Human Resources (includes volunteers)

Benefits Link

Free compliance information and tools for employee benefit plan sponsors, service providers and participants. The Benefits Buzz feature scans the web to find links to useful articles on employee benefit plan compliance matters. The Q&A feature allows nonprofits and others to post questions (i.e., benefits plans of tax exempt organizations, a past Q&A). This site also offers a message board for benefits professionals and other resources.

http://benefitslink.com/

Building Staff/Volunteer Relations

by Ivan H. Sceier

Building Staff/Volunteer Relations

Creating Your Employee Handbook - A Do-It-Yourself Kit for Nonprofits

by Leyna Bernstein
Creating Your Employee Handbook : A Do-It-Yourself Kit for Nonprofits

Creative Disruption, Sabbaticals for Capacity Building and Leadership Development in the Nonprofit Sector,

by Deborah S. Linnell and Tim Wolfred

Creative Disruption

Cultural Competency in the Workplace

by Margarita Sarmiento, The Pascall Company.

 Cultural Competency

 

Daring to Lead 2006

A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership, a joint project of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and The Meyer Foundation.
Daring to Lead 2006

Daring to Lead 2011

A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership, a joint project of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and The Meyer Foundation, 2011.

Daring to Lead 2011

 

Determining Executive Compensation

An article from The Grantsmanship Center Magazine.

http://www.tgci.com/magazine/97fall/exec.asp

Five Tips for Effective Employee Recognition

When you recognize people effectively, you reinforce, with your chosen means of recognition, the actions and behaviors you most want to see people repeat.

Five Tips for Effective Employee Recognition

Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit

by Peter Brinckerhoff
Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit

Hiring a Nonprofit Director Step-by-Step Guide

A Step-By-Step Guide to Hire a Director for a Nonprofit Agency written by Kurt J. Jenne and Margaret Henderson

Hiring a Nonprofit Director Step-by-Step Guide

 

Hiring for Emotional Intelligence

by Christina Bielaszka-DuVernay
What's needed are better interviews -- interviews that take a measure of candidates' emotional intelligence.

Hiring for Emotional Intelligence

How to Hire Handbook

This site from Rice University Human Resources provides guidelines for writing job descriptions, interview processes, effective and permissible interview questions, sample forms and more.

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~humres/Training/HowToHire/

HR Council

Sample Policies on Common HR Topics
http://hrcouncil.ca/hr-toolkit/policies-sample-policies.cfm#_secA19

Hug Your People: The Proven Way to Hire, Inspire, and Recognize Your Employees and Achieve Remarkable Results

by: Jack Mitchell

 

Hug Your People

Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations

by Carol Barbeito
Human Resource Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations

Inspiring People to their Greatness

by Lance H.K. Secretan
Inspiring People to their Greatness

Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works

by: Cindy Ventrice

 

Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works

Manage Staff and Volunteer Turnover

Written by Sumac Research. Staff and volunteers, no matter how much they care, can burn out if they're exhausted, overwhelmed, or under-appreciated. As a nonprofit manager, you can help your staff and volunteers avoid burnout.
http://sumac.com/manage-staff-and-volunteer-turnover

Managers Play a Key Role in Employee Recognition

The war for talent is well underway. Companies striving to keep their greatest asset and competitive weapon—their people—must activate or fine-tune recognition programs that focus first on managers and their ownership of recognition and retention practices.

Managers Play a Key Role in Employee Recognition

National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations (NAVREF)

NAVREF’s Best Practices Program is a risk assessment and management resource designed to provide the executive director, board of directors and management staff of a VA-affiliated nonprofit research and education corporation (NPC) with tools to work toward implementing “Best Practices.”
http://www.navref.org/bestpractices/default.htm

Network for Good

Organizations can post an unlimited number of volunteer opportunities (and receive email notifications of interest for follow-up) at no charge through this site, created in partnership with the USA Freedom Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

http://www.networkforgood.org/npo/volunteers/recruit.html

Nonprofit National Resource Directory

This is a one-stop-shop for nonprofits looking for the resources you need to succeed. Here you will find a free directory of those who specialize in assisting the nonprofit sector to fulfill your mission. Please take a moment to check the listings to find the resources you need to succeed. There are 140+ consultants, coaches, vendors and specialists listed here who are dedicated to helping the nonprofit sector survive and thrive.
http://www.nonprofitnationalresourcedirectory.com

Nonprofit Risk Management Center Free Risk Management Tutorials

The Nonprofit Risk Management Center offers many practical risk management resources in the form of online web-based programs and online tutorials to help nonprofits cope with uncertainty. Many are free!
http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/tools/overview.asp

Nonprofit Times Salary Survey 2004

Nationwide survey results.
http://nptimes.com/Feb04/specialreport.pdf

Salary Management for Nonprofits

The Fine Art of Distributing Dissatisfaction Equitably. By Jerry Jensen in The Management Center Magazine.

http://www.tgci.com/magazine/97fall/salary1.asp

Sample - CEO Appraisal Tool

CEO Appraisal Tool

 

Summary of Human Resources and Employment Related Laws

Summary of Human Resources and Employment Related Laws

 

Tag Teaming Recognition

Peer-to-peer recognition spreads responsibility across the organization

 

Tag Teaming Recognition

Team Building

Links to a variety of articles, tools and other resources on team building and group dynamics assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., for MAP for Nonprofits.

http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/teams/teams.htm

Ten Ways to Make Your Employees Love You

by Alison Green
10 Ways to Make Your Employees Love You

The Charity Channel

E-newsletters on Boards & Governance, Volunteer Management and E-Philanthropy.

http://www.charitychannel.com/

The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life

by Tom Ruddell
The Mecca Factor: 5 Imperatives for a Successful Life

The New Science of Hiring

By Stephanie Clifford
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060801/hiring.html

The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job that Makes a Difference

by Shelly Cryer
The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference

The Rise of the Creative Class

by Richard Florida
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book

by Susan J. Ellis
Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book

 

Training Volunteer Managers through the Points of Light Curricula

by Susan Lawton, Director, Volunteer Services, United Way of Tampa Bay.

Training Volunteer Managers

 

TransitionGuides

Dedicated to sustaining and strengthening nonprofits through better managed leadership transitions and related organizational development.

http://www.transitionguides.com/

Tricks of the Trade, 8 Ways to Show Employees the Love...When You Can't Show Them the Money

by Ed Hess and Charles Goetz
Tricks of the Trade

Volunteer Management Library

From Energize, Inc., founded and managed by Susan Ellis, the library includes statistics on volunteering, Archives from e-Volunteerism: The Electronic Journal of the Volunteerism Community, free electronic books, and a variety of articles and resource links.

http://www.energizeinc.com/art.html

Volunteer Management Resources

Resources for Volunteer Administrators. List provided by Rebecca Heimstead, Mayor's Youth Corps & Volunteer Coordinator, Tampa Parks & Recreation Department.

Resources for Volunteer Administrators

What We Learned (the Hard Way) about Supervising Volunteers: An Action Guide for Making Your Job Easier

by Jarene Frances Lee and Julia M. Catagnus

What We Learned (the Hard Way) about Supervising Volunteers: An Action Guide for Making Your Job Easier

 

Work: Making a Living and Making a Life

by Joshua Halberstam
Work: Making a Living