The Extraordinaries - Instant Volunteering...

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In an age of instant everything here's a new take on volunteering - via the mobile phone. A group in the US calling itself "The Extraordinaries" has developed what they describe as a new approach to volunteering...

Hi Don--

[Moving this over to our Wireless Connectivity forum]

So glad you brought this up! Actually, Ben Rigby, who is behind this effort just hosted our recent online event on mobile activism. I attended his session on mobile volunteering at NTC and found it to be very worthwhile. I think there's some really exciting potential with mobile, but it also presents some new challenges when it comes to volunteer management. There's been some debate in the blogosphere about this, but I'd be curious to hear your take on it.

Best,

Megan