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Tools and Resources

Looking for tools and resources to assist your organization in effectively engaging volunteers? Check-out our listing below of our favorite no- or low-cost resources organized for nonprofit and corporate audiences.

• Nonprofit Tools and Resources
• Corporate Tools and Resources
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Nonprofit Tools and Resources

Once you’ve taken our nonprofit service enterprise quiz, the tools and resources below will assist your organization in strengthening your volunteer engagement practices. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Click here to contact us.

General/Research

• Nonprofit Service Enterprise Summary
  A quick and easy summary of the Reimagining Service Principles and nonprofit service enterprise findings.
• "Positive Deviant" Service Enterprise Research Summary
  Research conducted by TCC Group
• Nonprofit Service Enterprise Research Summary
  Research conducted by Deloitte
• Drinking Our Own Kool-Aid
  Blog post detailing the Taproot Foundation’s own journey in becoming a service enterprise.

Executive Leadership

• From The Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement
  Low-cost guide that highlights strategies to develop executive-level support for volunteering.
• 12 Key Actions of Volunteer Program Champions: CEOs Who Lead the Way
  Free booklet that summarizes 12 key actions for CEO support of volunteering based on interviews with CEOs who champion volunteer engagement.
• Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement
  Low-cost book, including worksheets and practical tips, for executives to develop strong volunteer organizational practices.

Strategic Resource Allocation

• Recognise, Support, Invest: Your Guide to Valuing Volunteer Management
  Free guide to assist your organization with investing allocating resources to support volunteer management.
• Budgeting for and Funding Volunteer Involvement
  Specifically, chapter 3 of low-cost book, Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement outlines budgeting for volunteer engagement and methods of generating funding for it

Effective Training

• Training Busy Staff to Succeed with Volunteers: 55-Minute Staff Training Series
  Series includes 12 modules to train staff to effectively engage and manage volunteers.

Clear Expectations

• Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
  List of best practices and research related to effective practices for managing volunteers, including setting expectations and communicating with volunteers.

Ongoing Fundraising

• Resource Guide for Volunteer Management Funding
  Reimagining Service guide that includes materials to assist nonprofits with building the case for the financial support of volunteers as well as sample successful grant proposals.
• Economic Impact of Volunteers Calculator
  Online tool to document the economic impact of volunteers.
• Volunteer Management Advocacy Kit
  Free guide outlining strategies for advocating for and generating support for volunteer management.
• A Guide to Investing in Volunteer Resources Management: Improve Your Philanthropic Dollar
  Guide that lays out the case to funders for investing in volunteer infrastructure.

Corporate Tools and Resources

• Corporate Service Enterprise Summary
  A quick and easy summary of the Reimagining Service Principles and corporate service enterprise findings.
• Corporate Service Enterprise Research Summary
  Research conducted by Commongood Careers
• Corporate Diagnostic Tool
  Developed by Taproot Foundation

Other

• Reimagining Service Report, October 2009