Lola Phoenix, digital manager, Mencap Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk

1. Recruiting digital
volunteers
Lola Phoenix

2. Misconceptions
O Volunteers are “unskilled”.
O All aspects of digital are “unsafe”
to trust in “inexperienced” hands.
O Specialist knowledge always
comes at specialist prices.
O Artists won’t work for “exposure”.

3. Benefits
O Digital volunteering is low cost.
O Digital volunteering is more
accessible for some.
O Digital volunteering is more flexible.
O Digital volunteering is less
maintenance.

4. Types of Volunteering
Specialist Non-specialist
O Analyst
O Advertising
O Training
O Video editing
O Development
O Administrator
O Data entry
O Subtitling
O Categorizing
O Editing

5. Roles Recruited For
O Volunteer Video Editor
O Volunteer Animator
O Volunteer Developer
O Volunteer Advertising Officer
O Volunteer Usability Tester
O Volunteer Content Writer
O Volunteer Administrator
O Volunteer Producer

6. Facebook Header

7. Audio Production

8. Animation

9. Websites

10. Onboarding volunteers
Recruitment Communication
O Volunteering teams
O Internal networks
O Corporate
partnerships
O Reach Volunteering
O IT access
O In-person
O Email
O Text
O Slack

11. Types of Tasks
O Administrative
O Setting up advertising campaigns
O Research and collating
O Delivering basic content
O Specialist
O Animating and editing
O Training
O Analysis/reporting

12. What you offer
O Education and skill building
O Positive CV review
O Training in specialist subjects
O An accessible way to do something
positive
O Party or other physical perks

13. How to start
O Make a list of things you want to do but
don’t have the time for/can’t do.
O Make evergreen videos.
O Make personalised .gifs.
O Complete an animation.
O Write evergreen social media updates.
O Research competition.
O Create a one off project or create an
entire role of projects.

14. How to start
O Create realistic time frames and
deadlines.
O Know what your volunteers should get
out of it and get from you.
O Have a process for welcoming them.
O Celebrate your volunteers.
O Volunteer’s Week! 1-7 June 2018
O Stay in touch and stay patient.
O Have a process for saying goodbye.

15. That’s how you get volunteers
Questions?
Comments? Concerns?
Lola Phoenix
Digital Manager
Mencap

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17. Visit the CharityComms website
to view slides from past events,
see what events we have
coming up and to check out
what else we do:
www.charitycomms.org.uk