p ay it forward umd h elping t erps h elp others
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P ay It Forward UMD H elping T erps H elp Others. Siti Mashitah Shamsul‐Anuar Vincent Chen Brittany Caroline Moore Scott E. Brown. Problem Motivation. Benefits of Volunteering New life experiences Resume building Establishing career networks Enhancing self image Building confidence - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Siti Mashitah Shamsul‐Anuar
Vincent Chen
Brittany Caroline Moore
Scott E. Brown
Pay It Forward UMD
Helping Terps Help Others
Problem Motivation
• Benefits of Volunteering
• New life experiences
• Resume building
• Establishing career networks
• Enhancing self image
• Building confidence
• Make new friends
Problem Description• Current Statistics For UMD
• 18,800 Students participating
• About 122,330 volunteer hours
• That’s about 6.5 hours per student
• Includes required volunteer work
• Student Issues• Don’t know where to
start• Difficult to fit in with
schedule
Track Your Involvement
• Features:
• User Profile
• Visibility settings
• Readability
• Current work
Target Users
• Primary User Group
• University of Maryland Students
• Secondary User Group
• Volunteer Organizations
User Research
• Survey students
• Interview volunteer organization leaders
• How do they currently connect to students?
References• LCSL Quick Facts. Retrieved February 18, 2013 from: http://
thestamp.umd.edu/student_involvement/lcsl/about_lcsl/quick_facts
• Volunteering 2010. (2011, January 28). Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110128.htm
• Volunteermatch. (2012, October 19). Retrieved February 25, 2013 from http://www.volunteermatch.org/
• Francis, J. E. (2011). The functions and norms that drive university student volunteering. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 16(1), 1-12. Retrieved February 18, 2013 from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=f674fff7-3859-43a5-b4e7-f386c20428b2%40sessionmgr112&vid=2&hid=121