Some great tips for interviewers of volunteers.

Here's a great example of how a volunteer program has become part of the City's overall strategic plan. Library volunteer programs should get volunteer goals established in the library's strategic plan. This allows the whole organization to think about how volunteers can be an organization-wide resource that can contribute to the overall goals identified in a strategic plan.

This document provides a template for you to consider using in developing your strategic plan.

Learn how to use LinkedIn and a free VolunteerMatch tool to extend your online recruitment reach to millions of potential volunteers on LinkedIn.

Volunteer appreciation can be tough, because not all volunteers like to be thanked in the same way. Here are three great ideas to make your "Thank Yous" appreciated.

In this 15 minute podcast, Carol Dixon, Director of Mission Services & Volunteer Resources at Providence Health Care, draws on over 35 years in volunteer engagement (and a healthy sense of humour!) to provide a number of examples of high-impact volunteer recognition that won’t break the bank. From Carol’s vantage point, the key is to invest in thoughtful, individualized volunteer recognition.

Brochure used by the Orange Public Library to recruit both volunteers and patrons in need of the home delivery service.

Check out the American Diabetes Association's Strategic Plan, which calls our actual goals for the volunteer program on pages 22 - 24. Reimagining Service -- a kind of "Think Tank" for volunteerism issues has suggested with their "Principle #2" that organizations should make volunteerism a core strategic function, not an add on. That volunteer engagement is as important as the fund development aspect of the organization. http://www.reimaginingservice.org/principles

Check out these great tools and templates for developing and monitoring a strategic plan from the Bridgespan Group.

This is a great list of sample questions for you to pick and choose from as you prepare to interview volunteers. Provided by Community Shares of Greater Cleveland