Colony Hackathon Submission
Skilled Volunteerism platform
Project Description
Develop a framework for an ecosystem that rewards volunteers for utilising their expertise for social causes or projects.
Catalyse a revolution in volunteering beyond physical man-hours but to allow a fine-tuned experience with like-minded and empowering projects.
References:
https://www.bantu.life/:Helping others should be easy
bantu helps you stay connected with the communities and causes you care about
https://www.catchafire.org/: Catchafire matches skilled professional volunteers with nonprofits to help them increase their capacity and achieve their missions.
http://conjunctconsulting.org/: Southeast Asia’s first social change consultancy, Conjunct Consulting is engaging, mobilising and empowering talent to strengthen social good organisations in Singapore.
Conjunct does this through consulting projects with non-profits, building a community of skills-based volunteers, and various formats of corporate engagements. .
Project Repository
https://github.com/Fishbiscuit/ColonyHackathon-61
Team Members and Contact info
Drop me an e-mail here: qingze_hum@mymail.sutd.edu.sg
Skilled Volunteers:
QZ: https://github.com/Fishbiscuit
Timothy Liu: https://github.com/tlkh
Anderson Q: https://github.com/42piratas/andersonq
Vadim: https://github.com/vadimchirkov
Feel free to drop me an e-mail on ideas or to work together!
I come from Singapore where volunteering your time for non-profits is a common occurence. However, there is an issue with effective volunteer management. The sector is shifting towards effective altruism where organisations do not simply aim for high volunteer numbers but work towards real social impact.
Colony Hackathon Submission
Skilled Volunteerism platform
Project Description
Develop a framework for an ecosystem that rewards volunteers for utilising their expertise for social causes or projects.
Catalyse a revolution in volunteering beyond physical man-hours but to allow a fine-tuned experience with like-minded and empowering projects.
References:
https://www.bantu.life/:Helping others should be easy
bantu helps you stay connected with the communities and causes you care about
https://www.catchafire.org/: Catchafire matches skilled professional volunteers with nonprofits to help them increase their capacity and achieve their missions.
http://conjunctconsulting.org/: Southeast Asia’s first social change consultancy, Conjunct Consulting is engaging, mobilising and empowering talent to strengthen social good organisations in Singapore.
Conjunct does this through consulting projects with non-profits, building a community of skills-based volunteers, and various formats of corporate engagements. .
Project Repository
https://github.com/Fishbiscuit/ColonyHackathon-61
Team Members and Contact info
Drop me an e-mail here: qingze_hum@mymail.sutd.edu.sg
Skilled Volunteers:
QZ: https://github.com/Fishbiscuit
Timothy Liu: https://github.com/tlkh
Anderson Q: https://github.com/42piratas/andersonq
Vadim: https://github.com/vadimchirkov
Feel free to drop me an e-mail on ideas or to work together!
I come from Singapore where volunteering your time for non-profits is a common occurence. However, there is an issue with effective volunteer management. The sector is shifting towards effective altruism where organisations do not simply aim for high volunteer numbers but work towards real social impact.