TMC Volunteering Coordinator Training
Tuesday Training
- TMC Volunteer Coordinators Training Vision Presentation
- ChristianVolunteering.org, Google Analytics and CiviCRM Overview Demo
- Review Job Description
- Outcomes and Goals Presentation
- Questions and Answers
Thursday Training
- CV.org Hands On Training (Christiana)
- Register User, Post Organization, Post Opportunity, Advanced Search, Org Search, Short Term Missions Search, Sub-sites, Review Online Volunteer Training Materials
- TMC Volunteer Training Presentation (Andrew)
- Review TMC Volunteer Coordinator’s Manual
- UrbanMinistry.org Training (Evan)
TMC Volunteer Coordinator
Detailed Job Description
- To recruit partner organizations and affiliates to post volunteer, work-study and internship opportunities online to serve in urban ministries and organizations
- To recruit volunteers, work study students and interns using online tools as well as churches and organizational partners that can assist in recruiting volunteers
- To assist in recruiting and coordinating volunteers, work study students and in-kind donations for the host organization
- To providing monitoring, tracking a reporting on outcomes related to volunteering or volunteer training
- To provide training resources online for volunteers and the organizations at which they serve
TMC Volunteer Coordinators
Homework Assignment
Due September 27 for Conference Call
Meet with site coordinator to fill out goals and outcomes worksheet
Work with supervisor to develop 3-month workplan
Read chapters 1-3 of Wikinomics
Complete UrbanMinistry.org Assignment (see attached)
Visit and create accounts and explore VolunteerMatch.org, Idealist.org, Change.org and TakingITGlobal.org. B ring back at least 3 ideas for things that could be used in UrbanMinistries.
TMC Volunteer Coordinators Team Web Conference Call September 27 at 2 pm EST: Present and share goals, outcomes and workplan
Due October 18 for Conference Call
Read chapters 5, 7, 9-11 of Wikinomics
Listen to the following Volunteer Training Webcast (Volunteer Orientation Webcast link on Homepage) or
Develop Marketing Plan to contact sites, partners and individuals to help get the word out and recruit volunteers and organizations
TMC Volunteer Coordinators Team Web Conference Call September 27 at 2 pm EST: present, share and discuss marketing plans
Conference Calls
September 27 and October 18 at 2 EST (11 PST)
Call in number: 218-486-2205, pin 9051184
Sample Workplan Outline
Your goal should be to create a realistic workplan for you to complete by December. Below is just a template to help get you started, but feel free to modify this as you or your supervisor sees fit. Obviously your organization will have many initiatives that we cannot anticipate, so we expect that you might significantly add to or modify this workplan. We will have a conference call to share and discuss workplans among the TMC Volunteer Coordinators Team.
Collect contact information of sites that might need to recruit volunteers
Collect contact information of partners and churches that could be a source of recruiting volunteers
Complete website modifications: prominent links on site, short search form on all pages
Talk to 2-3 known sites and walk them through the process of registering and posting a volunteer opportunity to familiarize yourself with the process and issues that occur
Work with Executive Director or supervisor to send E-mail to all contacts encouraging them to post volunteer opportunities and to assist in recruiting volunteers (templates in Volunteer Manual)
Talk with supervisor about developing a plan to call organizations directly
Develop short list of 5-10 key national or regional hub partners that your organization has that they would be willing to pursue partnering with on volunteering
Develop a list of electronic resources your organization has that that would be willing to share online through a “creative commons” license: presentations, documents, tapes, videos, CDs
Implement volunteer training resources on your website
Develop training plan for sites in using volunteer training resources, how to manage volunteers, etc.
Post content on UrbanMinistry.org
Set Goal Milestones for end of 2007 for all outcomes
Track progress on goal milestones for all outcomes
Site Specific Action Items