Power Tools » smithsonian institute http://blog.powerofthehour.ca A resource for change makers and hour counters! Look here for tools and tips from Power of the Hour, Get Involved, and Volunteer Canada. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Engage Micro-Volunteers http://blog.powerofthehour.ca/2009/11/engage-micro-volunteers/ http://blog.powerofthehour.ca/2009/11/engage-micro-volunteers/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:29:31 +0000 caitied http://blog.powerofthehour.ca/?p=490 Picture 3

There is an entire community out there that is passionate about volunteering and your organization that you have NOT tapped into yet. Meet the superheros of assistance - micro-volunteers!

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There is an entire community out there that is passionate about volunteering and your organization that you have NOT tapped into yet. Meet the superheros of assistance – micro-volunteers!

What are micro-volunteers? Micro-volunteers could potentially be your largest and most successful group of volunteers on your team. Micro-volunteers are in association with the idea of crowd-sourcing; asking the general public to submit solutions to a large social problem. In this case, the general public becomes your freelance staff to provide unique solutions. Micro-volunteers provide a few minutes of time to assist with large-scale jobs.

The Extraordinaires have created a fantastic database site filled with micro-volunteering opportunities that can be done anytime and anywhere – from an iPhone or a personal computer. And the Extraodinaries is asking you to be part of their database! With this database you can post micro-opporunties like “feedback” “copy editing” “photography” and “mapping”. Learn more here.


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Looking to give back but don't have the time? What about all the time you spend waiting in line at the post office? During subway delays? Avoiding work on Facebook? What if you could turn these doldrum moments into volunteering success?

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]]> Micro volunteeringLooking to give back but don’t have the time? What about all the time you spend waiting in line at the post office? During subway delays? Avoiding work on Facebook? What if you could turn these doldrum moments into volunteering success?

With the Extraordinaries micro-volunteering opportunities you could be volunteering for the Library of Congress with just a click of a button! Originally created for the iPhone, The Extraordinaries provides a database of simple opportunities that can be done on your phone, or on your computer. The Extraordinaries harnesses the power of crowdsourcing by aggregating thousands of micro-actions dedicated to over 20 different organizations including the Smithsonian Institute. Start volunteering today! Try out the service below:


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