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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Outdoor Programming and Outreach Best Practices - Oklahoma City OK
Developed by the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City during the COVID-19 pandemic as a guide for staff. |
Capacity Building | outdoor, outreach, programming, COVID-19 | 2021 |
Volunteers and the Law: Legal Considerations
A good summary of legal issues from Tobi Johnson & Associates, 2021. |
Staff Training | law, legal | 2021 |
A Savior No One Needs: Unpacking and Overcoming the White Savior Complex
White savior complex is a term that’s used to describe white people who consider themselves wonderful helpers to Black, Indigenous and People of… more |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2021 |
How to Write Volunteer Recruitment Messaging that Converts
Strategies to enhance your volunteer recruitment. |
Capacity Building | Recruitment, Volunteer Recruitment | 2021 |
Co-Creating Racial Equity in Volunteer Engagement - MAVA
The Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement has been conducting research and education on race equity in volunteerism for 5 years. This is the… more |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2021 |
Getting it Right! Nine Areas Managers of Volunteers Sometimes Get Wrong
A terrific brief article by Martin Cowling to help us find our way. |
Capacity Building | 2021 | |
22 Simple Tips for Managing Virtual Volunteers
Help with planning for, implementing and managing volunteers who work remotely. |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | virtual, virtual volunteer, remote | 2021 |
Closed Captioning Volunteer Job List - Cedar Rapids IA
During the global pandemic the Library shifted to sharing more programs online and wanted to ensure the programs were accessible to those who utilize… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building | virtual, virtual volunteer, remote, closed captioning, COVID-19 | 2021 |
Safety While Volunteering - COVID 19 Policies/Procedures - San Jose CA
Powerpoint presentation used by San Jose Public Library to share COVID-19 policies and procedures with volunteers. |
Volunteer Orientation | COVID-19 | 2021 |
3 Tips for Finding New Board Members
Great advice for how to think about and plan for board member recruitment. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | boards, Trustees, Recruitment | 2021 |
Strategies for Attracting Today's Volunteers - DOVIA Sacramento Webinar
This archived webinar was presented by Carla Lehn for DOVIA Sacramento in February 2021. Learning Objectives for the session: Participants in this… more |
Staff Training, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | Recruitment, online recruitment, Volunteer Job Description, Webinar | 2021 |
Insights & Impact 2020: Measuring the Social Impact of Volunteerism
This report describes new ways to calculate the value of volunteer time. These approaches rely on data from Independent Sector and from the U.S.… more |
Capacity Building | ROI, Reporting, annual report | 2021 |
Engaging Volunteers: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Literature Review completed for AmeriCorps by ICF International in 2021. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | literature | 2021 |
Volunteer COVID-19 Protocol Training - Huntington Beach CA
Protocol training for volunteers returning to the library during/after COVID-19 pandemic |
Volunteer Orientation | COVID-19 | 2021 |
Addressing Issues of Equity in Volunteerism
A brief article on this important subject with some ideas about where to look and what to do. |
Capacity Building | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2021 |
Talking Racial Equity? Make Sure You Understand These 17 Words
A good list of terms to be familiar with from Technical.ly |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | racism, inclusive, diversity | 2020 |
Get Involved VolunteerMatch Widget Helps with Recruitment
This 3 minute video shows how the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative VolunteerMatch "widget" works on your website to help recruit… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | Recruitment, online recruitment, widget | 2020 |
Fighting Racism Through Diverse and Inclusive Volunteer Engagement Programming (Part 1 of 2)
Thoughts on how to audit your own diversity, equity and inclusion strategy (DEI) in how you engage volunteers from Jerome Tennille, CVA, social good… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | racism, diversity, Recruitment, inclusive | 2020 |
Racial Equity and Inclusion Resources for Volunteer Engagement Leaders
This is a terrific list of links to articles, books, research, podcasts, movies and toolkits on this subject put together by MAVA - the Minnesota… more |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | inclusive, inclusion, equity, racism | 2020 |
Free Self-Updating Volunteer Page on Your Website with Paid VolunteerMatch Account
If you are a California Public Library and have a paid VolunteerMatch account provided by the California State Library, another one of the features… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | website, Promote Your Listings | 2020 |