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Volunteer Management Resources

• Associations / Organizations /Gov Resources

• Fundraising Resources

• Media Outlet Resources

• Non-profit Job Listings

• Non-Profit Databases

• Non-profit Q & A from Idealist.com

• Online Newsletters

• Risk Management Sites:

• Service Learning Resources

• Technical Resources

• Volunteer Management Resources

• Volunteer Motivational Quotes:

• Volunteer Management Software

• Writing Helps

 

Associations / Organizations /Gov Resources

• http://www.avaintl.org/ Association for Volunteer Administration

• http://www.pointsoflight.org/ Points of Light Foundation

• http://www.dhs.state.il.us/chp/op/CYP/ICVCS.asp Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and service  

• Center for Non-profit Leadership http://www.mchenry.edu/cnpl/index.html 

• RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program http://www.seniorcorps.org/

•  US Freedom Corps http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/content/for_orgs/enewsletter/archive.asp  

• Listing of Volunteers Centers in the US http://www.pointsoflight.org/downloads/pdf/centers/member_directory2005.pdf 

  to view by state: http://www.polf.org/centers/find_center.cfm 

Fundraising Resources

• Yahoo Good Search  http://www.goodsearch.com/

• Welcome to Rethink Ink, a low effort, no cost fundraiser that helps the environment and earns money for Schools, Churches, Libraries, Non-profit organizations and any and all organizations! RECYCLE YOUR INKJETS, TONER CARTRIDGES AND CELL PHONES TODAY!!! We provide everything you need to get started and the best part is all supplies are FREE. Rethink Ink pays for all shipping cost and we provide boxes, bins and shipping lables at no cost to you or your organization. http://www.rethinkink.com/

• Cause Marketing resource: http://causemarketingforum.com/

• http://www.museummarketingtips.com/links/fundmemb.html

• http://www.justgive.org/ JustGive.com

• http://www.mchenrycountycommunityfoundation.org/ McHenry County Community Foundation

• http://www.donorsforum.org/ Donors Forum

• http://www.kidsforcommunity.org/grants.asp Youth volunteer grants

• http://philanthropy.com/ The Chronicle of Philanthropy

• http://www.npguides.org/guide/inquiry_letter.htm Grant Writing Tools for Nonprofits

• http://www.fundsnetservices.com/corp02.htm  information on corporate philanthropy

• Philanthropy Journal" <news@philanthropyjournal.org

• hhttp://fdncenter.org/: The Foundation Center

• http://www.tgci.com/: Grantsmanship Center

• www.t-tlaw.com: Corporate Grantmaker Information

• www.fundsnetservices.com: Grants and Specific Fields of Interest

• Online Giving on the Rise, Study Finds http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=110000030

• http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/pns/links.cfm: Links to funding information
  

 Media Outlet Resources

•   Media contact list put together by local volunteer managers

•   A semi-professional/student photographer is interested in offering his services as a photographer, in whatever capacity needed,  free of charge to get the experience. He has professional equipment, can shoot high-quality photos and can provide CD's of the images free of charge that can be taken to a photomat such as Wolf, Wal-Mart, etc to obtain prints, as needed. 

Non-profit Job Listings

• Nonprofit Online Classifieds <http://classifieds.nonprofitnews.org

• http://www.idealist.org/ Non-profit resource includes job openings

• http://www.careers-in-business.com/nonprofit.htm Careers in non-profits

Non-Profit Databases

• Guidestar: www.guidestar.org

Online Newsletters

• E-Strategies for Clients newsletter provides nonprofits, schools, libraries, park districts and municipalities with news, resources and information to build their capacity.

  (Keep E-Strategies coming! Please add Executive Service Corps of Chicago to your address book or safe list now to avoid having this newsletter filtered out as unwanted e-mail. If you have trouble viewing this e-mail, please go to www.esc-chicago.org.)

• http://charitychannel.com/: A place where nonprofit professionals can connect

• http://www.evolunteerism.com/index.php The electronic journal of the volunteer community.  

• The Nonprofit Management & Performance Update is provided as an informational                                              newsletter to all human services, foundations and nonprofit organizations about news and innovations in performance management reforms. Marinier@performanceweb.org

• Nonprofit Online News: http://news.gilbert.org

• Philanthropy Journal" <news@philanthropyjournal.org

Risk Management Sites:

• Risk Management - http://www.mapnp.org/library/risk_mng/risk_mng.htm

• Non-profit Risk Management Center - http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/

• Sample volunteer management policies http://www.casanet.org/program-management/volunteer-manage/sample-manage.htm  

• Volunteer protection act http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/bills/58th_2nd/3rd_read/b098.htm  

• http://www.npgoodpractice.org Nonprofit good practice guide

• http://iknow.org/:This site provides extensive lists and links of resources for nonprofit organizations, including strategic planning, governance, human resources, business services, fundraising, philanthropy, legislation, volunteerism, and so forth

Service Learning Resources

• http://www.studentsinservicetoamerica.org/guidebook/index.html Service learning

• http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/webresources.html 

Technical Resources

• Conference Calling: http://www.freeconference.com/Home.aspx  A free Web-Scheduled Standard and Reservationless Standard conferencing services. They do not provide Toll-Free (800) Dial-in Numbers.  Although some callers may be local to the Dial-in Numbers, most callers should expect to dial a long distance number to access the conference bridges and, therefore pay only the normal domestic long distance rates charged by each caller’s long distance carrier for the length of time they are on the call.

• SurveyMonkey: Survey up to 100 people online for free: http://www.surveymonkey.com

• TechSoup: get software at low low prices http://www.techsoup.org/

• Free web tools http://www.bravenet.com/ 

• Free web hosting for non-profits http://www.grassroots.org/do/Home 

• http://www.snapfish.com - Free online photo share - get photos online for volunteers to see

• Web design

• Dell Donation Description : Dell’s donation consists of used printers.  The types of printers, which are subject to change at Dell’s sole discretion, currently include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: Click to download application and thank you letter

 

Volunteer Management Resources

• JNA Consulting, Building Stronger Team Members For Tomorrow Through Affordable Education Opportunities Today.:Offers a variety of helps from goal setting and team building to dealing with conflict and leadership /management support. Click for a complete listing of services.

• Free memo pads: http://www.plumgroveprinters.com

• VCI (Volunteer Center of IL) sponsored training

• http://www.msu.edu/~hcsc/fce874/ Volunteer Resources

• http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2002/ACS/Tabular/050/05000US171111.htm                 McHenry County Demographics

• http://www.surveymonkey.com Survey Monkey – email surveys to 100 individuals for free

• Miscellaneous Resources

• http://www.leadershipgmc.org/ Leadership Greater McHenry County

• http://www.anywho.com/: An online phone, email, reverse look up directory

• http://www.idealist.org/ Non-profit resource includes volunteer management support

Volunteer Motivational Quotes:

• Inspirational quotes for volunteer & Motivational Quotes -  http://www.inspirational-world.com/inspirational_quotes

Volunteer Management Software

• http://www.volsoft.com/ Volunteer Software

• http://www.redridge.com/ 

• http://www.samaritan.com/

• http://www.volsoft.com/

• http://www.visionlink.org/T%20Vol.htm 

  Writing Helps

• http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com

• http://thesaurus.reference.com Thesaurus.com

• http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/ Grammar help

 

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