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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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 |
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. The training… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building | COVID-19, Book Drop | 2020 |
Are Young People Replacing Older People as the Key Volunteering Group?
A brief look at volunteering trends and key takeaways during COVID-19. |
Baby Boomers, Capacity Building, Millennials, Staff Training | COVID-19, generations, Millennials | 2020 |
Homebound Delivery Volunteer Safety Requirements Sign-Off Sheet - Boulder CO
This list of safety requirements was created for Boulder Colorado Homebound Delivery volunteers returning to service during COVID-19. The volunteer… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building | Homebound, COVID-19 | 2020 |
Skills Based Volunteerism 201: Project Scoping and Planning
This 1 hour archived webinar on preparing for skills-based volunteerism was presented by Serve Ohio in January 2020. |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | Skilled Volunteers, Skills Based Volunteers, high-impact volunteers | 2020 |
Equity Diversity Inclusion & Antiracism Toolkit - Oregon Library Association
Toolkit developed by the Oregon Library Association in 2020. |
Staff Training | equity, diversity, inclusion | 2020 |
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 |
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 Volunteer… more |
Capacity Building | 2019 | |
Could Volunteers Replace Paid Staff?? Have No Fear!
An organization’s decision to bring in volunteers may spark fears that volunteers could eventually replace staff. After all, volunteers can do many… more |
Staff Training, Engaging Staff and Unions | Staff Resistance, staff buy-in | 2019 |
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 and best… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging Staff and Unions | 2019 | |
How to Prioritize When Everything Feels Important
There's never enough time to do everything you want to do. It's a universal problem. And we all accept that fact and live with its reality until the… more |
Staff Training | prioritize, priorities, planning | 2019 |
Shelving with Dewey - Illinois
This 1 hour self-paced course from LibraryU, a program of the Illinois State Library and the regional library systems is archived by WebJunction. It… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | shelve, book shelving, shelver | 2019 |
Planning for Including People with Intellectual Disabilities in Volunteer Programs
A tip sheet created by The Arc to help you to include people with intellectual disabilities in your volunteer program. |
Staff Training | disabilities, diversity, equity, inclusion | 2019 |