The Volunteer Recruitment Guide

The Volunteer Recruitment Guide

Building a successful community is a team effort. And we know that the most successful code clubs use volunteers. But volunteers can be hard to find. So we want to show you how to get your first (or fifth!) volunteer for code club! We do this  in 3 steps:
  1. Pick a group.
  2. Pitch them on code club.
  3. Prepare them to help.
So how do you do that?

In this guide, we’ll introduce you to groups that have produced successful volunteers for code club. We’ll give you the tools and resources to reach out to them. And we’ll provide a process to prepare your volunteers to knock it out the park.

This guide includes a 7 min training video all volunteers can watch to  get a crash course on how to be an effective code club helper. 




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