Reflections for the Effective Nonprofit Volunteer: Quotes, Axioms and Observations to Help You Serve Our Important Institutions

Jim Norvell

Dec 2001 · iUniverse

About this ebook

"During my years as a fundraiser, I have worked with extraordinary volunteers at every nonprofit level. From multimillionaire businesspeople to homemakers, all have had a drive to be useful to their communities and true to their beliefs.This benevolence to not only friends but strangers, too, is a particularly human trait. It is impossible not to be moved by generosity, whether it is an enormous donation of money or a gift of precious time. The predisposition to service and charity is almost genetically coded. Only a rare few are left out of this gene pool, and it diminishes their lives." With that introduction Norvell treats us to over 30 years of accumulated wisdom about how effective nonprofit organizations are built and maintained. at the center is the impotant role that volunteers play and how their personal values are reflected in the organizations they build and serve.

About the author

A graduate of UCLA's Anderson School of Management, Jim Norvell has conducted successful major fund-rasing campaigns in higher education, the arts and healthcare. He founded a successful capital campaign firm and chaired the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel (AAFRC.) He consults nationally and internationally form his home in Southern California where he is Director, West Coast Operations for Brakeley, Inc a pioneer in philanthropic fund raising since 1918.