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==The Volunteer Pathway==
 
==The Volunteer Pathway==
  
We believe that new volunteers typically follow the following path
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We believe that new volunteers typically follow a path similar to the following:
  
 
# Become aware of Sugar
 
# Become aware of Sugar
 
# Find Sugar
 
# Find Sugar
 
# Try and successfully use Sugar
 
# Try and successfully use Sugar
# Decide that Sugar is "sweet", i.e. valuable for education, interesting etc.
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# Decide that Sugar is "sweet", ''i.e.'', valuable for education, interesting, etc.
 
# Understand that Sugar is a Community Project supported by volunteers
 
# Understand that Sugar is a Community Project supported by volunteers
 
# Have an initial engagement with the Community  
 
# Have an initial engagement with the Community  
# Want to help or at least Be There for Sugar
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# Want to help, or at least, Be There for Sugar
# Become part of a Task/Team/Group or get a Mentor
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# Become part of a Task/Team/Group or get a mentor
 
# Successfully complete a task
 
# Successfully complete a task
# Take more responsibility, leadership, help others etc.
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# Contribute ideas, take more responsibility, provide leadership, help others, etc.
  
Examples of taking responsibility and leadership include:
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Examples of contributing ideas, taking responsibility, and providing leadership include:
  
* Pilot at a School
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* Edit the wiki
* Become a Mentor
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* Pilot at a school
* Activity Maintainer
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* Mentor a student
* Core Development
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* Maintain an Activity
* Lesson plan creation and alignment with standards
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* Develop core software
* Creating training materials and manuals
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* Create lesson plans and align with standards
* Coordinating Sugar presence at a conferences or running a Sugar Camps
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* Create training materials and manuals
* Writing press releases and articles about Sugar
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* Coordinate Sugar presence at conferences or running Sugar Camps
* Writing grant proposals
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* Write press releases and articles about Sugar
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* Write grant proposals
  
 
==How to improve at each step==
 
==How to improve at each step==
  
 
===Become Aware of Sugar and Finding Sugar===
 
===Become Aware of Sugar and Finding Sugar===
Our marketing team is working on this with press releases etc.
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Our [[Marketing Team]] is working on this with press releases, etc.
  
 
===Try and successfully use Sugar===
 
===Try and successfully use Sugar===
  
Our development team is working on this by making Sugar on a Stick more robust. We also need to keep working on installation instructions and different and every easier ways to get it working on different hardware platforms.
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Our [[Development Team]] is working on this by making [[Sugar on a Stick]] more robust. We also need to keep working on installation instructions and different and every easier ways to get it working on different hardware platforms.

Revision as of 11:41, 27 May 2009

The Volunteer Pathway

We believe that new volunteers typically follow a path similar to the following:

  1. Become aware of Sugar
  2. Find Sugar
  3. Try and successfully use Sugar
  4. Decide that Sugar is "sweet", i.e., valuable for education, interesting, etc.
  5. Understand that Sugar is a Community Project supported by volunteers
  6. Have an initial engagement with the Community
  7. Want to help, or at least, Be There for Sugar
  8. Become part of a Task/Team/Group or get a mentor
  9. Successfully complete a task
  10. Contribute ideas, take more responsibility, provide leadership, help others, etc.

Examples of contributing ideas, taking responsibility, and providing leadership include:

  • Edit the wiki
  • Pilot at a school
  • Mentor a student
  • Maintain an Activity
  • Develop core software
  • Create lesson plans and align with standards
  • Create training materials and manuals
  • Coordinate Sugar presence at conferences or running Sugar Camps
  • Write press releases and articles about Sugar
  • Write grant proposals

How to improve at each step

Become Aware of Sugar and Finding Sugar

Our Marketing Team is working on this with press releases, etc.

Try and successfully use Sugar

Our Development Team is working on this by making Sugar on a Stick more robust. We also need to keep working on installation instructions and different and every easier ways to get it working on different hardware platforms.