Digital In Volunteering Toolkit
Staying on top of what technology can do to help us can be daunting. The Digital in Volunteering toolkit is free to use and is intended to help busy people without technical backgrounds to navigate some of the main issues in using technology to best help manage volunteers. Going forward, the idea is to create a community of practice.
The toolkit offers, tips, guidance and creates benchmarks for good practice. It is an initiative of the Association of Volunteer Managers and TeamKinetic and has been designed by Gethyn Williams.
The toolkit is being rolled out in three parts. Part one was launched on December 24, with the remaining parts to follow in 2025. Part one is designed around 5 elements, with each supported by case studies:
- Get confident around digital – this gives lots of guidance around choosing a volunteer management system
- Develop your digital vision – clarifies objectives around the themes of using technology to enhance scale, efficiency and volunteer experience.
- Understand the volunteer journey – consider all the points of interaction a volunteer has with an organisation and how technology could enhance this.
- Pitch for digital investment – making the business case to an organisation’s senior management to invest in effective technology
- Map out your organisational journey – how to create a project plan to deliver an organisation’s digital vision.
You can access part one of the toolkit here
Part two will comprise bite-size guides to key areas, including utilising technology to support communications, accessibility, recognition and evaluation.
Part three will explore the opportunities and challenges technology is likely to raise in the longer term.
To find out more and to join the community of practice, check out the Association of Volunteer Managers’ website
