April 23 online event: working with IT volunteers

On Thursday, April 23, I will present a free, live webinar for TechSoup on how to effectively involve volunteers in computer and Internet related tasks at your organization. The webinar will focus on ways nonprofit organizations can identify such tech-related assignments, ways support volunteers in these assignments, and, ofcourse, methods to recruit and screen such volunteers.

Nonprofit staff members can feel a sense of both awe and fear about tech volunteers, and this can lead to misunderstandings and frustrations on the part of both parties. This webinar will help nonprofit staff stay in control of tech volunteering tasks so that the finished assignment meets the nonprofits' needs and the tech volunteer has a satisfying experience.

You will hear my voice live via your computer and see a slide presentation, then you can text your questions via the webinar platform, and listen to my answers.

The webinar is at 11 a.m. Pacific USA time, 2 p.m. East Coast USA time, and 8 p.m. Central Europe time. See times around the globe (specifically the meeting planner) for other times worldwide. Sign up for the live webinar here. Space is limited!

Lots of NPs I work with struggle with this, and it's cool to see someone tackle this issue.

Thanks for showing up for the webinar if, indeed, you were there! Looking forward to continuing the conversation here!

The free, live webinar I did yesterday for TechSoup on how to effectively involve volunteers in computer and Internet related tasks at your organization is now archived! You can see the slide presentation and hear the audio of the hour-long presentation at this archive site. The webinar -- where attendees saw a slide presentation and heard my voice (and Kami's!) going through the slides -- focused on ways nonprofit organizations identify such tech-related assignments, ways support volunteers in these assignments, and, ofcourse, methods to recruit and screen such volunteers. Participants also asked questions via text, which I did my best to answer in the short time frame. It was a LOT to cover in such a short time frame!

If you have questions regarding involving IT volunteers, including requests for feedback about a very specific situation you are facing, please post them here to the Volunteers and Technology branch of the TechSoup community. This discussion is ongoing!

Horay!  I am in such a position.  I am a software engineering student intern (I came to set up computer labs) at a non profit, as well as an administrative intern, and I do experience some aprehension from others in the office here.  When I first saw your post (and how I had missed it yesterday) I was like, 'awe shucks'!

Thank you, this is just what I need!

VERY glad to help. Give the webinar a listen, look through the resources, have a look at TechSoup's revised IT volunteering manual, and if you have any questions, please post them here!

How did you get this particular volunteering gig?

Am interested in viewing the archived webinar but am getting a ReadyTalk login screen.  What is the user input for access?

Try this link: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=1s2icp1p9v34j. It will bring you to the archive page with a link to the recording and has a copy of the PowerPoint and Audio file.