More use of video for & by volunteers
01:01, 12 March 2008
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I've been talking about using real-time communications with volunteers for several years now (started back when I directed with the Virtual Volunteering Project, actually, but it seems that it's finally, really taking off among nonprofits -- and not just the tech-focused groups. Laurie Moy, a pioneer of online volunteering, provides good examples of BOTH how video can be used by volunteers as an outreach tool, and how video can be used to support volunteers, workshop attendees, whatever. Have a look at her video from her trip to Uganda through UN Volunteers back in 2001, as well as a post-workshop briefing she recorded on the Washington metro. Notice how *simple* and informal both are -- they were recorded on her laptop computer or via her video camera (and the Africa video was recorded on a camera from 2001), and she added titles and edited the video using her computer. I think the simplicity and informality add to their "punch." And, ofcourse, if you missed them the first time, you can see my videos, one on how to use video with volunteers, and the other an online welcome for volunteers for the Aid Workers Network, an initiative I've been volunteering with for several years.
