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Siti Mashitah Shamsul ‐ Anuar Vincent Chen Brittany Caroline Moore Scott E. Brown Pay It Forward UMD Helping Terps Help Others
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Problem Motivation Benefits of Volunteering New life experiences Resume building Establishing career networks Enhancing self image Building confidence Make new friends
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Problem Description 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 Student Issues Don’t know where to start Difficult to fit in with schedule
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Past Solutions Current Opportunities: Alternative Breaks America Reads Memorial Chapel
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Past Solutions
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What makes our solution different?
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Connect With Friends & Pay It Forward
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Track Your Involvement Features: User Profile Visibility settings Readability Current work
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Fit Into Student Schedules
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Rewards
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Target Users Primary User Group University of Maryland Students Secondary User Group Volunteer Organizations
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User Research Survey students Interview volunteer organization leaders How do they currently connect to students?
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References LCSL Quick Facts. Retrieved February 18, 2013 from: http://thestamp.umd.edu/student_involvement/lcsl/about_lcsl/quick_facts 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.htmhttp://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110128.htm Volunteermatch. (2012, October 19). Retrieved February 25, 2013 from http://www.volunteermatch.org / 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 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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