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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.

Title	Keyword	Tags	Year
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
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
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
Crafting Inclusive Volunteer Recruitment Messages This is the recording of the second in our series of Diversity Equity and Inclusion workshops presented by the Minnesota Association for Volunteer… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	diversity, equity, inclusion, Recruitment	2021
No "One Right Way:" Creating New Systems for Volunteer Engagement This webinar was presented by Lisa Joyslin, Equity and Inclusion Consultant for MAVA (Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration). Also… more	Staff Training	diversity, equity, inclusion, Recruitment, outreach	2021
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Resources Reading List This resource reading list was provided by Lisa Joyslin, Equity and Inclusion Consultant at MAVA (Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration… more	Staff Training	diversity, equity, inclusion	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 During the global pandemic the Library shifted to sharing more programs online and wanted to ensure the programs were accessible to those who utilize… more	Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building	virtual, virtual volunteer, remote, closed captioning, COVID-19	2021
Volunteers and the Law: Legal Considerations A good summary of legal issues from Tobi Johnson & Associates, 2021.	Staff Training	law, legal	2021
Where Do I Go From Here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways Jennifer Bennett, CVA, Senior Manager of Education and Training for VolunteerMatch presented this webinar for the Get Involved Initiative on February… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	Webinar	2021
Strategies for Attracting Today's Volunteers - DOVIA Sacramento Webinar This archived webinar was presented by Carla Lehn for DOVIA Sacramento in February 2011. 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
Volunteer COVID-19 Protocol Training - Huntington Beach CA Protocol training for volunteers returning to the library during/after COVID-19 pandemic	Volunteer Orientation	COVID-19	2021
ESL Conversation Groups Go Online This is a recording of “ESL Conversation Groups Go Online” a presentation and interactive Zoom call that the California State Library held on May 22… more	Staff Training, Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building	ESL, ESL conversation circle, COVID-19	2020
Volunteer Safety Precautions in a Pandemic World - Indianapolis IN Safety precautions for volunteers returning to the Indianapolis Public Library during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.	Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building	COVID-19	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
VolunteerMatch "Tour" - Using VolunteerMatch to Recruit Skilled & Virtual Volunteers This is a recording of an online meeting "Tour" provided for library participants in October 2020. You can both hear Carla talking and see what she's… more	VolunteerMatch Tools and Resources, Staff Training	VolunteerMatch, Skilled Volunteers, skilled, virtual, virtual volunteer	2020
ESL Conversation Groups Go Online - BreakOut Discussion Group Notes “ESL Conversation Groups Go Online” was a presentation and interactive Zoom call that the California State Library held on May 22, 2020. It's goal… more	Staff Training, Job Specific Volunteer Training, Capacity Building	ESL, ESL conversation circle, COVID-19	2020
Fighting Racism Through Diverse and Inclusive Volunteer Engagement Programming (Part 2 of 2) Part 2 of thoughts on how to audit your own diversity, equity and inclusion strategy (DEI) in how you engage volunteers from Jerome Tennille, CVA,… more	Staff Training, Capacity Building	racism, inclusive, diversity, Recruitment	2020
The Future of Volunteering: Millennials This 26 minute webinar was presented by Carla Lehn as the keynote address for the Los Angeles Public Library's annual Friends Symposium on October 23… more	Millennials, Capacity Building, Staff Training	Friends, Friends of the Library, COVID-19, Millennials, Gen Z	2020