Volunteer Management: Leading Change at Your Shelter
Changes to a volunteer program require thoughtful and deliberate planning and action. A common mistake is to rush into making multiple changes without laying the groundwork to ensure success. Here’s how to avoid that error by moving forward in stages. More...

Volunteer Management: Building a Successful Volunteer Program
Animal shelters are often so desperate for volunteers to offset their small budgets that their volunteer programs are developed quickly, with very little structure or planning. A more successful approach is to step back, slow down, and plan a volunteer program in a series of building blocks, in order to prevent major problems and support healthy growth. More...

Volunteer Management: During Tough Times, “Fund” What’s Free
In this new department, two experienced volunteer managers make the case that, during tough economic times, a well-managed team of shelter volunteers is more important than ever. More...