The Universal Benefits of Volunteering

WALTER P. PIDGEON, Jr., PhD, is President of Trans--American Associates.

THE INDIVIDUAL'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE VOLUNTEER PROCESS.; Planning the Volunteer Experience.; What Is Return Value and How Can It Benefit You?; HOW NOT--FOR--PROFITS CAN INCREASE THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY OF VOLUNTEERING.; The Role of Return Value in a Not--For--Profit's Volunteer Recruitment Plan.; A Comprehensive Volunteer Strategic Plan for Not--For--Profits.; Using the Return Value of Volunteering to Strengthen Fund Raising.; Creative Partnerships with For--Profits Increase Volunteering.; THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT VOLUNTEERING CAN PLAY IN A FOR--PROFIT BUSINESS.; Building Partnerships in a Changing World.; Volunteering's Return Value to the Business World.; A Strategic Approach for Maximizing Volunteering's Value for the For--Profit Organization.; THE COMMUNITY: AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORM VOLUNTEER PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE COMMON GOOD.; A Community Approach That Can Increase the Rate and the Worth of Volunteering.; Appendix.; Index.