Get Involved: Powered by Your Library

In late 2008, the California State Library launched a new statewide initiative - Get Involved: Powered by Your Library - with the goals of raising awareness among public libraries about how volunteer engagement can benefit both the library and the community; and building the capacity of California's public libraries to recruit and support volunteers more effectively. The Get Involved initiative includes the following components:

• A project advisory task force comprised of state and national library leaders and volunteer managers to inform and guide project activities;
• Training Institutes
  • Two-day institutes in May 2009 and May 2010
• Pilot Libraries
• Free annual membership on VolunteerMatch

Archived Events

2008 - 2009

• Dec 3, 2008: Getting Others Involved in Your Library
• Jan 7, 2009: Engaging Volunteers in Organizational Capacity Building
• Jan 21, 2009: Mapping the Initiative
• Feb 4, 2009: Creating High Impact Volunteer Agreements
• Feb 25, 2009: Creating Powerful Communities of Action

2009

• Apr 9, 2009: Getting the Most from VolunteerMatch: Overview
• Apr 14, 2009: Best Practices For Recruiting Online
• Apr 15, 2009: Engaging Boomers and Skilled Volunteers in your Library
• Jun 30, 2009: Get Involved Institute Follow-Up

2009 - 2010

• Sep 16, 2009: Advanced VolunteerMatch Tools
• Nov 4, 2009: Get Involved: Powered by Your Library Kick-Off Webinars
• Nov 12, 2009: Engaging Pro Bono and Skilled Volunteer
• Jan 12, 2010: Build a Better Volunteer Engagement Program!
• Apr 1, 2010: Get Involved: Preparing to Launch
• Apr 6, 2010: Get Involved: Preparing to Launch
• May 18, 2010: Sharing Our Learning: Building our Community
• Jul 20, 2010: Social Media and Volunteer Engagement
• Oct 12, 2010: Stories from the Front Lines: Getting Staff Buy-in

2011 - 2012

• Feb 8, 2011: Building a Community of Practice & Tools for Managing Virtual Teams
• June 28, 2011: Demonstrating ROI in Volunteer Engagement
• Nov 17, 2011: What’s New for Get Involved in 2012!
• June 6, 2012: Putting Corporate Volunteers to Work!