​​Another useful tool for organisations to scope out organisation’s needs would be the Need Overlap Analysis in the Helping Process.

 

The NOAH tool works like this:

1. Staff members (led by the executive director, who also participates) completes a laundry list of each person’s total
job duties and responsibilities
2. Each staff participant develops a wish list of additional activities they would like to be able to tackle, if time and resources permitted

3. Each person culls through these lists to assess which activities would conceivably benefit from volunteer involvement
4. Interviews will be conducted with potential volunteers to determine their skills and interests

5. After discussing the possibilities, organisations prioritise and decide how to involve volunteers with the right skill sets and interests to take on some of these activities