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Susan J. Ellis, Publishing Editor

Susan J. Ellis is President of Energize, Inc., a training, consulting, and publishing firm that specializes in volunteerism. She founded the Philadelphia-based company in 1977 and since that time has assisted clients throughout North America (48 states and 5 provinces), Europe (8 countries), Asia (3 countries), Latin America and Australia to create or strengthen their volunteer corps. The year 2007 marked Energize's 30th anniversary.

Ellis is the author or co-author of eleven books, including From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success, By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers and The Volunteer Recruitment Book. All her books can be found in the Energize Online Bookstore. From 1981 to 1987 she was Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Volunteer Administration. She has written more than 90 articles on volunteer management for dozens of publications and writes the national bi-monthly column, "On Volunteers," for The NonProfit Times. [Complete bibliography of Susan's books and articles.]

Ellis' interest in new technology has taken Energize into cyberspace, where its innovative Web site has won international recognition as a premier resource for volunteer program leaders: www.energizeinc.com. She co-authored The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, which is available in electronic form on the Energize Web site. In 2000, she and Steve McCurley launched the field's first online journal, e-Volunteerism: The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community, for which she serves as editor.

She was the recipient of the Association for Volunteer Administration's 1989 Harriet Naylor Distinguished Member Service Award. Ellis is an active volunteer in a variety of volunteerism associations and is treasurer of the board of the New Society Educational Foundation.

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e-Volunteerism Articles

Books in the Energize Online Bookstore

• Children as Volunteers
• Focus on Volunteering Kopy Kit
• From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success
• The (Help!) I-Don't-Have-Enough-Time Guide to Volunteer Management
• Proof Positive: Developing Significant Volunteer Recordkeeping Systems
• The Volunteer Recruitment Book
• The Volunteer Management Audit
• Contributed to:
  • The Secrets of Successful Boards
  • The Church Puzzle Game

     

10/14/03