SOCINFODO: MISTICA: Online Volunteering service

Informaci�n aparecida en MISTICA

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:38:13 -0500
From: Daniel Pimienta <pimienta@funredes.org>

>To: infosoc4all@yahoogroups.com
>From: "J Cravens" <jayne.cravens@unvolunteers.org>
>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:29:51 -0000
>Subject: [infosoc4all] relaunch of the Online Volunteering service
>
>The Online Volunteering service, formerly at NetAid,
>is now up at its new URL: www.onlinevolunteering.org
>
>The Online Volunteering (OV) service, managed by the
>United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, connects
>online volunteers with non-governmental organizations
>(NGOs), UN organizations and academic institutions all
>over the world, including initiatives to apply ICT4D
>and to bridge the digital divide.
>
>If you were registered on the OV service at its previous
>home at NetAid, you should find all of your previous user
>information and passwords remain valid, as well as group,
>assignment and volunteer information. New users are
>welcomed!
>
>If your organization is not-for-profit and serves people
>and communities in the developing world, we encourage you
>to visit the site, create a Group on the OV service, and
>begin recruiting online volunteers to support your cause.
>
>Online volunteers can do (and already do!) many, many
>things for organizations serving the developing world.
>They:
>-- translate documents
>-- edit and prepare proposals & press releases
>-- research topics and gather data
>-- create web pages, brochures and newsletters
>-- design presentations
>-- research and develop curricula
>-- design databases and graphics
>-- offer professional expertise and advice (business,
> legal, marketing, organic farming, etc.)
>-- tutor or mentor students (youth or adult)
>-- moderate online discussion groups
>-- manage other online volunteers
>and more...
>
>Thousands of people search the database of opportunities
>every week, based on the location of the organization or
>the beneficiaries of the organization, on the type of
>service needed, and various other criteria. Organizations
>receive an email notifying them of those interested in
>their assignment(s), then review the information via the
>web site and determine which online volunteers to accept
>or reject.
>
>There are many more features on UNV's Online Volunteering
>service, such as automated emails for pending, accepted
>and rejected volunteers that member organizations can
>customize as they like; a group emailing feature; forms
>for both online volunteers and hosting organizations to
>report on each other and their progress; and an announcement
>feature allowing organizations to post news on to their
>OV Group page. All of these features are optional, and free,
>for OV service users.
>
>The site is in English, but there is some information in
>French and Spanish (linked from the home page), and
>assignments can be uploaded in English, French or Spanish.
>Please feel free to forward this message to others, as
>appropriate.
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>Jayne Cravens (jayne.cravens@unvolunteers.org)
>Online Volunteering Specialist
>United Nations Volunteers
>www.unvolunteers.org
>Bonn, Germany
>
>Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org
>UNITeS: www.unites.org
>Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org
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Received on Thu Feb 12 11:41:26 2004