Visionary Leadership in Volunteer Programs: Insight and Inspiration from the Speeches of Marlene Wilson - Softcover

Wilson, Marlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940576570 ISBN 13: 9780940576575

Publisher: Energize, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

One of the true pioneers of volunteer management, Marlene Wilson has shared her vision and practical advice with practitioners around the world for over 40 years. Her seminal 1976 book, The Effective Management of Volunteer Programs, was the first attempt anywhere to outline what volunteer management is all about. Now she has compiled 16 of her most popular presentations from 1974 to 1999 into one book. Marlene Wilson’s stories and ideas provided inspiration and vision for countless volunteer program managers. They still do. Enjoy and learn!

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About the Author

In 1968, Marlene helped create and became the executive director of The Volunteer and Information Center of Boulder County, Colorado. This was the first volunteer center in Colorado and one of only a few existing in the United States. The center became a national model for developing volunteer centers across the country. She then founded The University of Colorado Volunteer Management Certificate Program in 1972, the first program of its kind to provide volunteer management training for volunteer professionals. Marlene served as faculty director until the program's end on its 25th Anniversary in 1997.Marlene is a former editor-in-chief of the Volunteer Administration Journal. In 2001, she hosted the radio talk show Ask the Experts on KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona. From 2003-2005, she served as an advisor to Group Publishing s Church Volunteer Central. Since 1975, Marlene has served as president of her own publishing and consulting firm, Volunteer Management Associates. She continues to write and consult on a limited basis.Marlene Wilson s basic philosophy about volunteerism is summed up in these few words (for which she was quoted by President George H. Bush during National Volunteer Week in 1991): Caring must strengthen into commitment and commitment into action.

Edition details

• Publisher: Energize, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940576570
• ISBN 13: 9780940576575
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184