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Virtual Volunteers - Invisible and Invaluable
Whether from a cyber café in Bangladesh, San Diego, Toronto, or Hong Kong, volunteers have made a significant contribution towards the enhancement of Macdonald Youth Services' (MYS) programs and services

More Virtual Volunteering Information

Posted February 7

How to Use Skype to Communicate with Online Volunteers

YouTube: 253,590 views

Although Skype states their VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) application is relatively "easy to download, install and use", a visual tutorial may help those with installing and using this program for the first time. As apart of the best practises publication about Online Volunteerism being developed by Randy Tyler, MYS has facilitated the creation of many how-to videos.

For further information visit this online volunteering resource.

Posted August 18

Flexible Hours, Using Your PC and Never Leaving Home - New York Times

New York Times
Published: November 13, 2006

IT was clear from the start that this was no short-term fling.

First there was the lengthy online application. Then the paper contract chock full of rules. After that, the Web-based training.

Denise Calabrese-Green went through all the steps. But she was not trying to get a job. She was trying to become an online volunteer for the Sidelines National Support Network, which helps women with high-risk pregnancies at sidelines.org. See the entire article at the New York Times link below.

 

For more information seehttp://www.onlinevolunteering.org

Posted August 14