Monday, May 30, 2011

Finding volunteers


I'm in a neighborhood organization, and I'd like to build a large pool of volunteers for community events.  I'm going to propose doing an internet survey (such as Doodle) to find out who is willing to do what.

I'm thinking of three parts to the survey:


  1. Is there a current annual neighborhood event that you have an interest in?  Or, is there a new event that you think we should start?
  2. What level of participation are you interested in?  Do you want to lead a big part of an event, coming up with new approaches and strategies?  Or are you just the kind of person who will work hard the day of the event, but wants to be told exactly what to do?
  3. What are your strengths?  Fundraising?  Promoting events?  Recruiting volunteers?  Computers?  Carpentry?
I'm hoping that this survey allows us to match volunteers to the events they like, allows them to apply their best skills, and allows them to participate at the level they feel comfortable with.

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