Candace Griffith Projected Outcomes
Candace Griffith
TechMission Corps Position
Volunteer Resource Coordinator
Position Start Date: September 22nd 2008 to End Date: September 17th 2009
Projected Outcomes (Annual):
- Total Site Traffic: 16,000 visitors
- New Organizational Accounts: 350
- New User Accounts: 1000
- Volunteer Opportunities Posted: 200
- Volunteers Matched: 500
- Partnerships Developed: 2 major, 10 minor
- Number of content Items Posted: 20 videos/talks/documents
Work Plan outline:
The first 3 month we project to:
1. Collaborate with Major Betty Isreal to establish communication protocol with local and territorial Salvation Army volunteer coordinators.
2. Create a Microsoft Access database and workgroup consisting of Salvation Army Volunteer Coordinators and Directors.
3. Research options for developing an online survey to create a baseline database to determine sites volunteer opportunities, volunteer traffic, community partnerships etc. (Survey Monkey)
4. Create my IDP and Research Project outline.
In the first 6 months, we project to:
1. Finish online survey and send out to Salvation Army sites with interest to collaborate.
2. Develop a list of electronic volunteer resources to share online.
3. Create an organizational profile and post opportunity for The Salvation Army National Headquarters on christianvolunteering.org and urbanministry.org
4. Post content on unrbanministry.org
5. Research local non-profit and faith-based organizations that could use urbanministry.org and christianvolunteering.org, and set up protocol to approach.
In the first 9 months, we project to:
1. Track volunteers matches and hours served.
2. Develop plan to include and develop partnership with (5) ministries and (1) school organization to post christianvolunteering.org link on their website.
3. Participate in National Day of Service and MLK events in DC district.
4. Collect personal stories of volunteers and site directors that were matched through salvationarmy.christianvolunteering.org
In the first 12 months, we project to:
1. Complete Research Project and develop final presentation
2. Complete IDP
3. Complete Toolkit for The Salvation Army
4. Present Final PowerPoint Presentation to Boston members
Research Project
The project will be to create a baseline data report on the current volunteer coordinators and programs across the territories. In accordance with the sites that have coordinators, I will track how many of which accept the invitation to collaborate with Christianvolunteering.org by linking opportunities on their website. Then I will begin to track the volunteers and site traffic. The purpose of the project will be to see an actual increase in volunteer matching, programs and partnerships.
Individual Development Plan
My IDP goals will be to increase my knowledge of web-based volunteer matching and the use of technology regarding training and preparation use. I will develop more intensified volunteer coordinating and volunteer training skills. An increase in the overall amount of volunteers matched and linked to organizations will be another goal, along with creating a database of all VC contact information, training materials and informational guidelines for following volunteer coordinators. I plan to develop presentation materials to encourage the promotion of the websites and increased volunteer opportunities. Recruiting these organizations will help me to increase my networking skills and indirectly strengthen networking channels between the volunteer and opportunities. I will develop a toolkit for the Salvation Army on the use and maintenance of the website. In that toolkit will be a presentation on setting up the account, managing, and adding and deleting opportunities. A screencast using uTipu.com, a webpage and a tutorial document will also be included.
