Comments on: Volunteers Have Higher Priority http://www.volunteercentered.com/2005/12/28/volunteers-have-higher-priority/ Volunteer leadership, management, and recruiting for church ministries and non-profits Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:46:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James http://www.volunteercentered.com/2005/12/28/volunteers-have-higher-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-16 James Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=32#comment-16 There are definitely things that folks with 1-2 hours can do, it all depends on having a process for your ministry (and more than likely, your church as a whole). Having a mixture of volunteers allows busy people to perform basic repetitive tasks (e.g. web site editing of lower priority things), while allowing the more available folks to take on larger tasks that may require more thought and effort (e.g. site refactorings, network upgrades, etc.). All of this coordination requires a centralized help desk/ticketing system as well as process around it to provide a predictable integration between your ministry and all other ministries and staff members within the church. More on all of this soon, as well... There are definitely things that folks with 1-2 hours can do, it all depends on having a process for your ministry (and more than likely, your church as a whole). Having a mixture of volunteers allows busy people to perform basic repetitive tasks (e.g. web site editing of lower priority things), while allowing the more available folks to take on larger tasks that may require more thought and effort (e.g. site refactorings, network upgrades, etc.). All of this coordination requires a centralized help desk/ticketing system as well as process around it to provide a predictable integration between your ministry and all other ministries and staff members within the church. More on all of this soon, as well…

]]> By: TonyDye http://www.volunteercentered.com/2005/12/28/volunteers-have-higher-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-14 TonyDye Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:10:15 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=32#comment-14 Your estimate of 5-10 hours per week for a volunteer seems reasonable from my own experience. What do you think of volunteers who may have only 1 or 2 hours a week? I'm hoping to find meaningful, rewarding, valuable, work that can be done in such small chunks of time. Another complication (or just a fact) is that some of these people will have almost zero "face" time, so the relationship building may be taking place electronically. For IT people, electronic relationships probably work, so that may not be a problem. - Tony Your estimate of 5-10 hours per week for a volunteer seems reasonable from my own experience. What do you think of volunteers who may have only 1 or 2 hours a week? I’m hoping to find meaningful, rewarding, valuable, work that can be done in such small chunks of time. Another complication (or just a fact) is that some of these people will have almost zero “face” time, so the relationship building may be taking place electronically. For IT people, electronic relationships probably work, so that may not be a problem.

- Tony

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