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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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 |
Fun Volunteer Teambuilding Activities That Will Keep Your Remote Team Engaged
This article from Tobi Johnson about Volunteer Team Building activities includes instructions for both in-person and virtual activities. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | team building | 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 |
Changing the Frame: Civic Engagement Through A Racial Equity Lens
Since Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital came out in 2000, policymakers, nonprofit funders, and pundits have sent… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2022 |
Virtual Volunteers: Keys to Success and Sustainability
More and more organizations rely on a hybrid workforce – with staff and volunteers working on-site and on-line. More recently, engaging volunteers… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | virtual volunteer | 2022 |
Live Online Discussion of Diversity Equity & Inclusion
California Library Volunteer Leaders: Live Open Online Discussion on Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Volunteer Engagement – This recorded… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism | 2022 |
White Supremacy in Volunteerism - Perfectionism
This video clip was prepared for the Get Involved Initiative by Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause - https://www.connectingthecause.com. After… more |
Staff Training | White Saviorism, diversity, equity, inclusion, white supremacy | 2022 |
Privilege, Bias and Microaggressions
On Aug 25, 2022 Points of Light and the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration led a conversation exploring identity, privilege, bias and… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | privilege, bias, microaggression, diversity, equity, inclusion | 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 |
Creating a Community-Centered Volunteer Orientation
This video clip was prepared for the Get Involved Initiative by Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause - https://www.connectingthecause.com. After… more |
Staff Training, Volunteer Orientation | diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism, white supremacy, orientation, Training | 2022 |
QuickStart Guide for New Volunteers
Not a library, but a lovely example to get ideas from. |
Volunteer Orientation | orientation, handbook | 2022 |
Ways to Appreciate Volunteers Without Centering Them as the Hero
This video clip was prepared for the Get Involved Initiative by Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause - https://www.connectingthecause.com. After… more |
Staff Training | recognition, diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism, appreciation | 2022 |
Memorializing Volunteer Experiences Without Harming the Community You Serve
This video clip was prepared for the Get Involved Initiative by Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause - https://www.connectingthecause.com. After… more |
Staff Training | social media, diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism | 2022 |
How to Align Your Mission with Millennials and Civic Engagement
America’s millennials are poised to reshape society to a greater degree than any generation since the Greatest Generation. As 2 million baby boomers… more |
Millennials | Millennials | 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 |
10 Must Have's for a Well-Crafted Volunteer Job Description
Great reminders about what every volunteer job description should contain. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | job descriptions, Position Descriptions | 2022 |
Beyond Younger Volunteers: White Paper on What Rural Friends Groups Need to Thrive
2022 White paper from the Friends of Libraries Section of the New York Library Association. |
Capacity Building | Friends, rural | 2022 |
Tips to Attract & Retain Skilled Volunteers that Grow Your Nonprofit
Great tips as you venture into the world of skilled volunteers . . . |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers | Skilled Volunteers | 2022 |
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Resources - California State Library
This website of applicable materials was developed and is maintained by the California State Library. |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging | 2022 |
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 |