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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Engaging Volunteers: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Literature Review completed for AmeriCorps by ICF International in 2021. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | literature | 2021 |
Engaging Volunteers in Leadership Positions- St. Helena Public Library- TLA50 Video
St. Helena Public Library presentation on using boomer and older adult volunteers in leadership roles to expand adult programming and build library… more |
Baby Boomers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | Video, adult volunteers, adult programming | 2010 |
Engaging the Volunteer of the Future
This 1 hour webinar was presented by Jennifer Bennett, Education & Training Director for VolunteerMatch. In this webinar you’ll learn to: ~… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training, Millennials | Millenials | 2024 |
Engaging Pro Bono & Skills-Based Volunteers Webinar
This one hour webinar was presented for a library audience by Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Senior Manager of Education and Training at VolunteerMatch on… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers | Skilled Volunteers, Pro Bono, Webinar | 2020 |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | disabilities, inclusive | 2024 | |
Engagement as a Path to Inclusion and Justice
This brief article from Beth Steinhorn at VQ Strategies outlines 4 questions we can all ask ourselves for developing and implementing a plan that… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | inclusive, racism, diversity | 2020 |
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 libraries. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | supervision | 2019 |
Disability Etiquette: Tips on Interacting with People with Disabilities
A pamphlet created by the United Spinal Association. |
Staff Training | disabilities, diversity, equity, inclusion | 2015 |
Disability Awareness and Inclusive Behaviors
This is a section of another publication that provides some great guidance. It starts on Page 9 of "Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Small and… more |
Staff Training | inclusive, inclusion, disabilities | 2024 |
Dewey? Sure we Do - San Bernardino County Library
Introduction to Dewey Decimal system for volunteer training. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Dewey, Shelving, Training | 2011 |
Dewey Quiz Answers - San Bernardino County
Answers to quiz used in training for shelving volunteers. See also, "Dewey Decimal Quiz," and "Do We Dewey? Sure We Do" |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Dewey, Shelving, Training | 2011 |
Dewey Decimal Quiz - San Bernardino County Library
Quiz used in training for shelving volunteers. See also, "Dewey Quiz Answers," and "Do We Dewey? Sure We Do" |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Dewey, Shelving, Training | 2011 |
Developing Training Programs for Volunteers
The Who, What, How and Why of designing training programs for volunteers from the Community Toolbox. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Volunteer Orientation | Training volunteer training | 2013 |
Developing a Successful Intern Program
Interns can be a godsend to any nonprofit. Depending on their background, they may be as valuable as paid staff and their main goals are typically… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | intern, internship | 2020 |
Designing Volunteer Training in Niche Academy
This webinar was presented on March 27, 2024 by Join us to hear Jessica Link, Library Volunteer Supervisor, Cedar Rapids Public Library (Iowa) and… more |
Staff Training, Volunteer Orientation, Job Specific Volunteer Training | Niche Academy, orientation, Training | 2024 |
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 |
Demonstrating ROI in Volunteer Engagement
You know your volunteers do valuable work -- but how do you know which of their results will be most compelling to the decision makers in your… more |
Publicity and Promotion, Capacity Building, Staff Training | ROI, evaluation, budget justification, Webinar | 2011 |
Demographic Trends Shaping America and Service
Beth Steinhorn of VQ Strategies takes 2018 Pew Research results and extrapolates them for volunteer engagement professionals by addressing the… more |
Capacity Building, Millennials | 2018 | |
Creating One-Time, Short-Term Group Volunteering Activities
Great ideas for two-hour-, half-day or one-day, one-time group volunteering activities that could be used to engage workplace volunteer groups,… more |
Staff Training | groups, corporate | 2020 |
Creating Innovative Volunteer Recognition Strategies
This webinar was presented for the Get Involved initiative by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training at VolunteerMatch on April 19,… more |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |