P ay It Forward UMD H elping T erps H elp Others

Siti Mashitah Shamsul‐Anuar

Vincent Chen

Brittany Caroline Moore

Scott E. Brown

Pay It Forward UMD

Helping Terps Help Others

Problem Motivation

• Benefits of Volunteering

• New life experiences

• Resume building

• Establishing career networks

• Enhancing self image

• Building confidence

• Make new friends

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

Past Solutions

• Current Opportunities:

• Alternative Breaks

• America Reads

• Memorial Chapel

Past Solutions

What makes our solution different?

Connect With Friends & Pay It Forward

Track Your Involvement

• Features:

• User Profile

• Visibility settings

• Readability

• Current work

Fit Into Student Schedules

Rewards

Target Users

• Primary User Group

• University of Maryland Students

• Secondary User Group

• Volunteer Organizations

User Research

• Survey students

• Interview volunteer organization leaders

• How do they currently connect to students?

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