Hi, I'm Sam. I like to help people with money, web 2.0, and social justice awareness. I have a dream of using the social media space to help people in both little ways (wheelchair ramps down the road) and big ways (ending human trafficking). Here you can read, watch, and listen to my thoughts on all three.
I’ve noticed that, while there have been multiple Twitter-based fundraisers, I’ve not seen many Twitter-based volunteer opportunities. I’d be interested to see how quickly an organization could generate volunteers based on a tweet. For example: “need 6 volunteers to roof a house today at 5 - 34th & 16th.” What do you think? Would something like the technology that Foursquare uses help accomplish this? Would your organization be interested in trying this?
Last week I sat down for a chat with Allan Branch from Less Everything to talk about their apps and how they could be useful to non-profits.