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November 29, 1999.
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November 29, 1999
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- Organization Name
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- Organization City
- web-based (office in Chicago)
- State/Province
- Incorporated in California
- Country
- USA
- Organization's Geographic Service Area
- USA, global
- Number of full-time and part-time employees (paid staff)
- 1
- Respondent's Name
- Martha Hellander
- Respondent's Position
- Executive Director
- Organization's Web Site Address
- www.bpkids.org
- Respondent's Role in Working with Volunteers at Organization
- I have set up an on-line support team structure that we have not yet implemented; we are using a loose network of volunteers now for research, parent support, doing administration stuff, etc.
- How did you hear about this Project?
- New York Times article mentioned you
- What other staff have involved volunteers virtually at
your organization?
- chief web site librarian;
web scouts team leader;
education coordinator;
development coordinator;
administrative assistant to ex. director;
treasurer and financial officer, etc.
- Approximately how many of your online volunteers provide
technical assistance to your staff or to other volunteers?
-
- Please describe the kinds of activities these technical
assistance volunteers provide to your organization:
-
- Approximately how many of your volunteers provide direct
support to clients / recipients of service via the Internet?
- None
- Please describe the kinds of volunteer activities these
direct contact volunteers provide to your organization:
- No response
- How did you recruit the volunteers you involve(d) via
the Internet?
- We are a web-based organization, a non-profit Internet startup, and all of our members and families first met on the Internet, so doing the volunteer thing on the Internet just makes sense to us.
- How did you screen/orient the volunteers you involve(d)
via the Internet?
- We are working on this now. We are about to "go public" (launch an interactive web site) and want to have made these decisions shortly.
- How do you supervise and recognize/reward online
volunteers for their contributions?
- Supervise=Right now we don't have any formal procedures
Reward=Again, no formal procedures, although we have discovered that sending flowers (on-line order, of course) produces big results so plan to put a line in our budget for this!
- Have you ever surveyed these online volunteers about
their experiences with your organization?
- No
- What factors in your organization have promoted the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- Staying in touch by phone sometimes
- What factors in your organization have impeded the
success of your virtual volunteering program?
- All of the above
- Please add any other comments you would like to send to
us:
- We will be in touch with you about our programs and would love to learn from your experience as we move forward with our on-line support teams to help families raising children with bipolar disorder.
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