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Volunteer Connections February 10 2009

Volunteer Connections February 10 2009. Information seeking behaviour and volunteer recruitment Melody Hainsworth, Ph. D. HMS Management Group www.hmsmg.ca 604-763-2057 melody@naples.net. Information is…. A word only used for 600 years Stimuli we recognize in our environment

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Volunteer Connections February 10 2009

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  1. Volunteer ConnectionsFebruary 10 2009 Information seeking behaviour and volunteer recruitment Melody Hainsworth, Ph. D. HMS Management Group www.hmsmg.ca 604-763-2057 melody@naples.net

  2. Information is… • A word only used for 600 years • Stimuli we recognize in our environment • Meaning assigned to data - previously unknown to the recipient • Communication of the knowledge or news of some fact or occurrence

  3. Information Seeking Behaviour (ISB) is the study of • 1. Why you seek information? • 2. When you seek information • 3. Where you seek information? • 4. How do you seek information? • 5. How do you feel? • 6. What tells you that you have enough

  4. 1. Why do you seek information? • Need to know • Curiosity • Unfulfilled feeling • An event • A need-creating environment

  5. Important relationship intersecting here for volunteer recruitment • Q: what causes a person to seek information about volunteering?

  6. 2. When do you seek information and what influences the seeker • Values • Norms • Practices • Time

  7. Important relationship intersecting here for volunteer recruitment • Q: When does wanting to become a volunteer a strong enough need to cause a person to seek information about volunteering?

  8. 3. Where do you seek3 broad categories of information resources • A. People • B. Sources • C. Systems – catalogs, filing cabinet; web portals; web directories

  9. A. People • The closer the better • No concern about • authoritativeness, • accuracy, • currency or • completeness

  10. B. Sources • Documentation • prospectus • TV and radio ads • company homepage on the web • Books, brochures, flyers, newspapers, magazines

  11. C. Systems of information • Libraries • Mass media • Meetings and conferences • Forums, displays and speeches

  12. 4. How you seek Six typical patterns of active information seeking behaviours • Browsing • Watching • Asking • Reading • Paying attention • Active/passive searching (overt/covert)

  13. Anxious Hopeful Sense of urgency Unsettled Frustrated Relieved Fulfilled Happy Called to action Satisfied 5. How do you feel during the search?

  14. 6. What indicates that you have enough? • You have a feeling • You act • You stop because of factors beyond your control: • Others • Time or • $$

  15. Using the knowledge of ISB to improve Volunteer recruitment • Survey your current volunteers • Survey your past or quit volunteers • Q: “How did you find out about this volunteer opportunity?” • Observation • Why did you decide to volunteer? Or Why did you stop volunteering? • Assess where you advertise now against actual results of attaining volunteers.

  16. Do not just collect the information- that is the easiest part

  17. Do not just collect the information-that is the very easy part • The art of continuous improvement involves • collecting information, • evaluating the information, • changing practice • Collecting information • Evaluating the information • Changing practice • collecting information, • evaluating the information, • changing practice • collecting information, • evaluating the information, • changing practice

  18. Importance of knowing about ISB and how ISB relates to volunteer recruitment activities • Combine the language of what • inspires a person to volunteer with the • understanding of the personal needs of the new volunteer and then • place that recruitment language in a location where that potential volunteer will go to seek information. • Save $$ because less wasted effort • Save time because less wasted effort • More targeted advertising

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