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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The Essential Guide to Managing Volunteers at Your Nonprofit
A free comprehensive overview for volunteer management from VolunteerPro. |
Capacity Building | 2018 | |
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 |
Gaining Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement
This chart created by Carla Lehn identifies the common reasons that staff are resistant to the idea of engaging volunteers in their work, and… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | staff buy-in | 2018 |
Volunteer Background Checks: Giving Back without Giving Up on Privacy
How do nonprofit organizations screen volunteers? There are several options. The choices depend largely on the volunteer job involved and the… more |
Volunteer Screening / Interviewing, Capacity Building, Staff Training | background checks, screening | 2018 |
Three Things We Know About Engaging Millennials in Your Cause
A quick read on what Millennials are interested in to help you in your recruitment efforts. |
Millennials | Millennials | 2018 |
Getting Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement
Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (26.5 minutes) |
Engaging Staff and Unions | 2018 | |
Volunteer Management: How to Get it Right
A 2018 study by MAVA (Minnesota Association of Volunteer Administrators) showed a lack of understanding about the essential nature of volunteers and… more |
Capacity Building | volunteer coordinator | 2018 |
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 |
Small Library VolunteerMatch Success Story - Brownwood Texas
In this 2 minute video, Brownwood Texas Library Director, Becky Isbell, shares her successful experience in posting a need for a skilled graphic… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | rural, Skilled Volunteers, VolunteerMatch | 2017 |
Are You in a Volunteer Management Silo?
A classic piece by Susan Ellis describing why we need to get out of our comfort zone and expand our thinking once in a while. |
Staff Training | Professional Development | 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 |
If Your Board Looked Like Your Community
While written by an Arts organization, the 4 “Hurdles” described, along with strategies to consider and actions to take are relevant to all… more |
Staff Training | diversity, inclusion, inclusive | 2016 |
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 |
Checklist to Minimize the Most Common Volunteer Risks
A good basic list of issues to consider and how to approach them. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | Risk Management | 2016 |
Success & Sustainability Factors
Video clip on this topic from a Get Involved Volunteer Engagement Institute in Oakland California in May 2015. (17.5 minutes) |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | Sustainability, retention | 2015 |
Disability Etiquette: Tips on Interacting with People with Disabilities
A pamphlet created by the United Spinal Association. |
Staff Training | disabilities, diversity, equity, inclusion | 2015 |
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 |