managers and those involved in the recruiting process can pick and mix ideas that fit with the local communities needs and organizational resources.

This book also provides assistance for Volunteer Managers in identifying gaps in areas of the practice of volunteer management with further reading suggested as a handy reference.

Count Me In! 501 Ideas on Recruiting Volunteers provides the Volunteer Manager (paid or unpaid) with a broad spectrum of concepts relating to volunteer management and recruitment along with some very practical and useful ideas to back up those concepts. All in all, an easy to read, easy to use, valuable resource for those involved in both recruiting volunteers and volunteer management.