Training Materials
Learn more about best practices in volunteer recruitment and engagement, and how to get the results you need.
NOTE: These are examples from public libraries and should be reviewed and modified to ensure fit with local policies and culture.
Title | Keyword | Tags | Year |
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3 Tips for Finding New Board Members
Great advice for how to think about and plan for board member recruitment. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | boards, Trustees, Recruitment | 2021 |
Addressing Issues of Equity in Volunteerism
A brief article on this important subject with some ideas about where to look and what to do. |
Capacity Building | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2021 |
Engaging Volunteers: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Literature Review completed for AmeriCorps by ICF International in 2021. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | literature | 2021 |
Questionnaire Design Tip Sheet - Harvard University
A tip sheet on question wording from the Harvard University Program on Survey Research. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | surveys | 2021 |
Outdoor Programming and Outreach Best Practices - Oklahoma City OK
Developed by the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City during the COVID-19 pandemic as a guide for staff. |
Capacity Building | outdoor, outreach, programming, COVID-19 | 2021 |
Recruit Volunteers Online: Find Your Next 20 COVID Superheroes with Smarter Strategy
The author describes three essential strategies needed to build a presence online that can recruit the ideal volunteers you need, those that are… more |
On-line Volunteer Recruitment | Recruitment, online recruitment | 2021 |
Measuring Success: Strategically Assess Your Volunteer Engagement Strategy
This one hour webinar was presented on April 28, 2021 by Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch as part of the… more |
Staff Training, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | evaluation, Assess, Strategic, Webinar | 2021 |
Volunteers and the Law: Legal Considerations
A good summary of legal issues from Tobi Johnson & Associates, 2021. |
Staff Training | law, legal | 2021 |
A Savior No One Needs: Unpacking and Overcoming the White Savior Complex
White savior complex is a term that’s used to describe white people who consider themselves wonderful helpers to Black, Indigenous and People of… more |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2021 |
Getting it Right! Nine Areas Managers of Volunteers Sometimes Get Wrong
A terrific brief article by Martin Cowling to help us find our way. |
Capacity Building | 2021 | |
How to Write Volunteer Recruitment Messaging that Converts
Strategies to enhance your volunteer recruitment. |
Capacity Building | Recruitment, Volunteer Recruitment | 2021 |
Tech Made Easy - Instructional Guides (Includes Zoom)
These new Tech Guides are now available for public use. They contain step-by-step instructions on how to teach seniors, who are often late-tech… more |
Capacity Building, Job Specific Volunteer Training | tech coach, tech tutor | 2020 |
Designing Virtual Opportunities, Managing Remote Volunteers
This is a one hour webinar presented by Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Senior Manager of Education and Training at VolunteerMatch. I was presented and… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | virtual volunteer | 2020 |
The Ellis Archive - The Susan J. Ellis Foundation
The archive primarily consists of digitized documents from Susan J. Ellis' personal resource library. Focused on Susan’s passion -- the… more |
Staff Training | 2020 | |
Virtual Volunteer Orientation - San Jose CA
This online training was developed to introduce new volunteers to the San José Public Library and provide a basic overview of the volunteer policies… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building | virtual volunteer, virtual, orientation, Volunteer Orientation | 2020 |
Recognizing Racism in Volunteer Engagement - MAVA
Important food for thought from the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | inclusive, racism, Recruitment, diversity | 2020 |
Virtual Homework Help Coach Online Training - San Jose CA
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, San Jose Public Library moved it's homework help program online. This is the online training they use to train the… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Homework Help, COVID-19 | 2020 |
Systemic Exclusion in Volunteer Engagement
The vast majority of managers of volunteers absolutely abhor deliberate acts of racism and want to be more inclusive. Since they don’t engage in… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | racism, inclusive, diversity, Recruitment | 2020 |
Volunteer Safety Training - Orange CA
Powerpoint developed by the Orange Public Library during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic to assist with training volunteers on safety procedures. |
Volunteer Orientation | COVID-19 | 2020 |
Talking Racial Equity? Make Sure You Understand These 17 Words
A good list of terms to be familiar with from Technical.ly |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | racism, inclusive, diversity | 2020 |