Get Involved Resource Clearinghouse | Get Involved! Resource Clearinghouse

Learn from your public library colleagues who are creating effective volunteer engagement strategies, tools and practices that will keep you from re-inventing the wheel! Search the database of Get Involved resources and enhance your success in volunteer engagement. Resources include:

Management Tools, Policies, and Handbooks
High Impact Volunteer Position Descriptions
Training Materials, Videos, and Tutorials about best practices
Professional Photos related to position descriptions

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What's New for January 2026

Recently Added Materials

9 Proven Volunteer Retention Strategies

Wondering How AI Might Help You with Volunteer Engagement? I learned a lot of interesting and practical stuff in this webinar: Ten AI Use Cases for Volunteer Managers

Breaking the Spell: Superstitions Holding Back Your Volunteer Engagement Strategy – some great tips from this Canadian team!

Train Volunteers with this Simple 4-Step Framework

How Can the Nonprofit Field Better Support Volunteerism?

What Goes into a Board Manual?

The Volunteer Engagement Leader’s Playbook: Building Influence, Credibility, and Impact

Upcoming Events

Jan 7 - 10:30 am Pacific Time - National Library Volunteer Engagement Leaders: FREE live open ZOOM discussion. We meet every Wednesday on Zoom - All are welcome! Join us any time with a problem or just to listen in at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85199850785?pwd=WHorb3h2ckgvZjhZT1BOVWxEMzhlZz09 access code: Volunteer

FREE WEBINARS

Jan 6 - Better Impact Users Group - 10:30 - Noon Pacific Time - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86131303138?pwd=RlBWN2U4SWpZZEdXNEhOem9uTUZJdz09

Jan 6 - Influencing Without Authority as a Leader of Volunteers - (A Free Webiinar from AL!VE) - Register here: https://mms.volunteeralive.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=191024

Jan 8 - The Volunteer Blueprint: Building Trust, Buy-In & Accountability - Register here: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/cb454b1e-1f4e-4b5e-9114-31f3e6313728@f345bebf-0d71-4337-9281-24b941616c36

Jan 13 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop Series Kick Off - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CM1qxQLsSCqeDrVMTqOjNg?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

Jan 13 - Volgistics Users Group – 1 pm Pacific time - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85334763088?pwd=bHhwRWxWcExQQ01vdG5xQ2JVa3RwZz09 - PASSCODE: volgistics

Jan 14 - How to Cultivate a Generation of Civic Engagers - Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/c6y9yqK-ReCkDvT3lhCmjw#/registration

Jan 22 - Volunteering Redefined: Designing Recruitment Messaging for Older Adult Volunteers - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_boKxYIRISK2AJ0ImD7Hc2A

Jan 22 - Words Matter in Volunteer Recruitment: Writing Powerful Volunteer Promotional Language - Register here: https://volunteerfairfax.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F29170

Jan 27 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop: Position Descriptions - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g66HQpQTRtWoiuJw84H0DA?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

Feb 3 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop: Volunteer Personas - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8_6v6WfKSZatX6jxlKKvsg?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

Feb 10 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop: Recruitment Messaging - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0bWmpuI-TCma2pQiogN4qQ?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

Feb 24 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop: Recruiting on Idealist - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0AYdir23QZKJKpiIf3dzBA?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

Mar 3 - Volunteer Recruitment Workshop: Follow Up Communications - Register here: https://idealist-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WfzGTEvdTcKvhipAZVcYfw?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist#/registration

What's New for January 2026

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