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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Developing Training Programs for Volunteers
The Who, What, How and Why of designing training programs for volunteers from the Community Toolbox. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Volunteer Orientation | Training volunteer training | 2013 |
Homework Tutor Training - Huntington Beach
Powerpoint used by Huntington Beach Public Library to train their volunteer Homework Help Tutors. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | tutor mentor homework help | 2014 |
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 |
Millenials Want to Make a Serious Impact
This blog post from Catchafire.org describes the Millenial generation -- the 80 million born between 1980 and 2000 -- and their interest in… more |
Millennials | Millenials | 2014 |
Brave New World of Engaging Skilled Volunteers
Have you thought about how volunteers with specific skills could help ? This 50 minute webinar by VolunteerMatch and LinkedIn For Good to learn why… more |
Volunteer Recruitment, Capacity Building, Millennials, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | VolunteerMatch, Volunteer Recruitment, LinkedIn | 2015 |
Millenials and Volunteering: Bridging the Generation Gap
Every day my LinkedIn feed and various business magazines are filled with articles about Millennials. Generally, the writer advises the reader on how… more |
Millennials | Millenials, young volunteers, Recruitment | 2015 |
Why Don't People Volunteer?
This brief article from PTO today discusses the importance of not only knowing why people volunteer, but why they don't. |
Volunteer Recruitment, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | Volunteer Recruitment, Motivation | 2015 |
Millennials Want To Make a Serious Impact and You Can Help
Insights into how to engage the Millennial Generation as volunteers and donors, and how you might be turning them off. |
Volunteer Recruitment, Millennials | Millennials, Recruitment | 2014 |
Why Company Sponsored Volunteer Programs are Keeping Millennials Happy at Work
What motivates millennials to stay in a job is having an impact on corporate social responsibility. |
Volunteer Recruitment, Millennials | Millennials, high-impact volunteers, Recruitment | 2016 |
Getting the Highest Visibility on VolunteerMatch – How to RePost Your Listing
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… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | RePost | 2018 |
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 |
Skilled Volunteer Interview: Social Media Specialist
This is a 4 minute interview with a volunteer who served as a Social Media Specialist for the California State Library. Her volunteer Position… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Millennials | Skilled Volunteers, Millennials, social media, virtual | 2015 |
Working with Volunteers who have Full Time Jobs
This 5 minute video explores working with volunteers who have full time jobs with Cathy from the Sacramento Public Library, and one of her working… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | 2015 | |
Help for the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
This is a 3 minute interview with volunteer Kellie, who came on board as our volunteer Assistant Volunteer Coordinator at the California State… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | 2015 | |
Skilled Volunteer Interview: Public Relations Strategist
Watch this 6 minute interview with Dan, a highly skilled Public Relations volunteer who came aboard to create a statewide PR campaign for California… more |
Graphic Design, Marketing and Publicity, Capacity Building, Staff Training | 2015 | |
In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity
This New York Times article provides an excellent example of a company providing their skilled volunteers to address the needs of a volunteer… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers | skilled, Skilled Volunteers | 2013 |
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 | |
A Different Kind of Volunteer Work: More companies are encouraging employees to donate their professional expertise
This brief September, 2017 Wall Street Journal article speaks to societal factors leading to the increase in corporate pro bono programs. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | 2017 | |
How to Turn Away Volunteers and Still Have an OK Day
In this August, 2017 article, Elisa Kosarin shares her basics for making this difficult experience manageable. |
Volunteer Screening / Interviewing, Interviewing Volunteers, Staff Training | 2017 | |
Small Library VolunteerMatch Success -- Johnson City TX
In this 4 & 1/2 minute video, Johnson City Texas Library Director, Maggie Goodman, shares her successful experience in posting a need for IT… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | rural, small, maker space, LinkedIn, VolunteerMatch | 2017 |