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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
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
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
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
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
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
Closed Captioning Volunteer Job List - Cedar Rapids IA When the library started sharing programs online they wanted to ensure they are accessible to those who utilize closed captions. This volunteer… more	Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building	virtual, virtual volunteer, remote, closed captioning, COVID-19	2021
Book to Action - Palo Alto City Library (CA) Palo Alto's Book to Action page	Staff Training	Book to action	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
Book to Action - Whittier Public Library CA Whittier Public Library's 2021 Book to Action project	Staff Training	Book to action	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
Questionnaire Design Tip Sheet - Harvard University A tip sheet on question wording from the Harvard University Program on Survey Research.	Capacity Building, Staff Training	surveys	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
Systemic Exclusion in Volunteer Engagement The vast majority of managers of volunteers absolutely abhor deliberate acts of racism and want to be more inclusive. Since they don’t engage in… more	Capacity Building, Staff Training	racism, inclusive, diversity, Recruitment	2020
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
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
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
How to Recruit New Members for Your Association on Social Media Some good guidelines for making social media work for you from Nonprofit Tech for Good.	Capacity Building, On-line Volunteer Recruitment	social media, Recruitment, Friends, Friends of the Library	2020
Creating One-Time, Short-Term Group Volunteering Activities Great ideas for two-hour-, half-day or one-day, one-time group volunteering activities that could be used to engage workplace volunteer groups,… more	Staff Training	groups, corporate	2020
Volunteer COVID-19 Safety Guidelines - Cedar Rapids IA General guidelines for volunteers returning to the library during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.	Capacity Building, Job Specific Volunteer Training	COVID-19	2020