Sourcing is identifying the right kind of people who would be excited and driven to volunteer for a cause they believe in, in this case, with Make A Difference.

Why is this important?

The answer is very straightforward.

• To support children, we need volunteers,
• To get volunteers, we need applicants.
• To get applicants, we need to source.

And to not just source anybody, but also to keep quality in mind as we need the best kind of support for the children and youth we work with.

Hence, the process starts from there.

Set your goal

The child count and the slot count will give you the number of volunteers required in your chapter. And 3x of that number will provide you with the sourcing target.

The 3x is derived from historical data that when a MADster sources for another volunteer, out of 3 applicants, 1 will get converted.

Hence if you need 100 volunteers in your chapter, you at least need to get 300 applicants to be safe as per sourcing requirements.

For example based on estimation, this is what we can expect.

• 100 applicants are invited for Recruitment Workshop
• Out of 100, 50 RSVP yes to the event
• 35 turn up for the event
• 25 get selected
• 20 attend their first class.