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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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 Training, Volunteer Orientation, Job Specific Volunteer Training | Niche Academy, orientation, Training | 2024 |
Engaging the Volunteer of the Future
This 1 hour webinar was presented by Jennifer Bennett, Education & Training Director for VolunteerMatch. In this webinar you’ll learn to: ~… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training, Millennials | Millenials | 2024 |
Surveys in Volunteer Engagement
This February 2024 Get Involved live quarterly one-hour informal Zoom conversation addressed the topic of surveys. Types of Surveys that are used in… more |
Staff Training | surveys | 2024 |
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 Building, Staff Training | disabilities, inclusive | 2024 |
Capacity Building, Staff 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 |
Activating the Power of Strategic Volunteer Engagement for a Better World
Driven by the power of volunteer energy and grounded in comprehensive research, the Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement launched to… more |
Capacity Building | Strategic, fund development | 2023 |
An Introduction to Ethics for the Volunteer Engagement Profession
Katie Campbell, former Executive Director of the CCVA (Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration) and Ethics Editor Erin Spink introduce… more |
Staff Training | Ethics | 2023 |
New Volunteer Manager's ToolKit
This one hour webinar recording was presented for the Get Involved initiative by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training at… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | toolkit | 2023 |
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 | 2023 |
Get Z and Millennials: How They Use Public Libraries and Identify Through Media Use
This 2023 report is organized into five parts: 1. Gen Z library use and non-use. 2. How Gen Z and millennials use media and discover books. 3. Gen Z… more |
Capacity Building | Gen Z, Millennials | 2023 |
The Four Appreciation Languages -
A nice article from Karen Knight Consulting discussing the various forms of volunteer recognition. |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |
Sensory Story Time Volunteers - Redwood City CA
This one hour webinar was presented for the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative on December 6 2023 by Pam Evans, Youth Services… more |
Staff Training | Storytime, story time, sensory, disabilities | 2023 |
Shelve-it!
This shelving game could be used as a portion of your training for volunteers who do shelving. -- See also: https://getinvolvedclearinghouse.org/… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Shelving, shelver | 2023 |
Volunteer Recognition Ideas
Sixty volunteer appreciation ideas from Keela.com |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |