Help at hand - and online
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Pro Bono Volunteering – help at hand … Anne Stafford
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A presentation from Volunteering in a Digtial Age, Swansea, September 2012. Ann Stafford of ITC4 Communities gave a presentation on tapping into networks of IT professionals.
Transcript of Help at hand - and online
Pro Bono Volunteering – help at hand …
Anne Stafford
iT4Communities
8,000+ volunteers
300 projects per year
Pro Bono Volunteers
Average = 13 years experience
Many technical & business skills
Enthusiasm & professionalism
Want to give time & skills
More volunteers than projects
iT4C Clients - examples
How can we help?
IT is essential
Every organisation needs IT systems that are fit for purpose
To do things better
To do better things
Even small organisations may have complex needs:
Websites, databases, printers, IT equipment, maintenance, email, phones, troubleshooting, contracts, networks, outreach workers, people working from home, etc
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Why is IT hard to sort out?
What do we need?
How to start?
I don't understand what my options are
I don't know how much I need to spend
We haven't got any money
I don't know who to ask
It will take longer to sort this out than it takes to do it the old way
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Three ways IT4C can help you - 1
It's all about the brief
We listen to what you want to do
We create a brief IT professionals can respond to
We help you find the right volunteer
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Three ways IT4C can help you - 2
We are there to help at every stage
You can make unlimited calls
You can have unlimited projects
You can contact us via phone, email, website
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Three ways IT4C can help you - 3
We understand your goals
Charity specialists
Affordable, low-cost solutions
Access to special deals eg CTX
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How iT4C Works
Organisation registersProject Definer Calls
Volunteering Opportunity advertised to volunteersVolunteer & organisation speak
Volunteers express interest
Project starts
New request
£85 = 1 year= many volunteers= better IT
iT4C Case Study – Creative Future
A small arts organisation (2 FTE staff) in Brighton
About to grow and needed a website, a database & social media help
5 volunteers offered their assistance over 12 months
“the best £85 we have spent!” Simon Powell, Director
iT4C Case Study – Disability Rights UK
Merger of advice giving organisation lead to review of information needs
Fay Heatley, with over 15 years experience guided them through this process.
Together they chose a website with client database that interacted with & was hosted online, keeping the accounts separate.
Sarah Cosby of Radar says “working with Fay made this possible!”
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