Describe effective volunteer management

What will be an ideal response?

• Volunteers are treated like professional full-time workers, trained and held accountability
• The mission and priorities are framed in terms of the problem the organization is facing
• There is a clearly articulated positive vision of volunteers as valuable resources
• Leaders at all levels of the organization facilitate volunteer involvement and impact
• Paid employees are respected and participate in planning and managing volunteer activities
• Effort is made to reduce barriers and increase teamwork between paid and unpaid staff
• Openness exists to the possibility of changing and learning from volunteers' experiences
• Volunteers are sought from all segments of the community and from those being served