http://digitalartscorps.org/taxonomy/term/1323/0 en http://digitalartscorps.org/node/609 <p><em>The first (and possibly only) meeting of the Volunteer Management working group that was held at the June 2007 DASCorps Pre-Service Orientation went through a basic SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis using collective experience for organizing and implementing a Volunteer Program. The following is the SWOT list generated from that meeting. </em></p> <p><strong>Strengths: </strong><br /> Organization<br /> - Leadership<br /> - Understanding People (Emotional Intelligence)<br /> - Solid Communication<br /> - Protocols<br /> - Assessments</p> <p><strong>Weaknesses: </strong><br /> - too much idealism/unreasonable expectations<br /> - Poor communication<br /> - Unclear Chain of Command<br /> - Lack of volunteer recognition<br /> - Lack of ground rules</p> <p><strong>Opportunities:</strong><br /> - Previous volunteers/Alumni<br /> - Networking<br /> - College volunteer centers/student service organizations<br /> - Senior organizations<br /> - Community Centers<br /> - Online volunteer sites (craigslist.com, volunteermatch.com, etc.)</p> <p><strong>Threats: </strong><br /> - Absence of Shared Vision/People not understanding volunteerism<br /> Size of organizations (both a large and well-known organization where people assume a large contingent of volunteers where they may actually be few or a small organization that is not well-known enough to gain volunteers' interest/trust)<br /> - Recruiting qualified volunteers<br /> - Lack of interest<br /> - Bad timing of recruitment (i.e. volunteer recruitment at college level mid-way through semester)<br /> - Transportation availability/affordability for volunteers to travel to work site<br /> - Excuses, people saying "I already gave too much"<br /> - Public knowledge of how to get involved with volunteering</p> <p>The Volunteer Management working group aims to address all these issues and more in its final output. Keep posted for more information and resources as they are added.</p> <p>A sample Volunteer Management plan/handbook is attached below. It was developed for HOME, Inc. in January 2007.</p> <p>In addition, take a look at another Volunteer Management handbook, also listed below, created by our own VISTA!</p> brainstormed swot volunteer management Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:27:09 +0000 Rian Graves 609 at http://digitalartscorps.org