Posts tagged ‘microvolunteer’

January 3, 2011

Microvolunteering Monday: Help Health Nonprofits with Online Giving, Logos, Thank You Letters, Business Cards and Social Media

by Britt Bravo

Welcome to the first 2011 edition of Microvolunteering Monday, where we highlight a sampler of microvolunteering challenges on Sparked.  This week's Microvolunteering Monday is focused on challenges posted by nonprofits working on Health issues.

To start working on one of these micro-volunteering challenges, log into your Sparked account.  Also, if you know of other health-related nonprofits that could use help from the Sparked microvolunteering network, send them a link to the nonprofit sign-up page.

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana needs your help with:

  • Writing a witty thank you letter
  • Optimizing their website for online giving

Chimo Animal Assisted Therapy needs your help with:

  • Designing a logo

Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center needs your help with:

  • Social media tips
  • Brainstorming 5 revenue-generating ideas

Moebius Syndrome Foundation needs your help with:

  • Creating a newsletter template

Philos Help needs your help with:

  • Brainstorming ways to use social media to get the word out about their fundraising campaign
  • Optimizing their website for online giving

Progressive Health Partnership needs your help with:

  • Designing a business card

 Save a Mother

  • Identifying bloggers they should connect with

Britt Bravo writes for the Sparked.com blog and her personal blog, Have Fun, Do Good.

December 14, 2010

Awards for Micro-Volunteers!

by Ben Rigby

We've just launched some exciting new functionality and I want to share it with you. We've been talking (internally) about how we can let nonprofits really make their micro-volunteers feel special… especially those that go above and beyond the call of duty for a challenge. Well, after a long gestation, I'm proud to announce that we now have an awards system!

For nonprofits, after your challenge closes, you can now thank all of your volunteers en-mass with a witty and wonderful thank you note. You can also choose to give up to 2 very special "Awards of Excellence." Screenshots of the user interface are below.

Love to hear your thoughts. Do you like the new system? 

Award Giving Interface

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Awards display on the Challenge Profile after they've been given

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April 17, 2009

Coining a movement: Micro-Volunteering

by Ben Rigby

There's an article in About.com today that says that we're in the midst of defining a new movement! It's called "micro-volunteering" – doing small bits of work for good causes in small moments of time. Micro-volunteering is differentiated from traditional volunteering (4 hours on a weekend), virtual volunteering (done from one's computer) and mobile giving (donating with mobile phone).

Check out the article. Author, Joanne Fritz, describes what we're up to better than we do!

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