- Director of Communications at VolunteerMatch (probably one of the largest volunteer database in the US) wants to chat with me about exploring the possibility of including micro-opps on to their database. If I can pull this one off - WOW! Watch this space!
- HFH has inspired 'vinspired.com' to create a brand new category of volunteering opps, called ...'micro-volunteering'. It's already getting quite a bit of interest from their 'customers'.
- Was shortlisted in Orange's Mobile Volunteering comp with a micro-volunteering based smartphone app idea, called 'Ripple of Kindness'.
- Have been shortlisted down to the final 3 in the Wales region of TalkTalk's Digital Heroes comp. Results in November. Wish me luck and please vote for me - pretty please!!
- Interviewed by The Fresh Outlook and ALT:Cardiff online newspapers
- Joint winner in '52 Weeks of Impact' Slacktivist Impact Challenge comp
- HFH mentioned in quite a few articles this month in webland, most notably 'JustMeans.com'
- WCVA (Wales Council for Voluntary Action) now promoting HFH
- HFH mentioned on 2 high street volunteer centre news articles, namely Volunteering Kingswood + Volunteer Centre Southwark
Til next time.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
HFH shortlisted in TalkTalk Digital Heroes competition
I'm 1 of 3 shortlisted people for the Wales, UK region in TalkTalk's Digital Heroes competition for my efforts to promote micro-volunteering through Help From Home.
Would appreciate your support and if you're so inclined, you may wish to vote for me, Mike Bright, here
http://www.talk-talk.mirror.co.uk/region-wales.htm
No registration needed, just 1 click to vote!
This would be a huge break for me if I won, as the prize money and the 'opening of doors' that winning this comp would bring, would be used to set up schemes to promote micro-volunteering to school kids (Help From School), the responsible tourist market (Help From Holiday) and prisons. I already promote it to office workers and care home residents as well as to people within their own homes.
Thanks so much in advance.
Would appreciate your support and if you're so inclined, you may wish to vote for me, Mike Bright, here
http://www.talk-talk.mirror.co.uk/region-wales.htm
No registration needed, just 1 click to vote!
This would be a huge break for me if I won, as the prize money and the 'opening of doors' that winning this comp would bring, would be used to set up schemes to promote micro-volunteering to school kids (Help From School), the responsible tourist market (Help From Holiday) and prisons. I already promote it to office workers and care home residents as well as to people within their own homes.
Thanks so much in advance.
Friday, October 1, 2010
October 2010 Update
- i-volunteer.org.uk launched their micro volunteer campaign based on how HFH promotes micro volunteering, ie. in yer pyjamas. From what I can see, its gone global prolly because of its cheeky/provocative poster of 2 people in a bed doing… what 2 people in a bed do. ...Ooh, err! It also won the Third Sector's 'Digital Campaign of the Week'.
- After my interview with UnLtd last month, I made a few suggestions to the interviewer that might hopefully improve the user experience for Awardees on the UnLtd website. Amazingly, well amazingly to me, they are considering these suggestions and potentially taking them forward. Blimey!
- UnLtd (Head Office) did a press release for HFH to try and get HFH in South Wales Echo. Unfortunately, SWE didn’t bite.
- Spark Radio, a radio show from the Canadian media group CBC, aired a slot on micro volunteering a few weeks ago. One of the people on the show was Dave Rand an evolutionary biologist for technology and the internet, based at Harvard Uni, US. The upshot of it all was that this guy wants to pick my brains in October on micro volunteering.
- Added a ‘Donate’ button to the website. Know any rich philanthropists out there?
- Have at last appointed a web designer to do HFH v2.
- Increased number of micro volunteering opps on HFH from 500 to 700.
- Volunteer Centre Bedford have created a whole new category on their website devoted to micro volunteering in response to growing interest from their ‘customers’
- HFH popped up in an online volunteer management staff development seminar from a leading internationally recognized volunteer manager resource website. President of company described HFH as ‘the only website on the net that is pushing the boundaries of micro volunteering.’ V. nice of her to say so, I thought
- Had a chat with Matthew from ClickConnectDiscover.org (mentioned in this FB page a few weeks ago) who seemed to be v interested in promoting HFH as part of a package to encourage take up of technology in Wales. Watch this space.
- Included (or about to be included) in SocialActions.com 60+ global action sources alongside the likes of Kiva, PledgeBank, VolunteerMatch etc. Pyjamatastic!
- Entered TalkTalk’s Digital Heroes 2010 + Community Channels’ Community Champions competitions. Gotta make it to the shortlist first before I get anywhere and there’s prolly hundreds of entries, meaning to say that I prolly won't get anywhere! Still, you never know.
- Have been invited to do a lengthy article on micro volunteering for a global e-volunteering mag that is read by volunteer managers and the like across the world.
- Til next time
- After my interview with UnLtd last month, I made a few suggestions to the interviewer that might hopefully improve the user experience for Awardees on the UnLtd website. Amazingly, well amazingly to me, they are considering these suggestions and potentially taking them forward. Blimey!
- UnLtd (Head Office) did a press release for HFH to try and get HFH in South Wales Echo. Unfortunately, SWE didn’t bite.
- Spark Radio, a radio show from the Canadian media group CBC, aired a slot on micro volunteering a few weeks ago. One of the people on the show was Dave Rand an evolutionary biologist for technology and the internet, based at Harvard Uni, US. The upshot of it all was that this guy wants to pick my brains in October on micro volunteering.
- Added a ‘Donate’ button to the website. Know any rich philanthropists out there?
- Have at last appointed a web designer to do HFH v2.
- Increased number of micro volunteering opps on HFH from 500 to 700.
- Volunteer Centre Bedford have created a whole new category on their website devoted to micro volunteering in response to growing interest from their ‘customers’
- HFH popped up in an online volunteer management staff development seminar from a leading internationally recognized volunteer manager resource website. President of company described HFH as ‘the only website on the net that is pushing the boundaries of micro volunteering.’ V. nice of her to say so, I thought
- Had a chat with Matthew from ClickConnectDiscover.org (mentioned in this FB page a few weeks ago) who seemed to be v interested in promoting HFH as part of a package to encourage take up of technology in Wales. Watch this space.
- Included (or about to be included) in SocialActions.com 60+ global action sources alongside the likes of Kiva, PledgeBank, VolunteerMatch etc. Pyjamatastic!
- Entered TalkTalk’s Digital Heroes 2010 + Community Channels’ Community Champions competitions. Gotta make it to the shortlist first before I get anywhere and there’s prolly hundreds of entries, meaning to say that I prolly won't get anywhere! Still, you never know.
- Have been invited to do a lengthy article on micro volunteering for a global e-volunteering mag that is read by volunteer managers and the like across the world.
- Til next time
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