{"id":104,"date":"2012-12-20T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/volunteering-in-the-digital-age-cool-but-not"},"modified":"2017-05-16T19:22:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T02:22:56","slug":"volunteering-in-the-digital-age-cool-but-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/12\/volunteering-in-the-digital-age-cool-but-not\/","title":{"rendered":"volunteering in the digital age – cool, but not new"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The timeless act of volunteering in the service of others has taken on new dimensions in today’s digital age. Anyone with an Internet connection or a mobile phone can make a difference.<\/em><\/strong>
\n– United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
\n5 December 2012, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development Day<\/a><\/p>\n

“New” is, of course, relative\u2026<\/p>\n

In 2001, I wrote about how people were using handheld technologies in community service, environmental and activist work<\/a>, citing examples that went back to the 1990s (when we called them “PDAs” instead of “smart”). And, of course, the practice of virtual volunteering is more than 30 years old<\/a> – as old as the Internet, and starting long before there was a World Wide Web (in fact, Tim Berners-Lee said in an October 2001 event with UN Volunteers that online volunteers played an essential role in his development of the Web).<\/p>\n

But I’m glad, nonetheless, to see the head of the UN acknowledging virtual volunteering. His predecessor, Kofi Annan, certainly knew it was a force to be acknowledged and supported<\/a>. Hope that recognition and promotion of volunteering, online or off, onsite or remotely, continues!<\/p>\n

Volunteering in the digital age – it’s not new, but it’s most definitely cool, and worth continuing to talk about.<\/p>\n

Also see:<\/p>\n

Myths About Online Volunteering (Virtual Volunteering)<\/a><\/p>\n

Micro-Volunteering and Crowd-Sourcing: Not-So-New Trends in Virtual Volunteering\/Online Volunteering<\/a><\/p>\n

Make All Volunteering as Accessible as Possible<\/a><\/p>\n

Recognizing Online Volunteers & Using the Internet to Honor ALL Volunteers<\/a><\/p>\n

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