Training Guide for Jessica

Checklist

This can be used as a checklist for orienting front desk interns. To check off a subject that has been covered just intitial it with four ~ in a row.

Trainers

• E-Beth's sig: Elizabeth 09:51, 7 August 2007 (PDT)

kathie Kathie 09:56, 7 August 2007 (PDT) Dana 15:16, 31 October 2007 (PDT)

Wiki

• How to utilize articles under the Front Desk category.

• Answering the phone Dana 13:26, 25 October 2007 (PDT)
• Checking the checks Dana 13:26, 25 October 2007 (PDT)
• Data Entry Dana 13:26, 25 October 2007 (PDT)
• Donation Receipt Dana 13:26, 25 October 2007 (PDT)
• Email lists Dana 15:14, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• FAQ for phone call response Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Free Geek FAQ Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Front Desk Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Handling Corporate Donations at Receiving Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Information on how to get tech support Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Invoicing Donors Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Opening and closing out the till Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Phone System Howto Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Printing from the Front Desk Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Processing Monetary Donations Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Receiving Calendar Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Regularly Scheduled Tour Guides Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Reimbursement for mileage Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Sick Friend Letters Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• Volunteer Cashiers Policy Dana 12:38, 14 November 2007 (PST)
• How to edit and create wiki pages

Beyond the wiki: the rest of these tasks will be taught hands on

This is also a checklist

Phones

• Phone functions, paging and transferring calls.
• Checking the messages:

• Front Desk mailbox.
• General mailbox.
• Q-west mailbox.

Scheduling volunteers

• Build (explain terms such as pre-build and build workshop, self scheduling for build workshop volunteers, ect.) Elizabeth 13:27, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Adoption (group scheduling, one person per line, ect.) Elizabeth 13:27, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Receiving calendar. Elizabeth 13:27, 31 October 2007 (PDT)

Recording things in the database

• Dispersement Elizabeth 14:04, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Donations Elizabeth 14:04, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Recycling systems-eval tally sheets
• Hours Elizabeth 14:04, 31 October 2007 (PDT)

Printing

-Printing from Deadtrees.

Cashing out and counting till and other tillish stuff

• Pre-opening till count and paperwork.
• Closing till count.
• Searching for mistakes.
• Credit Card machine.
• IOUs and Reimbursements.

Email-Lists public and private

• Staff. Elizabeth 13:38, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Committee. On the wiki at Standing Staff Committees Elizabeth 13:38, 31 October 2007 (PDT)
• Public lists: http://lists.freegeek.org/listinfo/ Elizabeth 13:38, 31 October 2007 (PDT)

Website Applications

website extensions for applications such as www.freegeek.org

• /grants.
• /internships.
• /wishlist.
• /roomuse.

Documentation

• Build Status Sheets.
• Borrow Book.

Signing up Volunteers after tour

• Builders.
• Adopters.
  • Processing community service volunteers (Mult Co Court and others)

Other

It is also important to orient people with the organization and culture of Free Geek. A few ways of doing this are:

• Introduce the new intern or volunteer to everyone and explain what it is that each staff member or core volunteer does.
• Explain the unique structure of Free Geek including the role of council, the board, staff and committees.
• Communication-what is the particular norm for different groups relaying information
• Making reminder calls
• Room use calendar,