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March 2, 1999

Shoreline Education for Awareness
Organization Name
Shoreline Education for Awareness
Organization City
Bandon
State/Province
OR
Country
USA
Organization's Geographic Service Area
Southern Oregon Coast
Number of full-time and part-time employees (paid staff)
None
Respondent's Name
William P. (Bill) Russel
Respondent's Position
President and Exec. Dir.
Organization's Web Site Address
www.coos.or.us/~sea
Respondent's Role in Working with Volunteers at Organization
Leader, trainer, evaluator, motivator, exemplar.
How did you hear about this Project?
e-mail from EDF
What other staff have involved volunteers virtually at your organization?
None
Approximately how many of your online volunteers provide technical assistance to your staff or to other volunteers?
2
Please describe the kinds of activities these technical assistance volunteers provide to your organization:
First, validation of information. A Professor at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology reviews the text we plan to use in brochures for accuracy.
Second, translation into Spanish. The text of our best brochure will be available in Spanish next summer because a volunteer in mexico used e-mail to send me a translation.
Approximately how many of your volunteers provide direct support to clients / recipients of service via the Internet?
None
Please describe the kinds of volunteer activities these direct contact volunteers provide to your organization:
No response
How did you recruit the volunteers you involve(d) via the Internet?
First, the professor originally helped us in person by conducting classes to train our volunteers. When I needed confirmatin of biological facts, I sent questions by e-mail and she answered.
Secondly, a regular visitor at one of the viewpoints where we do wildlife interpretation agreed to ask her friend in Mexico to help us.
How did you screen/orient the volunteers you involve(d) via the Internet?
Not/applicable
How do you supervise and recognize/reward online volunteers for their contributions?
Requests are made via e-mail and answers returned the same way. Both are given by-lines and thanks in the brochures.
Have you ever surveyed these online volunteers about their experiences with your organization?
No. Both have expressed thanks for the opportunity to participate in public information.
What factors in your organization have promoted the success of your virtual volunteering program?
the willingness to ask for help.
What factors in your organization have impeded the success of your virtual volunteering program?
None.
Please add any other comments you would like to send to us:
No response


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