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Turning Good Intentions into Action: Hollywood vs Google

by Greg Baldwin on October 23, 2009

in VolunteerMatch news, Volunteering in the news, Web 2.0/social media

How New Media has Changed the Landscape of Volunteer Engagement
Thursday night was a big night for the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s iParticipate campaign. With unprecedented support from the industry, volunteering themes were written into some of America’s favorite prime-time shows.
It is an extraordinary example of what amounts to product placement for the greater good, so why [...]

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Special Report on Summer of Service at VolunteerMatch: How Did We Do?

by Robert Rosenthal on October 13, 2009

in National service, Seasons of service, VolunteerMatch news, Volunteering in the news, Working with corporations

This summer, VolunteerMatch was one of many organizations supporting the Obama Administration’s United We Serve – Summer of Service campaign.
The stated goal of  Summer of Service was to kick off a sustained campaign to help to make volunteerism and community service a part of the daily lives of all Americans.
So how did we do? What [...]

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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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New to VolunteerMatch? Attend a Free Introductory Webinar for Nonprofits

by Robert Rosenthal on September 30, 2009

in Community leader, Designing opportunities, Using VolunteerMatch

Maybe you’re in a new role or else new to your organization? Maybe you’ve just recently learned how volunteers can help your organization to succeed? Or maybe your boss just assigned the VolunteerMatch account over to you?
Whatever the situation, you’ve heard that VolunteerMatch can help organizations just like yours find great volunteers for all kinds [...]

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iParticipate.org and Hollywood’s Big Commercial About Volunteering

by Robert Rosenthal on September 29, 2009

in VolunteerMatch news, Volunteering in the news

VolunteerMatch is making sure your organization has an all-access pass to the biggest primetime ad for volunteering ever.
From October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows plan to “spotlight the power and personal benefits of service” with storylines and characters talking about volunteering.
Shows with volunteering in the scripts will include Mercy, American Idol, Private Practice, [...]

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