This page contains responses to the agency survey for
August 4, 1999.
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August 4, 1999
- People Who Net
- Organization Name
- People Who Net
- Organization City
- No response
- State/Province
- No response
- Country
- No response
- Organization's Geographic Service Area
- No response
- Number of full-time and part-time employees (paid staff)
- 0
- Respondent's Name
- Sylvia Caras
- Respondent's Position
- Coordinator
- Organization's Web Site Address
- http://www.peoplewho.net
- Respondent's Role in Working with Volunteers at Organization
- I recruit, invite, coordinate, encourage....
- How did you hear about this Project?
- email message
- What other staff have involved volunteers virtually at
your organization?
- All our list administrators and web site managers are volunteers.
- Approximately how many of your online volunteers provide
technical assistance to your staff or to other volunteers?
- 30
- Please describe the kinds of activities these technical
assistance volunteers provide to your organization:
- Internet e-mail discussion list administration and web page design and maintenance.
- Approximately how many of your volunteers provide direct
support to clients / recipients of service via the Internet?
- 30
- Please describe the kinds of volunteer activities these
direct contact volunteers provide to your organization:
- Internet e-mail discussion list administration and web page design and maintenance.
- How did you recruit the volunteers you involve(d) via
the Internet?
- Announcements on email discussion lists and Usenet news groups.
- How did you screen/orient the volunteers you involve(d)
via the Internet?
- Self-selection they respond to invitation, say what their skills are, what they would like to do. We do none of the other tasks, allow the person and the task to grow together or not.
- How do you supervise and recognize/reward online
volunteers for their contributions?
- We have an e-mail list for the volunteer administrators. I am generous with on-list appreciations and encourage volunteers to appreciate each other.
- Have you ever surveyed these online volunteers about
their experiences with your organization?
- Yes. We just published an online rating form.
- What factors in your organization have promoted the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- Povery. There is no other tool in place to do the advocacy and support that we want.
- What factors in your organization have impeded the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- Divisiveness, competitiveness, inability to put task before personality
- Please add any other comments you would like to send to
us:
- No response
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