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Virtual volunteering

Just Dabbling In Social Media? That’s OK.

by Robert Rosenthal on October 8, 2009

in Designing opportunities, Telling Your Story, Virtual volunteering, Web 2.0/social media

Guest post by Brad Manilla,  let’s dabble, LLC
Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, YouTube, Blogger, Digg, Flickr, Wordpress, Eventful, Ning….
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The list of buzz words constantly competing for our attention seems to expand endlessly and yet is often devoid of context. Does your nonprofit need a Jaiku account? Or should you be on Twitter? What’s this thing [...]

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Future Forward: The Extraordinaries Brings Micro-Volunteering to the Web

by Robert Rosenthal on October 7, 2009

in Designing opportunities, Skilled volunteering, Virtual volunteering, Web 2.0/social media

More than a decade since the popularization of  the Internet, innovation is still taking place faster than ever. Now one of the most interesting applications for volunteer recruitment and management — previously available only for the iPhone — is coming to a Web browser near you.
The Extraordinaries is a “micro-volunteering platform” that allows [...]

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Case Foundation Invites Nonprofits to Gear Up for Giving, and Then Take the Challenge

by Victoria Pacchiana on October 2, 2009

in Conferences & events, Virtual volunteering, Web 2.0/social media

Back in 2007, the Case Foundation launched an innovative fundraising campaign, America’s Giving Challenge. The challenge called on nonprofits to harness the power of social media and Web 2.0 to raise funds and build a network of cause advocates. In a testament to founder Jean Case’s assertion that “Small amounts of money given by large [...]

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CLIF BAR GreenNotes: Helping Musicians and Fans Turn Awareness into Action

by Robert Rosenthal on September 23, 2009

in Partnerships, Virtual volunteering, VolunteerMatch news, Web 2.0/social media

With eco-awareness and the green movement reaching new heights these days, the connection between sustainability and service has never been more apparent.
Many folks who care about our planet are balancing reducing one’s environmental footprint with getting out and volunteering time for an organization working on environmental issues. Recently we’ve been helping CLIF BAR with [...]

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Volunteer’s Lament: ‘Failure to Follow Up’

by Robert Rosenthal on August 21, 2009

in Skilled volunteering, Using VolunteerMatch, Virtual volunteering

Today prospective volunteer James S. writes to us about his experience using our service:
I tried to start in April and May of this year. I contacted four organizations who were returned by my search and indicated they could use professional services I could render…. I have yet to start volunteering.
I called James to [...]

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