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Recruitment:  Whom We Don’t Ask to Volunteer

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Young Generation No Slouches at Volunteering

Millenials and Volunteering: Bridging the Generation Gap

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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
 

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How Talent (Not Money) Will Transform Your Organization
 

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Volunteer Interviews – Traps to Avoid

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

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Skills Based Service Engagement Tool

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Social Media Specialist

Photographer

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Brave New World of Engaging Skilled Volunteers

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Engaging Volunteer Tech Trainers in Public Libraries
 

Walking the Walk: Engage Volunteers in Your Volunteer Engagement Program

Engaging the Volunteer of the Future
 

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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

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

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Staff Volunteer Relations Strategies ToolKit

Public Sector Volunteer Engagement – One hour archived webinar

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VolunteerMatch Recruitment Tool – Making Recommendations to Potential Volunteers

Take Root: Volunteer Management Guidebook

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

Best Practice Guidelines for Screening Volunteers: Finding the Right Match

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Challenging the Status Quo: Rethinking the Value of Volunteers
 

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VolunteerMatch/Linked In Recruitment Partnership Instructions

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Social Media Specialist

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Millenials Want to Make a Serious Impact
 

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Web Designer

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Why Use the Get Involved Widget?

Tutorial – The Get Involved Widget – 2.5 minute video
 

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Teen Tech-xPert Volunteer Application

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VolunteerMatch Re-Posting Tutorial – 3 minute video

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

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Volunteer Satisfaction Surveys: 10 Ways to Get it Right

Sample Volunteer Recognition Survey from Nonprofit Connect

Sample Volunteer Recognition Survey from 4H

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Book Club Facilitator

Program Facilitator Leader

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Idealist’s Volunteer Management Resource Center

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ESL Conversation Club Facilitator

ESL Conversation Club Program Coordinator

 
Genealogy Catalog Associate
 

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2013 Volunteer Canada Recognition Study

4-H Volunteer Recognition Program Model

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Homework Club Site Coordinator

Homework Club Scholastic Supervisor

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Homework Help Tutor Training
 

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Storytime Performer

Web Developer – Friends of the Library

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Developing Volunteer Orientation

Developing Training Programs for Volunteers
 

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Supervising Volunteers

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Community Connections Coordinator

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Library Tour Guide Manual

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Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement

Sample Volunteer Interview Questions

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List and Matrix of Volunteer Management Software

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How to Design Volunteer Training that Helps (Not Hurts) Learning

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New VolunteerMatch Recruitment Tool – Volunteer Recommendations

Confidentiality Policy of Customer Records Form