BUSINESS Co-workers and Change Makers: Employee Volunteer Programs’ Steps to Success for Small-to Medium-Sized Businesses This paper offers eight steps to success for small-to medium-sized businesses based on the Principles of Excellence for Workplace Volunteering. The Principles were developed through years of research and collection of effective practices among business leaders in the field. These principles make up the backbone of this paper and help ensure that your programs benefit both the company and the community. View Resource The Principles of Excellence Assessment Tool The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, working with a committee of business members, created The Principles of Excellence: An Employee Volunteer Program Assessment Tool. By establishing a set of standards to measure effective employee volunteer programs, this online tool makes it easy for an organization to assess their progress. View Resource Top Seven Trends Affecting Employee Volunteer Programs This paper discusses the top seven trends affecting employee volunteering programs, which include skills-based volunteering, rebranded volunteering, disaster response volunteering, diversity-focused volunteering, cause leadership volunteering, business-smart volunteering and well-measured volunteering. View Resource RESEARCH & EVALUATION 2006 National Conference Evaluation Report This report documents the findings of attendees overall satisfaction with the 2006 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. View Resource 2006 National Conference Workshop Report This report is based on two on-site surveys of attendees to assess workshop satisfaction. View Resource Calculating the Economic Impact of Volunteers This online calculator estimates the appropriate wage rate for volunteer time based on what the person does, the value of specific tasks according to market conditions as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. Organizations can use the calculator to determine the value of time that their volunteers spend in a variety of volunteer jobs. View Resource TRAININGS Training Seminars These seminars provide useful information and are designed to meet the needs of numerous volunteer programs, including General Volunteer Management, Workplace Volunteering, Youth & Family, Volunteer Center Management Initiatives, and International Programs. View Resource VOLUNTEER CENTERS Family Volunteering Toolbox: A Resource for Volunteer Centers Now Available This toolbox provides resources to help Volunteer Centers develop new and enhance existing family volunteer programs. Technical assistance and consulting resources also are included to help educate other nonprofits, businesses and individual families about family volunteering. View Resource Neighboring: The New Face of Volunteering This brochure from the Volunteer Center Neighboring Task Force introduces Neighboring, the person-to-person help that can happen in communities with limited resources and multiple challenges. Learn how your volunteer programs can recognize, build and mobilize the internal resources of underserved communities to transform them into vital places in which to live, work and raise families. View Resource Paving the Way: Volunteer Centers and Baby Boomer Volunteering This publication is designed to help Volunteer Centers become a local resource for effective baby boomer volunteer engagement. Building on an earlier document, 50+ Volunteering: Working for Stronger Communities — which raised awareness and prompted discussion — this field-developed piece offers a three-part framework for action based on the areas of Awareness, Opportunities and Partnerships to actively engage the boomer generation. This guidebook also offers ideas, tools, templates and examples from peer Volunteer Centers to help you enhance your work. View Resource Reaching Out to Spanish-Speaking Volunteers: A Guide to More Inclusive Community Building This guide will help you meet the challenges of recruiting Spanish-speaking volunteers to ensure that your volunteer base is as diverse as possible. View Resource Volunteer Center Resource Development Toolkit This capacity-building toolkit is one of the first joint initiatives resulting from the new Affiliation Agreement process. The toolkit will help Volunteer Center directors, staff, development officers and volunteers enhance their abilities for effective revenue generation. View Resource Youth YES Ambassador Legacy Projects The YES Ambassador Legacy Project, which started in 1998 and is an integral part of the YES Ambassador experience, reflects the work of more than 30 YES Ambassadors. These Legacy Projects have become lasting tools that are promoted and referenced by people in the service field. You can find projects posted on VolunteerResource.org by searching under the key words, “Legacy Project.” Please note that the YES Ambassador program ended in the 2005–2006 program year. View Resource