Share The Spirit! 

Free tips, tools and resources, including some of the materials I've produced for downloading, links to other sites and articles of interest, poetry, thoughts or quotes related to giving and volunteering.

Articles and Publications

Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make - A guide to outcome evaluation for volunteer programs. (MiN Department of Human Services, 1997).

To request a copy of "Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make" submit our Contact Form with Name, Email Address and enter "Request Guide" in Comment Field and we will send you a free electronic copy of the guide.

Questions on the Common Good, an essay from “The Rants and Raves Anthology: What’s on the Minds of Leading Authors in the Volunteer World”  Edited by Susan J. Ellis

Energize, 2003, 50 pages, ISBN 0-940576-38-4, electronic version only (USA) Entire publication available at http://www.energizeinc.com/store/5-211-E-1 for $5.00 USD

Energize invited the best-selling authors in the volunteer field, including World Spirit Consulting’s Melissa Eystad, to share what was on their minds right now (which was then 2003). The result is ten essays on widely diverse subjects, yet together presenting a snapshot of volunteerism at the time, which seems still relevant in 2010.

Training Material

Volunteer Basics for Neighborhod Leaders- a 4-module training curriculum

Train-the-trainers guide on how to effectively engage, supervise and motivate neighborhood volunteers. Each module is 2 hours, or could be adapted to offer in a one-day training.

Module I - Volunteer Basics for Neighborhood Leaders

Module II - Neighborhood Volunteer Recruitment and Placement

Module III - Motivating and Keeping Neighborhood Volunteers

Module IV - Working with Neighborhood Advisory Boards and Councils 

The World Spirit

A Tribute to Volunteer Administrators

Websites and Blogs for World-Builders!

www.idealist.org

www.csv.org.uk

www.worldvolunteerweb.org

www.iave.org

www.wingsweb.org