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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
How Changing Our Volunteer Interview Approach Increased our Retention Rate by 30% Elisa Kosarin of Twenty Hats describes Behavior-based interviewing, and how its implementation in her situation helped to increased the quality of… more	Volunteer Screening / Interviewing, Interviewing Volunteers	interview, screening, retention	2017
The Volunteer Interview: Making the offer . . . or not This July, 2016 article from Verified Volunteers covers strategies for assessing candidates, how to handle when it's not a good fit, and… more	Volunteer Screening / Interviewing, Interviewing Volunteers		2017
Small Library VolunteerMatch Success -- Johnson City TX In this 4 & 1/2 minute video, Johnson City Texas Library Director, Maggie Goodman, shares her successful experience in posting a need for IT… more	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources	rural, small, maker space, LinkedIn, VolunteerMatch	2017
Small Library VolunteerMatch Success Story - Brownwood Texas In this 2 minute video, Brownwood Texas Library Director, Becky Isbell, shares her successful experience in posting a need for a skilled graphic… more	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources	rural, Skilled Volunteers, VolunteerMatch	2017
Volunteers: More Work? or More Work Force? - Idaho Commission for Libraries This is a 30 minute archived webinar, presented May 15, 2017 by Sheila Winther, Volunteer Coordinator for the Idaho Commission for Libraries. This is… more	Staff Guides for Working with Volunteers, Capacity Building, Staff Training	volunteer coordinator	2017
ASCLA Library Accessibility ToolKits An excellent list prepared by ASCLA of links to resources that can help in a number of areas including: Autism Spectrum Disorders, blind, deaf,… more	Capacity Building, Staff Training	disabilities	2017
2016 Arizona Volunteering Report Arizona State University's Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation's 2016 Summary Report of their survey and focus group… more	Capacity Building, Millennials	Arizona	2016
Checklist to Minimize the Most Common Volunteer Risks A good basic list of issues to consider and how to approach them.	Capacity Building, Staff Training	Risk Management	2016
Why Company Sponsored Volunteer Programs are Keeping Millennials Happy at Work What motivates millennials to stay in a job is having an impact on corporate social responsibility.	Volunteer Recruitment, Millennials	Millennials, high-impact volunteers, Recruitment	2016
If Your Board Looked Like Your Community While written by an Arts organization, the 4 “Hurdles” described, along with strategies to consider and actions to take are relevant to all… more	Staff Training	diversity, inclusion, inclusive	2016
Help for the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator This is a 3 minute interview with volunteer Kellie, who can on board as our volunteer Assistant Volunteer Coordinator at the California State Library… more	Leadership / Managerial, Staff Training		2015
Library Volunteer Program Improvement Model VolunteerMatch worked with the California State Library to develop this self-assessment tool for library volunteer engagement programs. Once you… more	Capacity Building, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources	Assess, evaluation, program evaluation, planning	2015
Skilled Volunteer Interview: Public Relations Strategist Watch this 6 minute interview with Dan, a highly skilled Public Relations volunteer who came aboard to create a statewide PR campaign for California… more	Graphic Design, Marketing and Publicity, Capacity Building, Staff Training		2015
Today's Volunteer: The Shift from Management to Engagement Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (9.5 minutes)	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training		2015
Importance of Meaningful Written Volunteer Job Descriptions Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (14 minutes)	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training		2015
Brave New World of Engaging Skilled Volunteers Have you thought about how volunteers with specific skills could help ? This 50 minute webinar by VolunteerMatch and LinkedIn For Good to learn why… more	Volunteer Recruitment, Capacity Building, Millennials, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources	VolunteerMatch, Volunteer Recruitment, LinkedIn	2015
Volunteer Recruitment Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (20.5 minutes)	Volunteer Recruitment, Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers		2015
Engaging the Volunteer of the Future This one-hour webinar by Jennifer Bennett of VolunteerMatch was archived on June 17, 2015: The age of one-size fits all volunteer engagement is… more	Baby Boomers, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Millennials, Staff Training, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources		2015
Success & Sustainability Factors Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (17.5 minutes)	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training	Sustainability, retention	2015
Millenials and Volunteering: Bridging the Generation Gap Every day my LinkedIn feed and various business magazines are filled with articles about Millennials. Generally, the writer advises the reader on how… more	Millennials	Millenials, young volunteers, Recruitment	2015