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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.

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Title	Keyword	Tags	Year
Activating the Power of Strategic Volunteer Engagement for a Better World Driven by the power of volunteer energy and grounded in comprehensive research, the Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement launched to answer… more	Capacity Building	Strategic, fund development	2023
Build Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement Often one of the biggest challenges to volunteer engagement is the resistance of paid staff. Often attitudes and fears of our co-workers prevent us… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building, Engaging Staff and Unions	Staff Resistance, staff buy-in	2023
Volunteer Recognition Ideas Sixty volunteer appreciation ideas from Keela.com	Staff Training	recognition	2023
Introduction to the Purpose-Driven Vounteer Impact Model Volunteers contribute to a library’s mission, labor, donations, awareness, and reputation. Yet, reports about volunteers often omit these… more	Staff Training	impact, outcome measurement, Data Management	2023
Internship Guidebook This Internship Guidebook was highly recommended by the volunteer coordinator at Indianapolis Public Library.	Staff Training, Capacity Building	intern, internship	2023
Creating Innovative Volunteer Recognition Strategies This webinar was presented for the Get Involved initiative by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training at VolunteerMatch on April 19,… more	Staff Training	recognition	2023
When and Where to Use Volunteer Replacement Rates (Or Not) for Volunteer Value In this 2023 blog post, Dr. Sue Carter Kahl thoughtfully discusses the pros and cons of using volunteer dollar values. The most common forms of wage… more	Staff Training	ROI, Return on Investment	2023
It's Spring: Let's Renew/Reinvigorate/Revamp Volunteer Engagement This one-hour live online meeting was held on April 20, 2023 and features library volunteer engagement leaders sharing their thoughts on how to… more	Staff Training	Recruitment, job descriptions, recognition	2023
The Value – and Potential – of Virtual Volunteers This April 2023 webinar led by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch also featured staff leaders from Junior… more	Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Capacity Building	virtual, remote	2023
Best Practices for Recruiting and Engaging Volunteers from Zoomers to Boomers This April 2023 webinar led by Jennifer Bennett, Director of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch also featured staff leaders from AARP and… more	Baby Boomers, Millennials	boomers, Millenials	2023
Staff Training: Volunteer Vaccination Verification - San Jose CA Training developed by San Jose Public Library for volunteer engagement staff at branches to learn how to do volunteer vaccine verifications in order… more	Staff Training	COVID-19	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
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
Service Enterprise & Libraries: Is it for you? This webinar was presented on July 27, 2022, and was presented by and based on the Points of Light Service Enterprise certification experiences of… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	Service Enterprise, strategic planning	2022
Tools for Volunteer Engagement Success 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	On-line Volunteer Recruitment, VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources, Staff Training	VolunteerMatch, online recruitment	2022
VolunteerMatch "Tour" This is a recording of an online meeting "Tour" provided for incoming AmeriCorps members attached to California Library Literacy Services in December… more	VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources, Staff Training, On-line Volunteer Recruitment	VolunteerMatch, Skilled Volunteers, skilled, virtual, virtual volunteer	2022
Building Back Better: Assessing Needs & Identifying New Opportunities This is the recording of a 1 hour webinar presented by Beth Steinhorn of VQ Volunteer Strategies for the Get Involved initiative on March 17, 2022.… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	COVID-19, trends, strategic planning, planning	2022
Bringing Volunteers Back: “Re-Booting” as We Come Out of the Pandemic This one-hour live online meeting was held on July 13, 2022 and features California library volunteer engagement leaders sharing their experiences… more	Capacity Building	COVID-19	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
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