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What's New for July 2017 New Resources

Management Tools

The New Volunteer Manager: The First 90 Days

Training Materials

Volunteers: More Work? Or More Work Force? – Idaho Archived Webinar (30 minutes)

2016 Arizona State University Report: Arizona Volunteerism Today and in the Future

Working with Volunteers who have full time jobs (5 minute video)

 

What's New for June 2017 Millennial Volunteers

The Millennial Impact Report Retrospective: Five Years of Trends

Skilled Volunteer Interview: Social Media Specialist (4 minute video clip)

Millennials Want to Make a Serious Impact and You Can Help

Young Generation No Slouches at Volunteering

Why Company Sponsored Volunteer Programs are Keeping Millennials Happy at Work

 

What's New for May 2017 Making the Most of Your VolunteerMatch Account

Getting the Highest Visibility on VolunteerMatch – How to RePost Your Listing  (2.5 minute video)
Keeping your volunteer opportunity near the top of the list in your zipcode is critical to keep it visible to potential volunteers. One of the Premium Tools you have is RePosting – one click brings your opportunity to the top of the search results. You can RePost weekly or even daily if you need to.

Managing Your Volunteer Account(s) – Centralized? By Branch? Or a Combination?
This one-page document describes options for setting up and managing your VolunteerMatch accounts based on how you have structured your volunteer engagement efforts internally.

Why the Widget? 
This is a brief FAQ document about why you want to post the "Get Involved" widget on your library's website for maximum volunteer recruitment opportunities.

To Get the Widget for Your Website – Contact Your State Library:

Arizona, Donna Throckmorton, dthrockmorton@azlibrary.gov or Kim French, kfrench@azsos.gov
California, Carla Lehn, clehn@califa.org
Idaho, Sue Walker, sue.walker@libraries.idaho.gov
Texas, Jennifer Peters, jpeters@tsl.texas.gov

What's New for April 2017 New Resources

Management Tools

How an Old Interview Approach Increased Volunteer Retention by 30%

Training Materials

Volunteer Engagement: Changing Our Volunteer Culture

Why Don’t People Volunteer

 

What's New for March 2017 New Resources

Volunteer Job Descriptions

Veterans Benefits Coach
https://getinvolvedclearinghouse.org/resource/position-descriptions/vet…

Veterans Community Outreach Specialist
https://getinvolvedclearinghouse.org/resource/position-descriptions/vet…

Veterans Resource Center Volunteer – Ontario
https://getinvolvedclearinghouse.org/resource/position-descriptions/vet…

What's New for January 2016 New Resources

Management Tools

3 Ways to Recognize Volunteers
 

Training Materials

Basics of Volunteer Orientation & Training

What's New for December 2015 New Resources

Position Descriptions

Reading Buddies

 

Training Materials

4 Steps to Grow Your Volunteer Program with LinkedIn

Training Resources for Computer Coaches 

What's New for November 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

Recruitment:  Whom We Don’t Ask to Volunteer

Training Materials

Young Generation No Slouches at Volunteering

Millenials and Volunteering: Bridging the Generation Gap

 

What's New for October 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

Recognition: Celebrate Collective Accomplishments, Not Volunteered Time

Volunteer Recognition: Just Say No to Years of Service Awards

Recognition: Exploding the Bid Banquet: An Incendiary Analysis
 

Training Materials

How Talent (Not Money) Will Transform Your Organization
 

What's New for September 2015 New Resources

 

Management Tools

Volunteer Interviews – Traps to Avoid

Poke, Pin and Tag: Using Social Media to Engage Volunteers

 

Training Materials

Skills Based Service Engagement Tool

What's New for August 2015 New Resources

Position Descriptions

Social Media Specialist

Photographer

Training Materials

Brave New World of Engaging Skilled Volunteers

What's New for July 2015 New Resources

Training Materials

Engaging Volunteer Tech Trainers in Public Libraries
 

Walking the Walk: Engage Volunteers in Your Volunteer Engagement Program

Engaging the Volunteer of the Future
 

What's New for June 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

This month we're focusing on tools to help you create a plan for your program, and hopefully have volunteer services included in your organization's overall strategic plan as well.

Goal Setting Worksheet 

American Diabetes Association Strategic Plan -- includes a volunteerism goal

What's New for May 2015 New Resources

Management Tools
Strategic Volunteer Engagement: A Guide for Nonprofit and Public Sector Leaders

Training Materials
Staff Volunteer Relations Strategies ToolKit

Public Sector Volunteer Engagement – One hour archived webinar

What's New for April 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

VolunteerMatch Recruitment Tool – Making Recommendations to Potential Volunteers

Take Root: Volunteer Management Guidebook

What's New for March 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

12 Key Actions of Volunteer Program Champions: CEOs Who Lead the Way

Best Practice Guidelines for Screening Volunteers: Finding the Right Match

Training Materials

Challenging the Status Quo: Rethinking the Value of Volunteers
 

What's New for February 2015 New Resources

Management Tools

VolunteerMatch/Linked In Recruitment Partnership Instructions

Position Descriptions

Social Media Specialist

Training Materials

Millenials Want to Make a Serious Impact
 

What's New for January 2015 New Resources

Position Descriptions

Web Designer

Training Materials

Why Use the Get Involved Widget?

Tutorial – The Get Involved Widget – 2.5 minute video
 

What's New for December 2014 New Resources

Management Tools

Teen Tech-xPert Volunteer Application

Training Materials

VolunteerMatch Re-Posting Tutorial – 3 minute video

Making the Most of Your VolunteerMatch Account – 33 minute archived webinar

What's New for November 2014 New Resources

Management Tools
Volunteer Satisfaction Surveys: 10 Ways to Get it Right

Sample Volunteer Recognition Survey from Nonprofit Connect

Sample Volunteer Recognition Survey from 4H

Position Descriptions

Book Club Facilitator

Program Facilitator Leader