At AAMV, in addition to the incredible resources provided through our website, we continue to update the resources we provide for the museum and cultural institution volunteer leadership community. If you have any resources, jobs, links, articles, or multimedia that you would like to share and think should be added to our resource guide please email us at info@aamv.org.

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American
Alliance of Museums
National Docent
Symposium Council
Association of Leaders In
Volunteer Engagement
(AL!VE)
Points of Light
Organization
United States Federation
of Friends of Museums
(USFFM)
World Federation of
Friends of Museums
Charity Village – Canada’s
site for non profit sector
Energize – Monthly newsletter,
resources & bookstore
Gift ideas
Volunteer Today –
Articles & resources
Independent Sector –
Non-profit research
Service Leaders – Articles
New England Museum
Association
(NEMA)
Mid-Atlantic Association
of Museums
(MAAM)
Association of Midwest
Museums
(AMM)
Mountain Plains Museum
Association
(MAPA)
Southeastern Museums
Conference
(SEMC)
Western Museums
Association
(WMA)
Aging In Place
Tech Soup – Technology
for non-profits
Network for Good –
Volunteer listing site
Volunteer Match –
Volunteer listing site
Red Ridge
Software Company
Volunteer Select –
Background check service
Volunteerism
Best Practices
DEI
Toolkit
Volunterism Program
Design Toolkit
Death and
Volunteerism
Internship
Program Resources
Webinars
Helpful Links
Manager of Volunteer Services Instructions
Volunteer Training Packet
Volunteer Training Slides
Volunteer Opportunity Recruitment Email
Volgistics Training
Volunteer Application
Basic Staff Training
Basic Staff Training Slides
Intermediate Staff Training
Intermediate Staff Training Slides
Advanced Staff Training
Advanced Staff Training Slides
Group Information and Interview Session Slides
Volunteer Handbook Template
Volunteer Handbook - Newfields
Volunteer Informational Packet Sample Template
Instructions for Volunteer Interviewers
Volunteer Locker Instructions
Volunteer Orientation Slides
Volunteer Position Description
Volunteerism Strategic Plan
Volunteer Survey - SAM
Volunteer Survey - Newfields
Volunteerism Calendar
Volunteer Weekly Newsletter
Episode Ten: Conference Special: AAM 2019
Episode Nine: Conference Special: SEMC 2018
Episode Eight: Measuring the Strategic Impact of Volunteers
Episode Seven: Behavior-Based Interviewing
Episode Six: What's new at AAMV?
Episode Five: Perspectives from the American Alliance of Museums
Episode Four: When you're not the volunteer manager
Episode Three: Hearing from interns
Episode Two: Teen volunteer programs
Episode One: Using social media to recruit

Resource Hub

This is an organized and filterable hub containing all resource info –  Forms, Newsletters, Webinars, Toolkits, Podcasts, Important Links, etc.