Mary Merrill
International Consultant and Trainer,
author of VPES - Risk Management on VolunteerToday.com

Experience in Volunteer Management/Administration:

Currently:

• International consultant in volunteer management/administration
• Adjunct Faculty The Ohio State University, The Institute for Leadership and Volunteer Administration
• Editor, Journal of Volunteer Administration
• Licensed social worker
• Invited speaker, three World Volunteer Conference: AVA Asia Pacific Regional Conference, South American Regional Conference and Ontario Provincial Conference
• Annual presenter, International Conference on Volunteer Administration (ICVA), and National Volunteering and Community Service Conference (POL).
• Lecturer, University of North Texas, Social Evolution of Contemporary Volunteerism Internet Course
• Member, International Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA), International Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE), and Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
• Volunteer Executive, The International Executive Service Corps

Previous experience:

• Director of Training and Consultation for major metropolitan volunteer center
  
• Director, inner-city church based senior outreach program
• Volunteer Program Director, Settlement House
• Past President, Volunteer Administrators’ Network of Central Ohio, recipient of Award for Excellence
• Past President, Volunteer Ohio, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award

Types of Services Offered:

Focus Areas:

• Volunteer management
  
• Contemporary trends
  
• Risk management
  
• Impact evaluation
  
• Ethics
  
• Leadership/Professional Development
  
• Generational differences/tensions
  
• Strategic communication skills
  
• Board development
  
• Strategic planning
  
• Facilitation: planning retreats and staff development retreats

Publications:

Referred Journal Articles (Samples):

• Management Implications of Contemporary Trends in Voluntarism in the United States and Canada
  
• Personal Capacities for Volunteer Administrators: Drawing Upon the Past to Move Into the Future
  
• Assessing the Impact of Volunteer Programs

Magazine Articles (Samples):

Special Projects:

• A High Stakes Affair: Managing Risks in Volunteer Programs. National teleconference and training video
  
• Walking the Management Tightrope Without a Net: Making Ethical Decisions in Volunteer and Service Programs. National teleconference and training video
  
• Developing Mentoring Programs (training module). The Salvation Army
  
• Volunteer Management Curriculum. CHP International
  
• Facilitator, 1997 Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future
  
• Organizational Assessment Trainer, Paradigm Project. Points of Light Foundation
  
• Consultant/facilitator, International Leadership Study Tour, National Extension Leadership Development. Moscow Russia
  
• Consultant/facilitator, International Youth Leadership Study Tour. North Carolina 4-H: Armenia

• Ethics and Leadership
  
• Engaging The New Volunteers
  
• Contemporary Trends in Volunteerism and the Management Implications
  
• International Megatrends in Volunteerism
  
• Four Challenges For Volunteer Managers
  
• The A.R.T. of Volunteer Management
  
• Strategic Communication Skills
  
• Working With Limited Resource Volunteers
  
• The Promise of Technology for Volunteer Programs
  
• Seven Strategies for Strengthening Corporate Community Relationships
  
• Linking Program Planning and Outcome Evaluation
  
• AGE Matters: Exploring Generational Differences
  
• A High Stakes Affair: Managing Risks in Volunteer Programs

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