Group Events Volunteer (GEV) Recruiting - Revision history

Neville Reid: /* Sample Admin to recruit event volunteers for your group */ 500 communities

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Sample Admin to recruit event volunteers for your group: 500 communities

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	You'll need to have a working knowledge of using Freegle, have contacts in the local community, organisational energy, enjoy meeting people and an interest in promoting Freegle in our area.		You'll need to have a working knowledge of using Freegle, have contacts in the local community, organisational energy, enjoy meeting people and an interest in promoting Freegle in our area.

	We don't have anything tangible to give to a volunteer - it's all free, right? - but it's rewarding nevertheless. With over ~~400 groups~~ across the UK, you'll be keeping Freegle relevant, well known and ensuring usable items stay out of landfill sites to have a new lease of life.		We don't have anything tangible to give to a volunteer – it's all free, right? – but it's rewarding nevertheless. With over 500 communities across the UK, you'll be keeping Freegle relevant, well known and ensuring usable items stay out of landfill sites to have a new lease of life.

	With warmest wishes,		With warmest wishes,

Jacky at 14:58, 25 January 2018

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	This role is the person who takes on the community promotion of your group. A description of the different roles for promoting a local group are described more fully at [[Group Promotion Volunteers]].		This role is the person who takes on the community promotion of your group. A description of the different roles for promoting a local group are described more fully at [[Group Promotion Volunteers]].

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	Name<br>		Name<br>
	XXX Freegle Team<br>		XXX Freegle Team<br>
	~~XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com~~		contact email address<br>
	<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX		<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX

	===Step 2: Send out an Admin ===		===Step 2: Send out an Admin ===

	If you prefer to send out a general request (or perhaps individual approaches haven't worked!), then here is a suggestion for a post that you could send out to your group.		If you prefer to send out a general request (or perhaps individual approaches haven't worked!), then here is a suggestion for a post that you could send out to your group.

	~~You could try posting it as ‘straight’ admin message, rather than a special notice, because you are probably looking for a currently active member who monitors their various social groups.~~

	~~If you don't get enough responses then you can always re-send it out as special notice~~.

	====Sample Admin to recruit event volunteers for your group====		====Sample Admin to recruit event volunteers for your group====
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	Behind the scenes, there's a group of volunteers who keep the group running smoothly. I hope we're doing things ok, though we can always do it better.		Behind the scenes, there's a group of volunteers who keep the group running smoothly. I hope we're doing things ok, though we can always do it better.

	It would be great to have some more help with promoting our group. We are particularly looking for some physical events yo be organised, so if you'd like to volunteer to help us with this type of promotion, please email us at ~~$groupname-owner~~@~~yahoogroups.com~~, and tell us how and why you would like to help. If you've responded to one of these mails before, then feel free to respond again to let us know that you're still interested.		It would be great to have some more help with promoting our group. We are particularly looking for some physical events yo be organised, so if you'd like to volunteer to help us with this type of promotion, please email us at XXX@XXX, and tell us how and why you would like to help. If you've responded to one of these mails before, then feel free to respond again to let us know that you're still interested.

	You'll need to have a working knowledge of using Freegle, have contacts in the local community, organisational energy, enjoy meeting people and an interest in promoting Freegle in our area.		You'll need to have a working knowledge of using Freegle, have contacts in the local community, organisational energy, enjoy meeting people and an interest in promoting Freegle in our area.
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	Name<br>		Name<br>
	XXX Freegle Team<br>		XXX Freegle Team<br>
	~~XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com~~		contact email address<br>
	<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX		<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX

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	Name<br>		Name<br>
	XXX Freegle Team<br>		XXX Freegle Team<br>
	~~XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com~~		contact email address
	<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX		<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX

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	With warmest wishes,		With warmest wishes,

	XXX Freegle Team		XXX Freegle Team<br>
			contact email address<br>
	~~XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com~~

	Contact landline number		Contact landline number

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	\|12. Any other comments that might help.		\|12. Any other comments that might help.
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	Verification:		Verification:
	*Check they are who they say they are.		*Check they are who they say they are.
	*The candidates will almost certainly have a public presence on the ~~interney~~, and that presence should not be in disagreement with Freegle's ~~principals,~~ e.g. Google their name/email address, check Linkedin, Facebook etc.		*The candidates will almost certainly have a public presence on the internet, and that presence should not be in disagreement with Freegle's principles or provide opportunity for bringing Freegle into disrepute e.g. Google their name/email address, check Linkedin, Facebook, news items etc.
	*Such precautions might be excessive, but why take an unnecessary risk.		*Such precautions might be excessive, but why take an unnecessary risk.

Jacky: /* Considerations for choosing potential volunteers */

2018-01-25T14:03:50Z

Considerations for choosing potential volunteers

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	* have been active on the group for some months		* have been active on the group for some months

	Send your volunteer team a short-list of potential volunteers' ~~Yahoo~~ IDs/email addresses to to see if they have any thoughts or experiences with any of them.		Send your volunteer team a short-list of potential volunteers' IDs/email addresses to to see if they have any thoughts or experiences with any of them.

	If you have several that look promising write to them and ask if they would be interested. If you get more than one interested, do consider recruiting more than one as it often helps new people to integrate and learn together.		If you have several that look promising write to them and ask if they would be interested. If you get more than one interested, do consider recruiting more than one as it often helps new people to integrate and learn together.

Jacky: /* Step 9: Volunteer Training Stage */

2017-04-18T10:21:18Z

Step 9: Volunteer Training Stage

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	At the moment we haven't got a set of guidelines written to help with training a local events volunteer, but much of the [[Mod Training]] is relevant. The Mentor Team (mentors@ilovefreegle.org), Support Team (email support@ilovefreegle.org) and the Head of Media (media@ilovefreeegle.org) are all available centrally to offer advice.		At the moment we haven't got a set of guidelines written to help with training a local events volunteer, but much of the [[Mod Training]] is relevant. The Mentor Team (mentors@ilovefreegle.org), Support Team (email support@ilovefreegle.org) and the Head of Media (media@ilovefreeegle.org) are all available centrally to offer advice.

	There is a section~~/portal~~ of this wiki dedicated to aspects of publicity - [[Publicity]] Depending on what promotion your team are interested in pursuing, you could direct your new volunteer to the appropriate pages.		There is a section of this wiki dedicated to aspects of publicity - [[Publicity]] Depending on what promotion your team are interested in pursuing, you could direct your new volunteer to the appropriate pages.

Jacky: /* Step 4: Assessing the returned applications */

2016-10-04T18:55:12Z

Step 4: Assessing the returned applications

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	1: Are their answers relevant and clear? yes/no		1: Are their answers relevant and clear? yes/no
	*( You could consider a 'no' to this probably ~~meaning~~ the candidate should be eliminated )		*( You could consider a 'no' to this to probably mean the candidate should be eliminated )

	2: Age - Candidates need to be 18* or over		2: Age - Candidates need to be 18* or over

Jacky: /* Response to interested people 2 */

2016-10-04T18:53:04Z

Response to interested people 2

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	In terms of what is involved, we would like to cover the following tasks:		In terms of what is involved, we would like to cover the following tasks:


	* research and find news stories and photos about reuse
	* engage traditional media (local papers, radio) and non-traditional (bloggers, tweeters, vloggers) through social media
	* identifying any need for promotional Admin messages on our main group and responding to member feedback as appropriate
	* communicate and work with other members of our volunteer team		* communicate and work with other members of our volunteer team
	* ideally belong to national or regional support groups, to provide a cohesive web presence for Freegle. This also ensures that a reliable source of advice and support will be available to you at (pretty much) all times.		* promote Freegle in the local community by organising and attending promotional events, eg. Give and Takes, Reuse Roadshows.
			* have knowledge of local charity shops and other reuse or recycling facilities
	* promote Freegle in the local community		* help to produce and distribute promotional material about events
	* ~~compile list~~ of ~~media contacts~~
	* help produce and distribute ~~press releases~~
	* engage traditional media (local papers, radio)		* engage traditional media (local papers, radio)
	* organise and attend promotional events (Give & Take, Reuse Roadshows etc)

	If any of this sounds like something you'd like to do, please get back to me. Please could you tell me a little more about yourself, such as any relevant work or voluntary experience that would be helpful for us to know, why you would like to work with us and Freegle and what personal skills you are able to bring to the role. Please could you also include your full name, home address and a landline number.		If any of this sounds like something you'd like to do, please get back to me. Please could you tell me a little more about yourself, such as any relevant work or voluntary experience that would be helpful for us to know, why you would like to work with us and Freegle and what personal skills you are able to bring to the role. Please could you also include your full name, home address and a landline number.
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	Contact landline number		Contact landline number


	===Step 4: Assessing the returned applications===		===Step 4: Assessing the returned applications===

Jacky: /* Sample Admin to recruit media volunteers for your group */

2016-10-04T18:43:58Z

Sample Admin to recruit media volunteers for your group

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	If you don't get enough responses then you can always re-send it out as special notice.		If you don't get enough responses then you can always re-send it out as special notice.

	====Sample Admin to recruit ~~media~~ volunteers for your group====		====Sample Admin to recruit event volunteers for your group====

	Thanks for being members of $groupname.		Thanks for being members of $groupname.
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	Behind the scenes, there's a group of volunteers who keep the group running smoothly. I hope we're doing things ok, though we can always do it better.		Behind the scenes, there's a group of volunteers who keep the group running smoothly. I hope we're doing things ok, though we can always do it better.

	It would be great to have some more help with promoting our group. We are particularly looking for ~~a better social media presence~~, so if you'd like to volunteer to help us with promotion, please email us at $groupname-owner@yahoogroups.com, and tell us how and why you would like to help. If you've responded to one of these mails before, then feel free to respond again to let us know that you're still interested.		It would be great to have some more help with promoting our group. We are particularly looking for some physical events yo be organised, so if you'd like to volunteer to help us with this type of promotion, please email us at $groupname-owner@yahoogroups.com, and tell us how and why you would like to help. If you've responded to one of these mails before, then feel free to respond again to let us know that you're still interested.

	You'll need to ~~be computer literate~~, ~~understand social media but particularly interested~~ in promoting Freegle in our area.		You'll need to have a working knowledge of using Freegle, have contacts in the local community, organisational energy, enjoy meeting people and an interest in promoting Freegle in our area.

	We don't have anything tangible to give to a volunteer - it's all free, right? - but it's rewarding nevertheless. With over 400 groups across the UK, you'll be keeping Freegle relevant, well known and ensuring usable items stay out of landfill sites to have a new lease of life.		We don't have anything tangible to give to a volunteer - it's all free, right? - but it's rewarding nevertheless. With over 400 groups across the UK, you'll be keeping Freegle relevant, well known and ensuring usable items stay out of landfill sites to have a new lease of life.
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	XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com		XXXFreegle-owner@yahoogroups.com
	<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX		<br>XXXContact telephone numberXXX


	===Step 3: The Reply and Application form===		===Step 3: The Reply and Application form===

Jacky at 21:41, 11 October 2015

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Jacky at 00:25, 11 October 2015

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