Workshop: Using IT Volunteers - Getting IT Help For Free
Free workshop
Workshop overview
Overview: participative and practical 2/3 hour workshop about working with IT volunteers
Aim: To enable attendees to feel confident that they could use an IT volunteer to support their organisation and to share ideas/tips about how an IT volunteer could make a positive difference
Workshop Content:
- Is an IT volunteer the best option/an option/the only option?
- What are the advantages & disadvantages of using IT volunteers?
- Voice your experiences and/or concerns
- How to manage an IT volunteer project to success
- Looking at appropriate IT projects; ideas and tips
Who should attend: Anyone responsible for your organisation's IT (or the difference it makes) and in a position to/wish to manage an IT volunteer; managers, directors or administrators. No IT skills required of attendees.
Workshop materials
The workshop materials include a PowerPoint presentation and an exercise (RTF).
Please feel free to remix, tweak, and build upon these materials but please do not use for commercial profit and please acknowledge iT4C. We would also be very interested in your comments and any feedback from sessions you run using these materials.
How to book an iT4C workshop
iT4C are happy to run workshops in partnership with infrastructure organisations, CVS, Volunteer Centres or consortia. We are also happy to run similar for companies looking to motivate their IT staff to volunteer. For more details or to discuss this please call Anne Stafford on: 020 7796 2144 or email: anne@wcit.org.uk
