[Chapter-delegates] Request for help - Chapter Toolkit - Attracting and Mobilizing Volunteers

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

We would love to speak to any Chapter leaders who will be at the ICANN  
meeting next week in Brussels who have stories to share in working  
with volunteers.  If you can spare 15-30 minutes to talk to us, it  
would be much appreciated.

Equally if you will not be at the ICANN meeting, but have "working  
with volunteers" experiences you would like to share, please send  
email to Wendy at <rickard @ rickardgroup.com> or to <chapter-support  
@ isoc.org>.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Anne
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> From: Wendy Rickard <rickard at rickardgroup.com>
> Date: 11 May 2010 8:07:38 AM
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Cc: ISOC Chapter Support <chapter-support at isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Chapter Toolkit - Attracting and  
> Mobilizing Volunteers
>
> Dear Chapter Delegates:
>
> There are a number of factors that contribute to a Chapter’s  
> success but none is more critical than human resources. Whatever  
> activities a Chapter decides to pursue in the interest of advancing  
> ISOC’s mission and goals—including events, education, and advocacy 
> —the outcomes will depend on the time, energy, skills, and wisdom  
> of volunteers.
>
> As Anne mentioned in her e-mail last Friday, we are developing three  
> toolkits this year, the first of which will focus on volunteers. The  
> challenge of identifying, attracting, and managing volunteers seems  
> to be one of the more common themes among ISOC Chapters. While the  
> toolkit will include advice and strategies drawn from professionals  
> and professional literature, we want to address this issue in a way  
> that recognizes the unique and distinctive ways in which ISOC  
> Chapters operate. Therefore, as with the Chapter Handbook, your  
> stories, advice, and lessons learned will help illustrate what other  
> Chapters can do to be successful.
>
> We realize it is difficult to remember all the ways you accomplish  
> your goals, so I'll begin by asking a few questions. For purposes of  
> gaining relevant data, it would be helpful if your answers do not  
> include examples of Chapter leaders volunteering their time to  
> accomplish tasks. Instead, we are interested in stories, advice, and  
> best practices that involve volunteers drawn from your membership or  
> from outside the Chapter.
>
> 1. Can you describe one event, activity, or initiative that would  
> not have been possible if it had not been for the help of  
> volunteers? Include how/where you found them and strategies you used  
> to keep them interested, engaged, and on track.
>
> 2. One of the more common problems Chapters run into is having the  
> same people volunteer for long periods of time, which leads to burn- 
> out and disinterest (and a void when those people stop  
> volunteering). Can you give examples of strategies you have employed  
> (either as part of an ISOC Chapter or in other work that required  
> volunteers) that minimize the risk of volunteer burn-out? In other  
> words, what do you do to bring in different people or to create  
> variety for folks who regularly volunteer?
>
> 3. When you find that you need to reach outside your Chapter to find  
> volunteers, where do you go? Colleges and universities? Local  
> businesses? Friends? Tell us what has worked for you and what hasn't.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Wendy
>
>
>
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