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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.

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Title	Keyword	Tags	Year
Makerspace Volunteer Training Examples Many thanks for these Makerspace Volunteer Training Examples – from San Mateo County Libraries – Check out their online training for maker volunteers… more	Job Specific Volunteer Training	maker space, Niche Academy, online training	2023
Measuring Success: Strategically Assess Your Volunteer Engagement Strategy This one hour webinar was presented on April 28, 2021 by Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch as part of the… more	Staff Training, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources	evaluation, Assess, Strategic, Webinar	2021
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
Millenials and Volunteering: Bridging the Generation Gap Every day my LinkedIn feed and various business magazines are filled with articles about Millennials. Generally, the writer advises the reader on how… more	Millennials	Millenials, young volunteers, Recruitment	2015
Millenials Want to Make a Serious Impact This blog post from Catchafire.org describes the Millenial generation -- the 80 million born between 1980 and 2000 -- and their interest in… more	Millennials	Millenials	2014
Millennials Want To Make a Serious Impact and You Can Help Insights into how to engage the Millennial Generation as volunteers and donors, and how you might be turning them off.	Volunteer Recruitment, Millennials	Millennials, Recruitment	2014
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
Moving Forward: Taking Action on Race and Equity On Nov 19, 2020 the Points of Light Foundation hosted the first conversation in their Listen. Learn. Act to End Racism initiative, in partnership… more	Staff Training	equity, inclusion	2020
Neither//Nor: Stories of Life Beyond Binary Gender More and more people are negotiating gender beyond the binaries of Male/Female/Man/Woman/Boy/Girl. This 60-minute webinar from the Human Rights… more	Staff Training	diversity, equity, inclusion, non-binary, Gender	2024
Neither//Nor: Stories of Life Beyond Binary Gender More and more people are negotiating gender beyond the binaries of Male/Female/Man/Woman/Boy/Girl. This 60 minute webinar from the Human Rights… more	Staff Training	equity, diversity, inclusion, Gender	2024
New Volunteer Manager's Toolkit Get Involved Webinar Archived June 27, 2018 New to volunteer management? Looking for a refresher on the basics? This one hour webinar, presented by… more	Capacity Building, Interviewing Volunteers, Staff Training		2018
New Volunteer Manager's ToolKit This one hour webinar recording was presented for the Get Involved initiative by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training at… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	toolkit	2023
NextGen Nexus: A Peek Inside the Millennial Mind What if you could have a young person authentically share their viewpoint about your social issue and cause? What would they say, and how can you… more	Millennials		2019
NextGen Nexus: Moving Beyond Awareness This article answers the question: How do we build awareness about our issue among young Americans?	Millennials	Gen Z	2020
Nonprofit Volunteers: Minimizing the Risk Minimizing legal exposure is important because volunteers’ acts are generally imputed to the nonprofit organization. Specific, written volunteer… more	Capacity Building, Staff Training	Risk Management	2013
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
Outdoor Programming and Outreach Best Practices - Oklahoma City OK Developed by the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City during the COVID-19 pandemic as a guide for staff.	Capacity Building	outdoor, outreach, programming, COVID-19	2021
Partners in Reading Leadership Team, San Jose, CA In this 2-minute interview with Judy Klikun, you will learn about engaging volunteer leaders, building teams and developing advocates for the library.	Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers	adult literacy, Video, leadership team, team leaders, tutor	2010
Planning for Including People with Intellectual Disabilities in Volunteer Programs A tip sheet created by The Arc to help you to include people with intellectual disabilities in your volunteer program.	Staff Training	disabilities, diversity, equity, inclusion	2019
Power, Privilege, and Volunteerism Volunteerism can reinforce patterns of power and privilege (whites and people of means as volunteers, and communities of color or those without means… more	Staff Training	equity, inclusive, inclusion	2020