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“'''micro-volunteering, refers to the ability to collaborate on a occasional basis''', for example in the Wikipedia, i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again" ([http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/]) | |||
It is related to the concept of [[Micro-Innovation]] | |||
=Characteristics= | |||
The extraordinaries: | |||
"Micro-volunteering has four defining characteristics: | |||
1. Convenient. It's volunteerism that fits into your schedule when you have time - typically (but not necessarily) via an internet connected device such as a mobile phone or personal computer. In practice, to achieve this level of convenience, there is often no training or vetting necessary. | |||
2. Bite-sized. Volunteer tasks are broken into small(-ish) pieces, so that you can complete a task in the time that you have available (whatever that time may be). | |||
3. Crowdsourced. The nonprofit that needs help asks a large(-ish) group for assistance. Micro-volunteers who have the time, interest, and skills (ideally), and who may be previously unknown to the nonprofit, do the work. | |||
4. Network-managed. The time demands of the manager (e.g. a nonprofit staffer) are reduced by distributing as much of the project management and quality review as possible to the network of micro-volunteers. This work management method differs from a top-down model of project management." | |||
(http://blog.beextra.org/2010/12/a-definition-of-micro-volunteering.html) | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 5 January 2011
“micro-volunteering, refers to the ability to collaborate on a occasional basis, for example in the Wikipedia, i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again" ([1])
It is related to the concept of Micro-Innovation
Characteristics
The extraordinaries:
"Micro-volunteering has four defining characteristics:
1. Convenient. It's volunteerism that fits into your schedule when you have time - typically (but not necessarily) via an internet connected device such as a mobile phone or personal computer. In practice, to achieve this level of convenience, there is often no training or vetting necessary.
2. Bite-sized. Volunteer tasks are broken into small(-ish) pieces, so that you can complete a task in the time that you have available (whatever that time may be).
3. Crowdsourced. The nonprofit that needs help asks a large(-ish) group for assistance. Micro-volunteers who have the time, interest, and skills (ideally), and who may be previously unknown to the nonprofit, do the work.
4. Network-managed. The time demands of the manager (e.g. a nonprofit staffer) are reduced by distributing as much of the project management and quality review as possible to the network of micro-volunteers. This work management method differs from a top-down model of project management." (http://blog.beextra.org/2010/12/a-definition-of-micro-volunteering.html)