Hot Topic for November 2021

Post Virtual Volunteer Opportunities -- NOTE: Virtual opportunities don’t show up in a local search, and in person opportunities don’t show up in a virtual search – if you’re offering an opportunity both ways (i.e., volunteers can come to the library to do it OR they can do it online) you should post it twice – once as virtual and once as local. Using the Copy feature will keep you from having to type it all twice: 

Get Involved/VolunteerMatch widget - This 3 minute video shows how our Get Involved/ VolunteerMatch widget on your library's website will help recruit more volunteers – California libraries can request the widget code from me at clehn@califa.org so your IT folks can post it. If posting the widget is not an option, you can simply post a link to libraries.volunteermatch.org

Looking for another way to make your volunteer opportunities more visible to the best potential volunteer matches for your position?  

Need to Copy an opportunity to post it on multiple branch accounts or tweak it just a bit? No need to re-type!

Did you know that you can add “shift” options to your VolunteerMatch posts?

If you only have a limited number of openings for one of your VolunteerMatch posts, you can change “Sign Up” to “Express Interest”