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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Volunteer Orientation and Training: The Ultimate Guide
A 2022 article from Wild Apricot on what to consider when planning volunteer orientation and Training. |
Capacity Building | volunteer training, orientation | 2022 |
The Virtual Volunteer Life Cycle: A Complete Guide
A good overall guide for recruiting, screening and managing remote volunteers. |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | virtual | 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 |
Rethinking Retention: Understanding Strategic Volunteer Relationships
This one hour webinar was presented as part of the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative on September 29, 2022 by Jennifer Bennett,… more |
Capacity Building, Interviewing Volunteers | retention, attrition, Recruitment | 2022 |
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement
Jennifer Bennett, Senior Training Manager for VolunteerMatch, presented this webinar for the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative on… more |
Capacity Building, On-line Volunteer Recruitment | social media | 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 |
Live Online Discussion of Diversity Equity & Inclusion
California Library Volunteer Leaders: Live Open Online Discussion on Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Volunteer Engagement – This recorded webinar… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism | 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 |
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 |
Pushing Back on Privilege in Volunteerism
This is the recording of a one hour webinar presented by Sue Carter Kahl for the Get Involved initiative on May 12, 2022. At its best, volunteerism… more |
Capacity Building | diversity, equity, inclusion, White Saviorism | 2022 |
Outreach Services & Volunteer Resources: A Match Made in Library Heaven - Indianapolis IN
This is the recording of a January 2022 one-hour webinar presented by outreach and volunteer engagement staff members of the Indianapolis Public… more |
Staff Training | outreach, Homebound, delivery, COVID-19 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Professional Ethics in Volunteer Administration
These handouts and powerpoint are from a webinar titled: "Sticky Situations: Applying Ethics to Your Work with Volunteers" presented by Katie… more |
Staff Training | Ethics, CVA | 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 |
QuickStart Guide for New Volunteers
Not a library, but a lovely example to get ideas from. |
Volunteer Orientation | orientation, handbook | 2022 |
Best Practices for Recruiting Online
Watch Jennifer Bennett, Training Manager from VolunteerMatch, in this February 2022 webinar about the key things you need to do to be sure your… more |
On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | 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 |