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Goals

• Introduce the volunteer to the CodeDay community
• Learn about their interests and skills
• Find a volunteer opportunity for them (or come up with a new one!)
• Answer any questions that they may have

Before Call

• 📧 Find and review their volunteer form submission
  • Submission should be in an email on Front
  • Are they a new or returning volunteer?
  • Did they list any specific interests or volunteer positions?
• 📋 Review the current list of volunteer opportunities
  • Link: click here
  • Are there any open volunteer opportunities that match their interests?
    • If not, what are some potential new opportunities?

During Call

• 👋 Introduce yourself and briefly explain the purpose of the call
  • Keep it simple and informal - the call is meant to be a casual chat
• 💻 Walk through creating their CodeDay account and joining the Discord server
  • Links: CodeDay account and Discord server
  • Add the volunteer role to their Discord account so they can access the #staff channel
• 🧩 Ask them about their interests and skills
  • What types of projects have they worked on before?
    • Examples: school clubs, other volunteer organizations, personal hobbies
  • What are they interested in working on now?
    • (important to ask this, in case their current interests are not the same as their past experiences)
• 🔍 Find (or create!) a volunteer opportunity that fits well
  • Share them the list of volunteer opportunities (link here)
  • Ask them to pick one - not the other way around
    • Feel free to suggest some matching projects, based on their interests/skills, but they should have the final say on picking a project
  • No matching opportunity? No problem, create a new one!
    • Brainstorm ideas with them, or if they already have an idea, discuss it
• 📅 Discuss and sketch out a plan for completing the project
  • Set an approximate deadline and establish some checkpoints as needed
    • Deadline should not be rushed - be accommodating of school, other obligations, etc.
    • Keep it casual (we are not there to micromanage them)
• ❓Ask for and answer any questions that they might have
  • Let them know that they can reach out to you at anytime
  • If needed (i.e., their project is particularly difficult or important), schedule follow-ups

After Call