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Connect & Pay It Forward: Helping UMD Terps Help Others

Empower University of Maryland students to make a difference by easily finding volunteer opportunities that fit their schedules, track their involvement, and connect with friends to pay it forward. Enhance self-image, build a resume, and establish career networks with our user-friendly platform.

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Connect & Pay It Forward: Helping UMD Terps Help Others

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  1. Pay It Forward UMDHelping TerpsHelp Others SitiMashitahShamsul‐Anuar Vincent Chen Brittany Caroline Moore Scott E. Brown

  2. Problem Motivation • Benefits of Volunteering • New life experiences • Resume building • Establishing career networks • Enhancing self image • Building confidence • Make new friends

  3. Problem Description • Student Issues • Don’t know where to start • Difficult to fit in with schedule • Current Statistics For UMD • 18,800 Students participating • About 122,330 volunteer hours • That’s about 6.5 hours per student • Includes required volunteer work

  4. Past Solutions • Current Opportunities: • Alternative Breaks • America Reads • Memorial Chapel

  5. Past Solutions

  6. What makes our solution different?

  7. Connect With Friends & Pay It Forward

  8. Track Your Involvement • Features: • User Profile • Visibility settings • Readability • Current work

  9. Fit Into Student Schedules

  10. Rewards

  11. Target Users • Primary User Group • University of Maryland Students • Secondary User Group • Volunteer Organizations

  12. User Research • Survey students • Interview volunteer organization leaders • How do they currently connect to students?

  13. References • LCSL Quick Facts. Retrieved February 18, 2013 from: http://thestamp.umd.edu/student_involvement/lcsl/about_lcsl/quick_facts • Volunteering 2010. (2011, January 28). Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110128.htm • Volunteermatch. (2012, October 19). Retrieved February 25, 2013 from http://www.volunteermatch.org/ • Francis, J. E. (2011). The functions and norms that drive university student volunteering. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 16(1), 1-12. Retrieved February 18, 2013 from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=f674fff7-3859-43a5-b4e7-f386c20428b2%40sessionmgr112&vid=2&hid=121

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