Virtual Volunteering Project
About this project:
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The Otter Tail County Historical Society's Online Historical Records Indexing Project began with both a desire and a need that merged together to help us create a grant application that was funded by the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Program in the amount of $7,000. On September 24, 2010 we received word that we had been awarded this grant. This grant was made possible by the Minnesota Legislature from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created with passage of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution in November 2008.
The grant allowed the Historical Society to hire a database developer to create a robust database to track volunteers and their assignments and make publicly available the work that they complete through an online search engine.
Are you ready to become a virtual volunteer?
First, you need to make sure you are ready to volunteer virtually. Our online self-assessment may help you determine this. The number one mistake people make when trying to volunteer online is committing to an assignment before they've evaluated their own resources, intent and availability. This leads to incomplete or never-started assignments, which in turn leads to frustration on the parts of both the volunteer and the agency.
It's easy to say yes to volunteering via the Internet. For that reason many people sign up to do so before considering what is being expected of them. There is nothing virtual about the committment you are making. We are counting on you to finish completely any projects you volunteer for, and to meet all pre-agreed obligations as a volunteer.
Before you sign up to do virtual volunteering, take our self-assessment to determine if you are ready. You may also find these materials helpful as you make your decision to become a virtual volunteer:
Volunteer Application This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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