Digital Natives missing MEU's Digitalisation
Let the computer do
the boring MEU preparatory work and
spend more time socialising π»
with Dr. Robert Riemann
Head of IT from about 2015 to 2018
Why are we volunteering?
- owing someone/don't know/
helping a friend π€· - socialising π»
- curiosity π€
- self-empowerment πͺ
- make the world a better place (altruism) πΌ
Effective Altruism
more at www.effectivealtruism.org
Don't waste your time volunteering β
volunteer efficiently!
- spend your resources on
actions with high impact - find out what actions have high impact
- find out how to increase
the impact of your actions
Effective Altruism
Don'ts
- don't do what everyone can do
Do's
- do what you can do best (most efficiently)
- do help others help others help others help:
empower others (BETA Europe) - do what is crucial and nobody wants to do
(example: improving your IT)
Education saves lives
BETA can save lives
- BETA and Model EU teach
democracy to citizens - citizens vote for policy solutions
- policy solutions support:
- migration management
- safety and health
- stopping the climate crisis
(many lives endangered)
You can save lives
- help BETA to teach more citizens
- help BETA to better teach citizens
What
How
- help BETA yourself
- help BETA to scale up:
- find more volunteers to help
- automate βwhat nobody wants to doβ (24/7, reliable)
Workshop:
over to you!
Which IT do you use already?
Which IT do you use already?
- email and email distribution lists
- organisation websites
- Google Drive
- online banking
- Zoom et al.
Is there still repetitive work left?
- prepare content (reuse old content)
- answer organiser/participant questions
(collaborative BETA FAQ online) - match payments (automate!)
- prepare organiser/participants
(use also webinars/podcasts) - financial contribution management
(admission, fees, etc.: automate!)
Your experience with IT?
- Which tools have you tried so far?
- Which tools do you need?
- Which tools do you propose?
The path of digitalisation is long and hard
- multi-annual project
- high up-front investment
- likely requires joint effort
BETA's way forward to digitalisation
- agree to do it together
- do it really together
-
do it until you are done
How about:
free and open source software
Project Management
Events with Payments
Recrutement
Online Training/Quizz
Knowledge Database
Thanks for your participation!
Questions anyone?
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