Visibility Guide How to help Everything is Possible with testimony about your experience?
WHY to send us Pictures, Videos, testimonies OBJECTIVE? To give to future trainee a concrete idea about the project through your testimonies and pictures.
What could you do? - Send us some blog/text describing your volunteering/training. Explain what are your feeling. PLEASE , DO NOT USE THE WORD ‘’TRIP’’, as it is not a holiday! Rather use the words ‘’training’’, ‘’experience’’, etc - Send us pictures (see bellow); - Take videos (see bellow) that you will give us at your return in the UK; - Interview yourself during your training (see bellow).
Pictuuress What are we interestin i ng in? -
Picture of you, y in actio on, in your project, no ot looking at the cameera. No posing pictures! t project;; Picture of the Pictures off the accom mmodation and food; Pictures arround the project p site..
Examples of good g pictu ures: Pictures of volunte eers in action:
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Videoos What are we intereste i ed in? The same as the t pictu ures. -
Videos of you, y in actio on, in your project, no ot looking at a the cameera; Videos of the t project;; Videos of the t accomm modation a nd Food; Videos aro ound the project.
How tto take thhe videoss? -
Shoot the videos v in th he same waay as you ta ake the picture: Don’tt move, NO zoom, NO travelling (except on some o occasion, lik ke car); Video of 10 0 seconds maximum; m Try to take different tyypes of Info o.
Learnn about thhe differe ent typess of inforrmation that t you ccan recoord on the caamera: -
Information about the e context:
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Information about an action:
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eling (good for intervie ew): Zoom on the facee. Information about fee
Videos Interview Questionnaire for volunteers (testimony) Maximum 10min of interview!!!
DO NOT USE THE WORD ‘’TRIP’’, as it is not a holiday! Rather use the words ‘’volunteering’’, ‘’training’’, ‘’experience’’, etc
Questionnaire Tell us about yourself… (name, country/city, age, and your professional activities before the Leonardo) and how many weeks/months you have still to do till the end of your project: ‘’I’m on my last week of my project in Ghana’’ for example … How did you hear about Leonardo and why you wanted to take part and this project in particular? … What did you do in your project every day? … How was your accommodation and food arranged? … Was there a language barrier? … What support did you receive before and during your project? … What did you do during your free time? … What did you learn during your project (personally and professionally) ? … Would you recommend this experience to others? … What do you want to do after your Leonardo? …
+ What is Leonardo? Do you need skills to do it? How did you find your project? (organisation or by yourself?) Do you think this experience will be useful for your future (Job research, CV..)?
Meediia Don’t forget. If a jourrnalist wan nt to do an article a abou ut you, plea ase mention that you are doing a Leonard do project coordinated by Everytthing is Posssible and supported d by ECORYS S UK and the e Lifelong Learning L pro ogramme.
BLLOG G Don’t forget. If you ccreate a blo og please mention m thaat your Leon nardo proje ect is suppoorted by ECORYS UK and the Lifelon ng Learning g programm me. And add this mention: "This project has been b funde ed with sup pport from the t Europea an Commisssion. This blog reflectss the views only of the e author, an nd the Commission ca annot be heeld responssible for any use e which ma ay be made of the info ormation co ontained therein." If possiible add the following g logos:
You can n find them m on : http://vvolunteerstturnupthevvolume.bloggspot.co.uk/