Resources with "Capacity Building" Keyword

Keywords are the primary categories of resources.

Resource Resource type Tags Year
Successfully Managing Library Volunteer Program Changes

What should you do when it’s time to change the policies and procedures that govern or guide the volunteers that work with your organizat

Training Materials change management 2018
Demographic Trends Shaping America and Service

Beth Steinhorn of VQ Strategies takes 2018 Pew Research results and extrapolates them for volunteer engagement professionals by addressin

Training Materials 2018
Gaining Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement

This chart created by Carla Lehn identifies the common reasons that staff are resistant to the idea of engaging volunteers in their work,

Training Materials staff buy-in 2018
Checklist to Minimize the Most Common Volunteer Risks

A good basic list of issues to consider and how to approach them.

Training Materials Risk Management 2016
Nonprofit Volunteers: Minimizing the Risk

Minimizing legal exposure is important because volunteers’ acts are generally imputed to the nonprofit organization.

Training Materials Risk Management 2013
Volunteer Background Checks: Giving Back without Giving Up on Privacy

How do nonprofit organizations screen volunteers? There are several options.

Training Materials background checks, screening 2018
Arizona's Buckeye Library Shares it's Experience with Get Involved

In this 6 minute video, Krista Cornish, Buckeye Library's (AZ) Volunteer Engagement Coordinator shares her library's experience

Training Materials 2019
Recruitment Success Story - Flagstaff Arizona

In this 4 minute video, Claudine from the Flagstaff library talks about her successes in finding a volunteer to serve as her assistant vo

Training Materials online booksales, Book sale 2019
Rethinking Volunteer Recognition

This 2018 archived Webinar from Verified Volunteers presents research shows that there is a disconnect between what volunteers are seekin

Training Materials recognition 2018
Volunteer Appreciation Guide

is Volunteer Appreciation Guide is a free resource developed by Wild Apricot to offer tips and advice for volunteer programs just getting

Training Materials recognition 2019
Want to Write a Volunteer Program Annual Report? Here's How to Start

VolunteerMatch blog guest post by Elisa Kosarin. This post originally appeared on Twenty Hats.

Training Materials 2019
Why Should We Pay Attention to Volunteer Trends?

If we could see the coming volunteering trends, we could prepare for them, right?

Training Materials trends, corporate 2018
The Essential Guide to Managing Volunteers at Your Nonprofit

A free comprehensive overview for volunteer management from VolunteerPro.

Training Materials 2018
Do's and Don'ts of Supervising Library Volunteers

This July 2019 article from Public Libraries Online provides an excellent overview of working with volunteers in large and small librarie

Training Materials supervision 2019
Connecting with Today's Volunteers to Transform the Friends of the Library

This one hour webinar was presented in September 2019 by Carla Lehn for the Friends of Libraries section of the New York Library Associat

Training Materials Friends of the Library
Beware of These 6 Trends Lurking in Your Volunteer Program

This brief article from November 2019 delineates troubling trends about volunteer engagement programs gleaned from the most recent Volunt

Training Materials 2019
Volunteer Management: How to Get it Right

A 2018 study by MAVA (Minnesota Association of Volunteer Administrators) showed a lack of understanding about the essential nature of vol

Training Materials volunteer coordinator 2018
Online Book Sale Operation - Mesa AZ

The link below to a 10 minute video will introduce you to the Mesa Public Library's amazing online booksale operation (about $100,000/yea

Training Materials online booksales, Friends, Friends of the Library, Booksales 2022
Book Drop Helper and Sorter Training - Boulder CO

This powerpoint training was created for Book Drop Helper and Sorter Volunteers returning to service during COVID-19.

Training Materials COVID-19, Book Drop 2020
Book Drop Helper and Sorter Training Video #2 - Boulder CO

This video was created as a portion of the training for Book Drop Helper and Sorter Volunteers returning to service during COVID-19.

Training Materials COVID-19, Book Drop 2020