MozCampEU2012/Workshop Onboarding New Volunteers
Note: The content of this session has been made into an Onboarding New Volunteer Workshop page on the wiki.
Title of Session: Workshop for Onboarding New Volunteers
Facilitator(s): David Boswell, Michelle Marovich, Josh Matthews
Are you paid or volunteer staff?: Paid Staff
Area of Contribution (Team Name): Grow Mozilla
How are you currently involved with the community?: Paid Staff: Contributor Engagement, Recruiting
Location of Work (where do you reside?): Mountain View, CA and San Francisco, CA
Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes): 60-90 minutes (90 with integrated break out sessions)
Summary:
The workshop is focused on leveraging the new localized Get Involved page and helping volunteer communities do the following:
1) Identify contribution needs in their areas
2) Qualify interested volunteers
3) Onboard and mentor core and casual volunteers
Possible break out sessions for functional or regional areas:
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/GrowMozilla/Onboarding-new-localizers-to-your-community
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Building_communities_with_few_people
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Mozilla_Reps_and_local_communities
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/SUMO_Magnet
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/resources-for-helping-potential-code-contributors
How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals (https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Tracks): This is designed to help local community create and expand a more effective volunteer base.
Expected Outcome or Deliverable: Teach community to leverage passive pipeline of new volunteers, mentor them, and recruit new volunteers.
Desired Audience Type or Skill-set: All Contributors and Paid Staff interested in expanding community in local geographies.
Equipment Needs (Video projector already included): Large White Sticky Pads, Markers, large post it notes.
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