This isn’t really an answer to any of the initial questions, but I had a thought on this thread specifically that I’d like to mention, if that’s okay. It’s not meant to be criticism, to be clear – just some possible food for thought
I wonder if something that might help, in terms of getting more responses from volunteers, is to offer some kind of hands-on way to offer input. Asking for volunteer thoughts and preferences is a great first step, but questions like “How would you feel about this?” or “What do you want to see more of with XYZ?” can be abstract or context-dependent, so they’re not always easy to answer (and I also wonder if it might inadvertently leave out volunteers who have a harder time articulating their thoughts). If there was a clear way to contribute tangible suggestions somehow, like specific articles to feature or picking between designs, it opens the door to feedback from those who want to contribute less personal thoughts or are having trouble explaining what they’re thinking – and at least for me personally, I also like being able to see
that I contributed something, which isn’t really possible with opinions!
I don’t have any specific ideas for something hands-on we can do, since there’s admittedly not a whole lot of detail for us to work with, but I looked back at the thread where we built the Teen Toolkit
, and some of the feedback and suggestions allowed people to bounce ideas off each other or suggest specific articles or topic areas to feature in the toolkit. It also gave Natalie a really great chance to engage with us over it and ask us our opinions on specific things that came up. I’d really love to see that kind of collaboration on something like this. Like I said, though, just some food for thought
I’m done derailing for now, carry on
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