Volunteer Coordination Committee

Mission

The goals of this committee include:
  • Develop and oversee IOA’s volunteer pool in order to increase the number of volunteers active in the organization,
  • Direct potential volunteers into opportunities for which they are interested and well suited,
  • Work with committees and the board on succession planning for leadership positions,
  • Communicate volunteer needs to the membership and coordinate initiatives for the recognition of volunteers.

Participants

Co-Chair:

  • Julia Heck, Co-Chair, Associate Director, Office of the Ombuds, Eastern Michigan University

Board Liasion

  • Roy Baroff, CO-OP®, North Carolina State University

Committee Members

  • Wanda Donnelly
  • Shawn Hutchens, CO-OP, University of California, Irvine
  • Kimberly Jackson Davidson, Oberlin College
  • Delicia Perdue, Weatherford

 

Priorities 

  • Create a best practices document offering guidance in recognizing and motivating volunteers
  • Improve marketing of committee description document to raise awareness about many committees of IOA and recruit volunteers
  • Collaborate with the Communication Committee on the development of volunteer page for IOA website
  • Continue to improve strategies for recruitment, retention and recognition of IOA volunteers

 Accomplishments

  • Followed up with all people who expressed interest in volunteering at the 2016 IOA Annual Conference and placed them with committees where possible
  • Continued to create communications and marketing materials to meet the volunteer needs of various committees
  • Expanded the platform in which we recruit volunteers to include IOA communities, social media and a web presence
  • Partnered with Conference Committee to improve the volunteer luncheon and volunteer recruitment at the 2017 Conference
  • Created a “one stop shop” document concisely describing each committee, in response to members feeling overwhelmed by the number of diverse committees
  • Continued our Independent Voice series “Volunteer Spotlight” quarterly articles introducing IOA committee chairs and their valuable contributions to IOA

To Join the Committee

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Last Updated 26 May 2020