Books Available in the Resource Library

Volunteer Programs
  • A Guide to Managing Successful Volunteer Programs
  • Retired Senior Volunteer Program
  • RBTMS
  • Volunteer Center of McHenry County Newsletters
  • Celebration of Caring
  • Celebrating People in Action
  • Human Resources in Disaster
  • Upsizing Community Investment
  • Developing an Effective Corporate Volunteer Program
  • Points of Light Foundation Strategic Plan
  • Volunteer Center National Network Strategic Plan
  • Volunteer Center National Network Strategic Plan
  • 50+ Volunteering
  • Powerful Volunteer Connections
  • People in Need Forum
  • Family Volunteering
  • Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
  • Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
  • Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
  • The Corporate Citizen; Issue 4
  • The Year That Changes the World!
  • Toolkit for Developing & Strengthening Corporate Volunteer Councils
  • Family-Friendly Volunteering
  • Your Guide to Understanding the Volunteer Center Development Process
  • Family Serve
  • Spontaneous Volunteer Management Plan Template
  • The New Volunteer Workforce
  • Life Song
  • Handbook on Developing and Sustaining Volunteer Center Associations
  • Developing and Sustaining Volunteer Center Associations
  • Collection of Volunteer Center Executive Director Job Descriptions 
  • The Volunteer Manager's Guide to Media Work
  • Alliance Online FAQ
  • Spontaneous Volunteer Workshop
  • Volunteer Center Resource Development Toolkit
  • Working with Youth Volunteers
  • Youth and Adult Partnership Tool Kit
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Developing Effective Youth Service Programs
  • Service-Learning Impacting Citizenship (SLIC)
Leadership
  • Tribes
  • Speak Like a CEO
  • The Leader of the Future
  • Drucker on Leadership
  • Developing the Leader Within You
  • Leadership and the One Minute Manager
  • Today Matters
  • Thinking for a Change
  • Running with the Giants
  • The E-Myth Enterprise
  • Twelve Keys to an Effective Church
  • Simplify
  • Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • Quiet
  • The Leader of the Future
  • Managing the Non-Profit Organization
  • Winning with People
  • Me, an Evangelist?
  • Speaking the Truth in Love
  • Who Moved My Cheese
  • Raving Fans
  • The Wisdom of Teams
  • The Articulative Executive
Board Resources
  • Boards that Make a Difference
Technical
  • Microsoft Expression Web 2; Step by Step
  • Excel 2000 for Windows for Dummies
  • Microsoft Office Access 2007 for Dummies
  • Microsoft Access 2003 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
  • Web Marketing for Dummies
  • The Non-Designer's Web Book
Organizational Helps


  • The Circle of Innovation
  • The Volunteer Center Benchmarking Measure and Program Measure
  • Hearts at Work
  • Youth Group Trust Builders
  • Children's Ministry That Works!
  • The New Games Book
  • How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (6th Edition)
  • The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Management
  • Customer Service for Dummies
  • Driving Strategic Planning
  • Presenting Strategic Planning
Fundraising
  • Open Me Now (mailings)
  • Raising Big Bucks
  • Securing Your Organization's Future
  • Fundraising Guides: After the Grant
  • Fundraising for Non-Profit
  • Why, how and why to plan a gift
  • Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Public Charities
  • Guia Para Escribir Propuestas
  • Guide to Proposal Writing
  • Directory of Funding in Illinois
  • II. Write the Proposal
  • What Volunteers Should Know About Fundraising
  • Congregational Endowment Guide
  • The Business of Special Events
  • Fundraising for Dummies
  • Fundraising
Marketing
  • The Basics of Design
  • Y103.9 The Beat of the Burbs
  • Market Like You Mean It!
  • Foundations and Public Policy
  • Publicity & Media Relations Checklist
  • Ideas Booklet
  • The Newspaper Designer's Handbook
  • Quick Solutions to Great Layouts
  • Selling for Dummies
  • Promotion
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Publishing a Newsletter
  • Marketing on a Shoestring
  • Star 10.5. WZSR FM
  • A Volunteer Center's Guide to Working with News Media
  • Getting on the Air & Into Print
  • Communications Toolkit
  • Strategic Communications Workshop
Writing Help
  • Roget's Superthesaurus
  • The Merriam-Webster dictionary
  • Power Book
  • Power Book
  • Everyday Heroes
  • The Art of Explanation
  • Discovering the Writer Within
  • Words that Sell
  • Word Power
  • The Book of Positive Quotations
  • The Women's Book of Positive Quotations
  • How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters
  • The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Business Letters
  • The Writer's Handbook
  • The Public Relations Writer's Handbook
  • Hypnotic Writing
  • Writing for a Good Cause
Grant Writing
  • Foundations Grants t Individuals
  • Guide to Funding for International & Foreign Programs
  • The Foundation Directory 2014 Edition
  • The Foundation Directory Supplement 2014 Edition
  • The Foundation Directory Part 2 2014 Edition
  • National Directory of Corporate Giving
  • The Foundation Directory Part 2 2015 Edition
  • Social Justice Grantmaking II
  • Fundamental tasks to undertake before sending proposal
Day of Service
  • Creating Group Projects
  • Students in Service to America
  • National Family Volunteer Day Guidebook
  • National Family Volunteer Day Guidebook
  • National Family Volunteer Day Guidebook
  • National Family Volunteer Day Guidebook
  • Your Guide to Make a Difference Day
  • The Book of Days
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Toolkit
  • National Youth Service Day April 11-13, 2003
  • Family Volunteer Day Guidebook
  • Celebrate Volunteers - The Spirit of America
  • Effective Practices Guide to Creating Inclusive and Accessible Days of Service