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 a Better Volunteer Engagement Program
Brush off the cobwebs, clean out the closets, and check for cracks. Have you ever wondered if your volunteer engagement program is using all of the… more |
Volunteer Handbooks, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | Recruitment, management | 2010 |
Staff Training Syllabus - San Jose, CA
Learning objectives used to train staff at San Jose Public Library on working with high impact volunteers in four 2-hour sessions. See also, a… more |
Staff Training | staff training | 2010 |
Reimagining Service in California- Karen Baker
Karen Brown, Secretary of Service and Volunteering in California, discusses trends in skilled volunteering at the Get Involved: Powered By Your… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | Video, trends | 2010 |
Getting Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement - San Jose
Tips for successfully gaining Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement developed by San Jose Public Library. |
Engaging Staff and Unions, Staff Training | 2010 | |
Collaborating with Unions to Engage Volunteers - San Jose
Tips for collaborating with the union for volunteer engagement developed and used successfully by San Jose Public Library. |
Engaging Staff and Unions | Unions | 2010 |
Volunteer Practices Continuum - San Jose, CA
The practices are on a continuum that begins with statements that reflect “Volunteer Management” procedures and ends with statements that reflect “… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers | 2010 | |
Engaging Volunteers in Leadership Positions- St. Helena Public Library- TLA50 Video
St. Helena Public Library presentation on using boomer and older adult volunteers in leadership roles to expand adult programming and build library… more |
Baby Boomers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | Video, adult volunteers, adult programming | 2010 |
Storytime Training Guide - Roseville, CA
Training Guide created by Children's Library staff at Roseville Public Library to train Storytime Conductor volunteers. See also: Getting Staff On… more |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | Storytime, Storyteller, Training | 2009 |
Library Directors discuss Union Issues and Staff Buy-In
Early in the Get Involved initiative we determined that the two biggest potential internal barriers to moving toward engagement of skilled volunteers… more |
Engaging Staff and Unions | Unions, Staff Resistance, staff buy-in | 2009 |
Advanced VolunteerMatch Tools
This one hour webinar is for those who have at least gotten their feet wet using their VolunteerMatch account. It will give you some next steps to… more |
VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources | Recruitment, online recruitment | 2009 |
Volunteer Assessment and Selection- Jennifer Rackow
As part of a day-long training, Jennifer Rackow helps you assess and select the best candidates to become volunteers in your program. Search for… more |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Interviewing Volunteers, Staff Training | Video, volunteer selection | 2009 |
Confidentiality and Other Objections to Volunteers
Susan Ellis writes eloquently on how to overcome staff objections to volunteer engagement. |
Engaging Staff and Unions | staff buy-in | 2009 |
Union Issues and Staff Resistance
Early in the Get Involved initiative we determined that the two biggest potential internal barriers to moving toward engagement of skilled volunteers… more |
Engaging Staff and Unions | Unions, Staff Resistance, staff buy-in | 2008 |
Library Tour Guide Manual - Paso Robles, CA
Guidelines and instructions for volunteers leading tours, primarily of school children, through the library. |
Job Specific Volunteer Training | docent, tour guide, Tour Leader | 2007 |
Volunteer Speed-Matching
A unique volunteer recruitment technique. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | Recruitment | 2005 |
Volunteer Involvement in California Libraries: Best Practices
This is the State Library's 245 page book on Volunteer Involvement for libraries -- author Carla Lehn. Includes Chapters and sample materials… more |
Volunteer Recruitment, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | Volunteer Recruitment, volunteer coordinator, staff training | 1999 |
Engaging Pro Bono & Skills-Based Volunteers Webinar Slides
These slides are from the one-hour webinar presented for a library audience by Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Senior Manager of Education and Training at… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | Skilled Volunteers, Pro Bono, Webinar | |
Pro Bono Project Worksheet - VolunteerMatch
This worksheet was a handout provided during aone-hour webinar entitled Engaging Pro Bono & Skilled Volunteers. It was presented for a library… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training | Skilled Volunteers, Pro Bono | |
Connecting with Today's Volunteers to Transform the Friends of the Library
This one hour webinar was presented in September 2019 by Carla Lehn for the Friends of Libraries section of the New York Library Association.… more |
Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building, Staff Training | Friends of the Library | |
Teen Summer Volunteer Orientation - Riverside County CA
Sample Teen Volunteer Summer Reading Program orientation agenda |
Volunteer Orientation, Millennials | teen volunteers, Teens |