I originally heard about microvolunteering on a podcast a while back. The idea that we might be able to use short intervals of time to help an organization with some of their needs sounded novel at the time. For example, if your plane gets delayed and you have a couple extra minutes of free time you hadn't planned on having, then you could sign on to a website or use a mobile phone app to see if there were any projects you could contribute to in your extra 15 minutes.
To be quite honest, the jury is still out for me on this approach to volunteering. I can see how it may help make volunteering more accessible to some people, but will it do so at the detriment of the relationship that is typically built between the organization and the volunteer? I would love to hear your thoughts on this idea. A couple of links with more info are below.
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