Jenny Jobson: Managing Volunteers During a Crisis
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English - August 31, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Education How To Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jenny Jobson is the Assistant Director at the Midtown Assistance Center in Atlanta. She manages volunteers and staff who assist clients in need of support with rent, food, and other necessities. When the pandemic started to take hold in Atlanta, it became clear that for the safety of the volunteers and their clients, they would need to take everything remote. Jenny talked about the quick changes they made, how they will affect the business in the long-term, and what their plans are for the future.
Chat Highlights:
Creating a safe environment before stay-at-home orders were in place
Keeping staff and volunteers safe
Transitioning volunteers to working remote in 24 hours
Putting processes in place that work for everyone regardless of their skillset
How these skills and processes will be used even after people can be together again
Coming back to the office after this is over
Supporting those with food insecurity without traditional resources
The power of handwritten notes and cards
Check out their virtual book club!
Get in Touch:
https://www.midtownassistancectr.org
https://www.linkedin.com/company/midtown-assistance-center/
https://www.facebook.com/themacatlanta
https://twitter.com/themacatlanta
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Jenny Jobson is the Assistant Director at the Midtown Assistance Center in Atlanta. She manages volunteers and staff who assist clients in need of support with rent, food, and other necessities. When the pandemic started to take hold in Atlanta, it became clear that for the safety of the volunteers and their clients, they would need to take everything remote. Jenny talked about the quick changes they made, how they will affect the business in the long-term, and what their plans are for the future.
Chat Highlights:
Creating a safe environment before stay-at-home orders were in place
Keeping staff and volunteers safe
Transitioning volunteers to working remote in 24 hours
Putting processes in place that work for everyone regardless of their skillset
How these skills and processes will be used even after people can be together again
Coming back to the office after this is over
Supporting those with food insecurity without traditional resources
The power of handwritten notes and cards
Check out their virtual book club!
Get in Touch:
https://www.midtownassistancectr.org
https://www.linkedin.com/company/midtown-assistance-center/
https://www.facebook.com/themacatlanta
https://twitter.com/themacatlanta
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.