Volunteer advertising workshop

Volunteer advertising workshop

By Make Your Mark

Does your heritage organisation want to recruit volunteers? Attend a workshop on how to advertise opportunities via Make Your Mark!

Date and time

Location

Online

Agenda

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Welcome and housekeeping

Your co-facilitators, Erin Burke and Joanna Todd, will introduce themselves and cover housekeeping information.

1:10 PM - 1:15 PM

Introduction to Make Your Mark

A brief intro to Make Your Mark, including who's behind the campaign and how we support our 100+ members to design more inclusive volunteer programmes.

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

How to use the Make Your Mark portal

We will do a screenshare of the Make Your Mark portal (volunteer.makeyourmark.scot), covering how to create an account and upload an opportunity.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Exercise & discussion: how can you make your role description inclusive?

Participants will go into breakout rooms to discuss what types of information you should include (and not include) in volunteer role descriptions.

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM

Break

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM

Exercise & discussion: example volunteers

Participants will go back into breakout rooms to put learning into practice! Groups will each be assigned an example volunteer, and discuss what types of information they would include in their role ...

2:40 PM - 2:45 PM

Question & answer

2:45 PM - 2:55 PM

Volunteer advertising top tips

Co-facilitators Erin and Joanna will wrap up the session by reiterating key learnings and takeaways.

2:55 PM - 3:00 PM

Close

Good to know

Highlights

  • 2 hours
  • Online

About this event

Community • Heritage

Make Your Mark, a campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers, adminsters a free volunteer advertising portal for heritage organisations seeking volunteers in Scotland.

This workshop is a great opportunity to find out how to use and make the most of our system, and to learn more about effective, inclusive and accessible volunteer advertising.

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ABOUT THE EVENT ORGANISERS

Make Your Mark campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland. Make Your Mark supports volunteer managers by connecting heritage volunteer coordinators across Scotland, sharing best practice in inclusive volunteering, collating and promoting heritage volunteering opportunities and lobbying for more support for Scottish heritage volunteering programmes. Visit the Make Your Mark website to learn more about how to join the campaign.

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ACCESSIBILITY

This session takes place via Zoom, an online video call link. If you would like advice on engaging with this virtual platform, please get in touch (hello@makeyourmark.scot) with any questions and we'll be happy to help.

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BOOKING

Booking is essential to receive the Zoom event details. Our emails may end up in your junk mail folder, so either add Eventbrite to your address book or check the folder before the event begins.

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email network@makeyourmark.scot or contact us on Twitter (@VolOrganisers).

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Sep 23 · 05:00 PDT