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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
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
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
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
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
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
Library Express - Frequently Asked Questions - Indianapolis IN Prepared by the Indianapolis Public Library for their home delivery program, Library Express.	Job Specific Volunteer Training	Homebound, Home delivery, delivery	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
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
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
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
Volunteer Engagement 101 This one hour archived video was presented by Carla Lehn of the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library initiative for the incoming AmeriCorps members… more	Staff Training	job descriptions, Recruitment, Staff Resistance, staff buy-in, Motivation	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
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
Tips for Communications and outreach that honor diversity, equity and inclusion Nine tips for communication that can be used as a checklist.	Capacity Building, Staff Training	communications, diversity, equity, inclusion	2022