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
Surveys in Volunteer Engagement
On February 8, 2024, this Get Involved live Zoom discussion focused on Surveys in Volunteer Engagement. The group discussed types of surveys and… more
Staff Training surveys 2024
Supporting Volunteerism by People with Disabilities
A thorough guidebook to help with attracting and engaging volunteers with disabilities.
(The document does not contain a date that it was published.… more
Capacity BuildingStaff Training disabilities, inclusive 2024
Engaging People with Disabilities
Links to resources on this topic available from Volunteer Canada.
 
Capacity BuildingStaff Training disabilities, inclusive 2024
Disability Awareness and Inclusive Behaviors
This is a section of another publication that provides some great guidance. It starts on Page 9 of "Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Small and… more
Staff Training inclusive, inclusion, disabilities 2024
Time Management for Volunteer Engagement Coordinators: Putting Volunteers to Work to Help YOU
This one hour webinar was recorded March 7, 2024, and was presented by Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Director of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch.… more
Staff Training time management, Program Assistant 2024
Introduction to LGBTQ+ Inclusion
This 90-minute webinar presented by All Children - All Families covers foundational information related to serving LGBTQ+ youth and families.
Topics… more
Staff Training LGBTQ+, equity, diversity, inclusion 2024
Neither//Nor: Stories of Life Beyond Binary Gender
More and more people are negotiating gender beyond the binaries of Male/Female/Man/Woman/Boy/Girl. 
This 60-minute webinar from the Human Rights… more
Staff Training diversity, equity, inclusion, non-binary, Gender 2024
Neither//Nor: Stories of Life Beyond Binary Gender
More and more people are negotiating gender beyond the binaries of Male/Female/Man/Woman/Boy/Girl. This 60 minute webinar from the Human Rights… more
Staff Training equity, diversity, inclusion, Gender 2024
Designing Volunteer Training in Niche Academy
This webinar was presented on March 27, 2024 by Join us to hear Jessica Link, Library Volunteer Supervisor, Cedar Rapids Public Library (Iowa) and… more
Staff TrainingVolunteer OrientationJob Specific Volunteer Training Niche Academy, orientation, Training 2024