Timeline

Preparation: Summer 2024

  1. Obtain fiscal sponsor (Franklin County Community Land Trust) ✅
  2. Obtain software funding for GivePulse, $2,040 ✅
  3. Obtain software funding for Airtable (CRM), $500  ✅
  4. Build out sample GivePulse data for demo ✅
  5. Create pilot outreach plan ✅
  6. Prepare public website for outreach. ✅
  7. Create outreach presentation using sample data ✅
  8. Prepare platform for volunteer coordinator Community of Practice

Outreach: Fall 2024

  1. Begin outreach to recruit members (1:1 meetings ✅, webinars, public events) to:
    1. Adopt software & promote to current volunteers
    2. Join community of practice,
    3. Host/co-sponsor quarterly celebration every 2 years
    4. Share platform & onboarding requirements
    5. Share volunteer opportunity data and stage on platform
  2. Prepare public outreach event with a pilot sponsor to host
    1. Identify host, target days & budget needed
    2. Identify co-sponsors to cover budget
    3. Find entertainers for target days, pick day
    4. Promote: for current and potential volunteers
  3. Hold First Outreach Event
    1. Reps from all member orgs (or recognition)
    2. Reps from funder / sponsor partners (or recognition)
    3. Potluck, Entertainment, Presentations, Q&A 
    4. Kiosk for volunteer signup & opportunity registration (?)
  4. Hold Community of Practice Startup
    1. Schedule meeting with orgs (hybrid)
    2. Survey for topics
    3. Find speaker for topics
    4. Hold startup meeting at partner space

Launch: Winter 2025 (and following)

  1. Stage new opportunities & push notifications
  2. Onboard new volunteers to platform
  3. Support organization use of platform
  4. Support volunteer use of platform
  5. Track site placements, attendance, outcomes
  6. Prepare stats & report for CoP Meeting
  7. Community of Practice Meeting with Quarterly Plus/Delta
  8. Quarterly Celebration
  9. Internal Plus/Delta: Volunteer Circle
  10. Modifications to platform, process