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ARTWALK: helped the programming side by sending out emails and contacting the artist and to liaise with them the details. Day off or prep for artwork

BLCC cat house workshop: more facilitative role of spreading awareness of cat welfare in light of recent animal violence in the area. Educate the public on animal rights and through the workshop engage them in caring for cats through making houses to be left at void decks.

A sector that interests me and that i can see myself working for in the future

Volunteering roles can be vague and your role is dependent on the needs of the organisation at the time so you can't fully expect. You feel like the lowest ranked member in the organisation. Man power

Clear task and to see if the the experience can meet my goals for the volunteering

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1. My volunteering opportunity helped my organisation to be multi-lingual, allowing more visitors to understand the artwork being displayed/ on sale.

2. For the purpose of building up my portfolio, interest in the type of art and relevant pre-volunteering workshops would motivate me to volunteer for arts organisations.

3. Some of the barriers to volunteering that I faced were time commitment, inaccessibility to the location, and doubts about whether I had the necessary skills that there were looking for.

4. I would expect clear dissemination of instructions, good communication and remuneration.

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- I have helped them ease the pressure of looking for manpower, which allows the organization to put their focus on other more important aspects of a project or an event.

- Knowing that this is part of the trajectory in my career, motivates me to build connections and volunteer, it helps me to also see what is in store for me when I enter the art field
-  I lack the confidence and the information about the roles that have to take up in volunteering
- to gain more experience, and at the same time organizers need to understand that we are simply volunteers yet we still need equal respect as everyone.

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1. I think it helped the organisation learn how to work with volunteers, who need to be managed differently from paid staff, but also showed them that volunteers can also provide valuable skills
2. If the organisation and its programmes align with my interests
3. Lack of information on volunteering opportunities, lack of confidence to apply due to lack of prior experience
4. Clear communication, updates, accountability, effective management of volunteers such that time isn’t wasted

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- There was defo a manpower shortage at Artwalk so me being there helped the programmes run smoothly, crowd control and FOH

-If they work they’re doing helps the arts industry and society at large, so maybe a cause that’s a lil more out there

- Sometimes it feels more like free labour than work that has any significant impact

- food should be catered AND DECENT FOOD please

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1. reduced the load for the programmes team by assisting in various areas
2. my interest, the experience and connections i can gain, free f&b
3. miscommunication and opposite opinions
4. being able to gain some actual skills, knowledge, and understanding in how the organisation works

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1. How do you think your volunteering opportunity has impacted your organisation?
- i think my volunteering experiences has helped the organising team to do the leg work, allowing them to focus on the bigger picture of running the event.

2. What would motivate you to volunteer for the arts organisations?
- type of event, job scope, experience
- portfolio

3. What are some of the barriers to volunteering?
- as volunteering is on an event basis, we might not know the event organisers or company directly. hence without proper instructions and expectations briefed, we might be unsure of what to do with the lack of information
- lack of responsibilities to take up due to the large number of volunteers accepted for the event

4. What are some of your expectations when volunteering?
- proper planning and dissemination of information
- respect to be given to everyone

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1. Improve their outreach and production decisions
2. Their vision, networking opportunities & learning opportunities
3. Lack of knowledge or skills pertaining to the role assigned
4. Clear instructions, developing new skills & equal work distribution

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1. Impact: I think my volunteering opportunity had impacted the organization with lessening manpower arrangements.

2. Motivation: I personally volunteer as for the interest in the topic and the cause thats its runs for. It can also be cause I personally love the experience myself, so I want to make the experience better for others.

3. Barriers: I feel like some barriers include the newness to the industry, so basically the expectations. And also cause volunteers sometimes would not receive much information compared to the organizing team, so like i feel sometimes might have misalign of infos.

4. Expectations: The organizing team needs to convey instructions as layman as possible as it may not be something that had been done before. This would also be together with the transparency of information.

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Impact:
- SWF: By volunteering as an assistant secretariat, I helped the main Secretary keep a manageable workload in terms of getting timesheets together.
- TRC: as head of publicity i got to play a central role in promoting young theatre and music makers

Motivation:
- SWF: Wanting to learn about the more administrative nitty-gritty bits of running an art programme/festival, especially one with a much bigger budget and larger manpower
- TRC: the belief that young people in Singapore need a place to experiment with art without the expectation of monetisation/putting up or working towards professional-quality work

Expectations:
- Gain valuable experiences by developing knowledge and skills
- No renumeration

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1. i documented videos and photos and assisted in marketing which has helped promote their event drastically.
2. a worthwhile experience and value
3. unclear instructions, lack of priority to meet the needs of volunteers.
4. proper planning and scheduling ahead of event, clear instructions.

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1. As part of the Operations and Logistics team, being able to efficiently and effectively source for vendors has helped the organisation allocate more fundings into programming by reducing costs.

2. Being able to help arts organisations reach their goals in expanding the arts in Singapore would motivate me.

3. Volunteering requires commitment and time without being remunerated for your efforts.

4. Expectations for volunteering involve being able to learn more about how different facets of an organisation plan and work instead of simply just doing banal tasks.

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My volunteering experience help to ensure that the operations of the event assigned to me run smoothly.

Exposure in arts events, and social networking.

Time constraint and interest.

Deeper understanding of the event/ learn something new.

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- definitely learning and working together with different age groups, that volunteering and taking the time to put together a show and showing a sense of community by imparting knowledge but also absorbing new knowledge. Understanding how production works.

- motivated to meet new people from different walks of life, coming in together to contribute energy to a passion that we all share together. Endless forms of advice be it from different age groups on how we can make it better. But also the cohesiveness to knowing that show must go on no matter what. Putting aside differences and instead working on the project together as 1 team.

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1. How do you think your volunteering opportunity has impacted your organisation?
- I think one thing is probably lessening the load on the planning team. Certain organisations may not have the budget to hire sufficient on site man power, volunteers are definitely a great help for the event day itself to ensure that the event runs well and should anything happen there can be people to help

2. What would motivate you to volunteer for arts organisations?
- Portfolio
- Connections
- Similar interests

3. What are some of the barriers to volunteering?
- If you're not with the organisation from start to end and only during event day, it can get quite confusing especially if something goes wrong, you're not always sure how you're supposed to handle the situation effectively
- If the organisation does not have a clear structure in managing volunteers, sometimes there can be more volunteers booked for the event where not as much help is needed or vice versa resulting in either time wasted or volunteers being overworked

4. What are some of your expectations when volunteering?
- Proper planning of volunteer task allocation/Volunteer IC who is aware of what is going on and can properly guide volunteers
- Proper respect from the organisation -> Proper communication when required, not being disregarded when checking what can we do

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1. I was ensuring the administrative means of the organisation were kept up to the standard that was asked for.

2. Mostly interest and making more connections in the field.

3. Lack of communication in terms of what's to be done for each volunteer/individual or poor time management/planning of the organisation as a whole.

4. For me, good communication and equal workload distribution for the entire team are the two key points. It makes or breaks a good volunteering experience.

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1. Increased efforts in marketing and promoting event
2. Learning opportunities, networking opportunities
3. Barriers: not knowing/ having enough information on responsibilities you have to take up
4. Expectations: supervisors understanding volunteers are not paid and are there to help

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How do you think your volunteering opportunity has impacted your organisation?

What would motivate you to volunteer for arts organisations?

What are some of the barriers to volunteering?

What are some of your expectations when volunteering?

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1. I improved their marketing
2. something that I'm interested in
3. sometimes it feels like its a waste of time
4. better management

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1. I did my best to fulfil the tasks assigned to me so that the event could run smoothly
2. mostly interest and exposure to newer art experiences
3. lack of knowledge/skills related to the tasks assigned
4. good communication and patience

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I feel like I helped free up time for the decision-makers to focus on running the main programme

Interest in the cause, usually because I already engage with it outside volunteering opportunities

Time commitment and energy. Some volunteer opportunities, while interesting, require a long time commitment, which locks out a lot of time you could be using to do something else. In particular this is a problem when you might find another opportunity you want to do in the future which clashes with your plans, meaning you either have to juggle them or cancel one.

I generally expect some level of communication, such as reminding us close to the event and letting us know in advance of any changes e.g. venue, timing. When it comes to purely volunteer run opportunities I don't expect full professionalism, though I do hope for at least politeness.

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my volunteering experience has helped my organisation learn the value of using young minds to further develop their skills

volunteer organizations should present me equal benefits to the amount of work I put in, For example allowing me to be able to have it on my portfolio or having recommendation letters from the organizers for other opportunities

Do not let yourself be overworked just cause they say it's for a good cause

I would expect the management to respect me as a professional and not treat me like a staff. Everyone is there for a good cause. If they can't see you as an equal and inform you of changes and treat you like maids then I'm leaving asap