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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How to Build a Truly Inclusive Nonprofit Volunteer Program
In 2023, the Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Involvement (ADEVI) project started with a survey of 564 individuals with a Certification in… more |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2023 |
Asking Inclusive Questions About Gender
Things to consider when listing gender questions on your application or survey |
Staff Training | inclusive, equity, diversity, Gender | 2023 |
How to Recruit and Retain Gen Z Volunteers
Interesting facts and trends about Gen Z presented by Gen Z members themselves. Slides available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/… more |
Capacity Building | Gen Z, Recruitment | 2023 |
Volunteer Recognition Ideas
Sixty volunteer appreciation ideas from Keela.com |
Staff Training | recognition | 2023 |
Mirror, Mirror on the wall - The role of self-awareness in equity work
Take a moment to read this very brief article about how to be more self aware while doing equity work. |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion | 2023 |
Survey Design: The Top 10 Best Practices to Maximize Your Results
Survey design is extremely important as it can make or break your survey's completion rate. This article reviews some survey design fundamentals, and… more |
Capacity Building, Staff Training | surveys | 2022 |
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 |
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 |
Sticky Situations: Applying Ethics to Your Work with Volunteers
We all encounter ethical dilemmas in our daily work. But rarely do organizations focus on ethics related to volunteer engagement. This… more |
Staff Training | Ethics | 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 |
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 |
Preparing Co-Workers to Lead Volunteers Online and On Land
Ideas for training staff to engage with volunteers. |
Staff Training, Capacity Building | Staff Resistance, staff buy-in, staff training | 2022 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
QuickStart Guide for New Volunteers
Not a library, but a lovely example to get ideas from. |
Volunteer Orientation | orientation, handbook | 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 |
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 |
Recruiting Local Volunteers to Increase Diversity Among the Ranks
This blog post by Jayne Cravens provides some ideas for expanding diversity among your volunteers. Includes a number of links to related topics as… more |
Staff Training | diversity, equity, inclusion, Recruitment | 2022 |