facilitating online volunteering
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Zadar, April 24th, 2015
Facilitating online volunteering
Agenda
Who are we? Level up:
E-volunteering project
Definition, advantages &
examples
Facilitating online
volunteering
Questions & Answers
Who are we?
Who are we? We believe that there’s so much good on the Web!
We explore and promote the idea of e-volunteering since 2009. We: • launched the www.e-volunteering.eu website, • in 2014 we released the 1st in Europe
“E-volunteering handbook” – a practical guide for individuals, institutions and organizations who want to cooperate with volunteers online.
• in 2015 we published the 1st web application for e-volunteering, that supports the cooperation between NGOs and volunteers from Poland (in Polish).
• organized six Polish and three European editions of the ‘Discover e-volunteering’ competition, through which we gathered over 250 good e-volunteering practices.
Our networks:
For me the Internet
means…
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…
70% Source: Digital Agenda Scoreboard, 2014
Search for information
Being in touch with friends
Reading e-books
Watching movies
Using maps and GPS
Using social media platforms
E-volunteering Definition, advantages & examples
Definition, advantages & examples
E-volunteering
is a volunteer work conducted via the Internet. It is often called also: • online volunteering, • virtual volunteering, • cyber volunteering, • digital volunteering,
but it always refers to work where an online system (accessed through a computer, a mobile device, etc.) plays a key role in recruitment, facilitating access to tasks, and conducting that tasks.
Definition, advantages & examples
E-volunteering vs. traditional volunteering
They’re very similiar!
• non-paid activities undertaken freely. • for the benefit of other people. • both rely on human compassion, the desire to lend a hand or help to make a difference, and on the willingness to share one’s time and skills.
What are the advantages of online volunteering?
Source: Good Network Foundation
Global access
Combat with (not only) digital
exclusion
Low costs
Victory over constant lack of time
Disfalsification of the Internet image
Practice
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Give examples of volunteering
tasks that can be done via the
Internet.
What can e-volunteers do?
Facilitating online volunteering Online volunteering management cycle
Online volunteering management cycle
Preparing organization
1. Diagnosis. 1. Projects. 2. Tasks. 3. Volunteer’s tasks. 4. E-volunteer’s tasks.
2. Coordinator. 1. Agreements. 2. Communication. 3. Dividing the tasks. 4. Monitoring. 5. Evaluation.
3. Cooperation plan. 1. List of the tasks. 2. Choosing of tools. 3. E-volunteers training. 4. Motivation system. 5. References.
Recruiting e-volunteers
1. Your add. Who? What? When? Language of benefits.
2. Recruiting. Step I: online form, CV, motivation letter. Step II: Example of task. Sep III: Online conversation.
3. Organization. First meeting: Which tool will we use? How can we contact the coordinator? How can we contact other e-volunteers?
Cooperation
1. Preparing to start to work Make sure to provide your volunteers with comprehensive trainings / seminars, e.g.: • seminars on the topics related to the project. • technical seminars on how to use the project management aplications.
2. Performing tasks Make sure both you and volunteer understands: • What effect you want to achieve? • What is the deadline? • How will the finished work will be sent?
3. Evaluation You can use: • anonymous feedback forms. • team meetings. • one-to-one talks between an e-volunteer and the coordinator. • online task progress forms. •Feedback forms for the beneficiaries of e-volunteers’ work.
Cooperation
4. Motivating E-volunteers deeply appreciate feedback and being recognized for the work they do. Don’t let your online volunteers left alone! Be generous in saying „thank you” and try to discuss all the mistakes they make. If your cooperation is long-term, think about mechanisms that can help them gain new skills and integrate with other team members on a regular basis.
Ending e-volunteering cooperation
You can still keep in touch over e-mails, mailing groups or other tools.
Level up: facilitating e-volunteering project
Level up: E-volunteering
project
What is an e-volunteering project?
Project based on e-volunteers activities, who are the main key in reaching the aims.
Level up: E-volunteering
project
Types of e-volunteering projects
Level up: E-volunteering
project
How to design and implement an e-volunteering project?
E-volunteering.eu
Questions
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& Answers
GOOD NETWORK FOUNDATION www.e-volunteering.eu
More information:
E-volunteering.eu
GOOD NETWORK FOUNDATION www.e-volunteering.eu
Contact us
Marzena Kacprowicz [email protected] Beata Borowiecka [email protected]