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A National Vision of Service- John Gomperts |
Current AmeriCorps director John Gomperts discusses national trends in skilled volunteerism and service at the 2009 Get Involved: Powered By Your Library institute. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training |
Video, national trends |
Training Materials |
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ASCLA Library Accessibility ToolKits |
An excellent list prepared by ASCLA of links to resources that can help in a number of areas including: Autism Spectrum Disorders, blind, deaf, mental health issues, and many more. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training |
disabilities |
Training Materials |
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Bibliography on Volunteer Engagement |
Bibliography and Web Resources on Volunteer Engagement. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training |
Baby Boomers, bibliography, Lehn |
Training Materials |
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Book to Action Project- Santa Barbara Public Library |
Book-to-Action Programs 2012: Bringing programs about the environment to Santa Barbara Public Library libraries (Green @ Your Library), in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Reads Program selection, Moby-Duck. |
Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training |
Book to action, community service, teen volunteers, environment |
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Branch Coordinator of Volunteer Engagement - San Jose, CA |
Job Description used by San Jose Public Library for staff responsible for volunteer engagement in a library branch or unit. |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions, Staff Training |
staff training |
Management Tool |
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Building Capacity: Strategic Volunteer Engagement |
In this Points of Light blog post, the point is made that organizations that build a culture of volunteerism, and purposefully embed volunteerism into their strategy, experience stronger retention rates, increased volunteer engagement and higher return on volunteer investment. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training |
Strategic |
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Building Inclusive Bridges: A Guide to Facilitating Inclusive Referrals |
Volunteer involving organisations generally lack resources, both human and financial, and this can inhibit their ability to engage volunteers with barriers (e.g. people with a disability, people with language barriers). This resource, developed by VolunteerACT (Australia) should assist in engaging and supporting volunteers with barriers. |
Capacity Building, Staff Training |
disabilities |
Training Materials |
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Can We Reject a Volunteer? |
What do you do when someone applies to volunteer and you realize they will not work out? How can we justify rejecting anyone who steps forward and raises their hand? Because, as much as we want every person who even mutters the word “volunteering” to succeed, we need volunteers who will make a positive impact on our missions. Here's a quick read with some great ideas and guidance on this topic. |
Interviewing Volunteers, Staff Training |
Fire, reject, complaints |
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Capacity Building in Volunteer Engagement- Jill Friedman Fixler |
As part of a day-long training, Jill Friedman Fixler presents fundamentals for building and expanding organizational capacity to engage skilled volunteers. Search for other training videos from the day on this site. |
Baby Boomers, Capacity Building, Engaging High Impact Volunteers, Staff Training |
Video |
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Changing Organizational Culture to Engage Volunteers |
This thoughtful article from the Minnesota Children's Museum suggests ways to engage staff and volunteers together more effectively by answering commonly asked questions. |
Capacity Building, Engaging Staff and Unions, Staff Training |
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Training Materials |
