Managing spontaneous community volunteers in disasters : a field manual /: a field manual. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lisa Orloff.
• Other Names: Orloff, Lisa
• Contents: 1. The history of spontaneous volunteerism in disaster response -- 2. Exploring the unique challenges of today's disaster response -- 3. Disaster management concepts applied to spontaneous unaffiliated community volunteer management -- 4. Assessing internal readiness -- 5. Protocols for SUCV management -- 6. A volunteer reception center and point-of-distribution model -- 7. Spot screening, assessment, and selection -- 8. Reducing attrition and unwanted behavior through proactive management : a competency model for leaders and managers -- 9. Building a resilient team -- 10. Social media and emergent technologies in spontaneous-volunteer management.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 289 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.34068/3; Emergency management; Voluntarism; NATURE -- Natural Disasters; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief; Emergency management; Voluntarism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439818343; 1439818347
• Related ISBNs: 9781439818336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.