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Leads an 18-person regional volunteer team that screens families, delivers 40 Noble Boxes and follows up with 80 visits over six months, turning donor groups of ~35 people into coordinated deliveries; big gifts average ~£300, plus clothes, food and a personalised item. Uses Facebook and email as primary comms, adds a weekly digest to cut overload, enforces paired visits, formal screening interviews and staged follow-ups at 2 months and later. Results: consistent quality when processes are taught, burnout risk without sustainable pace. pairing weekly digest
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:40What is Extreme Programming
- 7:36The Noble Box project overview
- 13:01How the Noble Box works in practice
- 19:23Distributed volunteering team structure
- 22:36Recruitment and team building process
- 28:14Family screening and follow-up visits
- 32:35Practical details and logistics
- 38:01XP practices in volunteering
- 43:59Communication and team management
- 46:48Lessons learned and improvements
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