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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Volunteer Practices Continuum - San Jose, CA
The practices are on a continuum that begins with statements that reflect “Volunteer Management” procedures and ends with statements that reflect “… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | 2010 | |
Volunteer Recognition Ideas
Sixty volunteer appreciation ideas from Keela.com |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |
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 | |
Volunteer Safety Precautions in a Pandemic World - Indianapolis IN
Safety precautions for volunteers returning to the Indianapolis Public Library during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building | COVID-19 | 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 |
Volunteer Satisfaction Surveys: 10 Ways to Get it Right
Gathering candid opinions from your volunteers will help you gain insights around what you need to improve. Despite our best efforts, however,… more |
Staff Training | 2012 | |
Volunteer Speed-Matching
A unique volunteer recruitment technique. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | Recruitment | 2005 |
Volunteer Sustainability vs. Retention -- Carla Lehn
I often get asked – how do we retain volunteers – meaning how to we keep them longer. Here’s the news about baby boomers and the generations that… more |
Baby Boomers, Staff Training | Confidentiality Forms, Recruitment | 2012 |
VolunteerMatch "Tour"
This is a recording of an online meeting "Tour" provided for incoming AmeriCorps members attached to California Library Literacy Services in December… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources, Staff Training, On-line Volunteer Recruitment | VolunteerMatch, Skilled Volunteers, skilled, virtual, virtual volunteer | 2022 |
VolunteerMatch Learning Center
This is the link to VolunteerMatch's online learning center. Check here for free webinars and other learning resources. |
VolunteerMatch, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | Recruitment, online recruitment | 2012 |
VolunteerMatch Re-Posting Tutorial
Reposting is THE MOST IMPORTANT step you can take to get your opportunities noticed on VolunteerMatch. Why? Because VolunteerMatch searches are… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | VolunteerMatch | 2018 |
VolunteerMatch Recruitment Tool - Volunteer Recommendations
Did you know that VolunteerMatch has a cool new feature that recommends volunteer opportunities to the thousands of potential volunteers with… more |
Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | Recruitment, VolunteerMatch, Volunteer Recommendations | 2014 |
Volunteers and the Law: Legal Considerations
A good summary of legal issues from Tobi Johnson & Associates, 2021. |
Staff Training | law, legal | 2021 |
Volunteers are the Reputational Assets Your Organization is Overlooking
A great reminder in a brief article by Erin Rebecca Spink. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | 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 |
Want to Write a Volunteer Program Annual Report? Here's How to Start
VolunteerMatch blog guest post by Elisa Kosarin. This post originally appeared on Twenty Hats. Your volunteers tell a compelling story. It’s time to… more |
Capacity Building | 2019 | |
Ways to Appreciate Volunteers Without Centering Them as the Hero
This video clip was prepared for the Get Involved Initiative by Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause - https://www.connectingthecause.com. After… more |
Staff Training | recognition, diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism, appreciation | 2022 |
What Do Volunteers Want?
This article discusses the importance of following up with volunteers -- keeping them in the loop through good communication. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | communications, followup | 2020 |
What Leaders of Volunteers Can Do to Gain Executive Attention
A list of steps to take when trying to engage senior management in understanding the importance of the volunteer program by Susan J. Ellis of… more |
Engaging Staff and Unions | staff buy-in, Staff Resistance | 2011 |
What Should I Do? (COVID Exposure Flow Chart)
This great flow chart from the Gail Borden Public Library District (Elgin IL) describes steps to take if you, an employee or volunteers has been… more |
Staff Training | COVID-19 | 2020 |