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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Build Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement
Often one of the biggest challenges to volunteer engagement is the resistance of paid staff. Often attitudes and fears of our co-workers prevent us… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building, Engaging Staff and Unions | Staff Resistance, staff buy-in | 2023 |
Volunteer Recognition Ideas
Sixty volunteer appreciation ideas from Keela.com |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |
Introduction to the Purpose-Driven Vounteer Impact Model
Volunteers contribute to a library’s mission, labor, donations, awareness, and reputation. Yet, reports about volunteers often omit these… more |
Staff Training | impact, outcome measurement, Data Management | 2023 |
Staff Training: Volunteer Vaccination Verification - San Jose CA
Training developed by San Jose Public Library for volunteer engagement staff at branches to learn how to do volunteer vaccine verifications in order… more |
Staff Training | COVID-19 | 2022 |
Volunteer Engagement 101
This one hour archived video was presented by Carla Lehn of the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative for the incoming AmeriCorps members… more |
Staff Training | job descriptions, Recruitment, Staff Resistance, staff buy-in, Motivation | 2022 |
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 |
Preparing Co-Workers to Lead Volunteers Online and On Land
Ideas for training staff to engage with volunteers. |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | Staff Resistance, staff buy-in, staff training | 2022 |
Service Enterprise & Libraries: Is it for you?
This webinar was presented on July 27, 2022, and was presented by and based on the Points of Light Service Enterprise certification experiences of… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | Service Enterprise, strategic planning | 2022 |
Tools for Volunteer Engagement Success
This one hour archived video was presented by Carla Lehn of the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative for the incoming AmeriCorps members… more |
On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources, Staff Training | VolunteerMatch, online recruitment | 2022 |
Building Back Better: Assessing Needs & Identifying New Opportunities
This is the recording of a 1 hour webinar presented by Beth Steinhorn of VQ Volunteer Strategies for the Get Involved initiative on March 17, 2022.… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | COVID-19, trends, strategic planning, planning | 2022 |
Bringing Volunteers Back: “Re-Booting” as We Come Out of the Pandemic
This one-hour live online meeting was held on July 13, 2022 and features California library volunteer engagement leaders sharing their experiences… more |
Capacity Building | COVID-19 | 2022 |
Tips for Communications and outreach that honor diversity, equity and inclusion
Nine tips for communication that can be used as a checklist. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | communications, diversity, equity, inclusion | 2022 |
Bibliography on Volunteer Engagement
Bibliography and Web Resources on Volunteer Engagement developed by Carla Lehn |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | bibliography, Lehn | 2022 |
Research and Case Studies Regarding Virtual Volunteering
Research on virtual volunteering compiled and updated in March 2022 by Jayne Cravens of Coyote Communications. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | virtual, virtual volunteer | 2022 |
Consequences of Good v. Bad Volunteer Experiences
A brief article detailing a couple of ways to make your volunteers have a good experience, or to respond to situations where someone's had a bad… more |
Staff Training | 2022 | |
5 Tips for Recruiting Volunteers
Five recruitment tips for volunteer management consultant, Rob Jackson. |
Capacity Building | Recruitment | 2022 |
Online Book Sale Operation - Mesa AZ
The link below to a 10 minute video will introduce you to the Mesa Public Library's amazing online booksale operation (about $100,000/year) which is… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building, Job Specific Volunteer Training | online booksales, Friends, Friends of the Library, Booksales | 2022 |
I Just Don’t Have Time: Prioritize Your Way to Productivity
If you don't manage your time, your time will manage you. Determining what to focus our attention on is an essential critical skill. So often we… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | time management, volunteer leaders, productivity | 2022 |
5 Tips for Recruiting Volunteers
Five recruitment tips from Volunteer Management consultant Rob Jackson. |
Capacity Building | Recruitment | 2022 |
First Day Volunteer Orientation Checklist - Kitchener Public Library
This checklist is used by the Kitchener Public Library for a volunteer's first day of orientation/training. |
Volunteer Orientation | checklist, orientation, Training | 2022 |