Modern volunteer management, made simple.

Toronto, Canada
Joined August 2008
Big shout out to join.timecounts.org/ as a software to wrangle large numbers of volunteers on a shift-based project at #HistLib21 - I don't know it, apparently free for small numbers about £200pa for a big project.
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Volunteer-led movements are driving (well, pedalling) Toronto’s pandemic response. A huge thank you to the amazing #volunteers @thebikebrigade for meeting the moment with compassion and innovation. @cityoftoronto
900 volunteers with bikes and big hearts deliver food, prescriptions and other essentials to Toronto residents isolated by the pandemic. | Reporting by Nick Purdon
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The value of a volunteer hour has increased across the country at an average of 4.9%. The biggest state increase? 10 percent! Check out which two states made that jump by exploring our state-level data here: independentsector.org/volunt…
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This year has left many feeling stressed, confused, anxious and even depressed. But volunteering isn’t just for helping others - it can help you feel better, too. Learn how giving back can be a source of serenity. bit.ly/3lgBKID
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Reminder: The @CrisisTextLine is fully operational and just a text away to help with any anxiety you may be feeling about #Coronavirus. Text SHARE to 741741. ❤️
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Happy #MLKDay! Ever wonder why it is a Day of Service? Watch this video and learn from @RepJohnLewis, Ruby Bridges, Harris Wofford, Rev. Joseph Lowery, & @TheKingCenter CEO @BerniceKing how the Civil Rights leader changed American history. #DayON25 #MLK youtu.be/oM9Wqik71AU
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"Like other volunteers, Schutz hasn't been paid a cent. He’s been fighting wildfires every day since Nov. 29, neglecting his own business in the process. He smiles at the irony: In his day job, he sells firewood." The world's largest volunteer fire brigade is still responding.
72,000 people from across New South Wales make up the brigade, and they've been on the firelines since September. trib.al/uugBP1X
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Our volunteers are a HUGE part of our daily operations! Check out this interview where Bluecoats CEO Mike Scott has a conversation with @timecounts about our robust volunteer program!
Mike Scott — How the @Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Tours Nationally with the Help of Volunteers #lovols #volunteermanagement blog.timecounts.org/mike-sco…
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New on the pod this week 🎙 We spoke with with the @amanda, founder + CEO of @timecounts, a free volunteer management platform! At some point, spreadsheets don't work – Find out the best practices of running a successful volunteer program #LOVols #VolMgmt bit.ly/2B81DEX
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What an inspiration this #WorldHabitatDay to see 21 families and hundreds of dedicated volunteers swinging their hammers during the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Nashville. 🏘️ #HabitatCWP
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The nonprofit world’s overtaking of manufacturing is partly the result of a slow-growing manufacturing industry. But it also shows the strength of the nonprofit world. bit.ly/2ZOupUV
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Well done OneCampaign Team - timely, witty and clever - yes @G7 YOU must deliver.
🗞️🗞️🗞️BREAKING NEWS: Women around the world are facing a crisis. @G7 leaders have the power to change the endgame for gender equality! RT to demand #ProgressNotPromises #G7France
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“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, remember that your real job... if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.'" - Rest in Peace, Toni Morrison ✨
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The NHS wants YOU to volunteer . . . and at last plans to harness the professional skills of lawyers, drivers, young techies in a 150,000-strong HelpForce @ProBonEcon @Help_Force @SirTomHH ⁦@karlwilding⁩ ⁦@unisontweets⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/7db8f…
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"Don't say you can't" is the message we should all be telling ourselves more often. @NubAbility
Watch this teen conquer his fears and slay a 20-in box jump 🔥
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"In the social sectors, money is not a definition of success, and it shouldn’t be." bit.ly/2Z657Ck
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Happy National #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Today we celebrate the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples with events across the country! #NIPDCanada
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Join the mask challenge and #BeatAirPollution bit.ly/MaskChallenge @UNEnvironment
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Oprah Winfrey told the graduating class at Colorado College to choose a life of service: "You will speak up, you will show up, you will stand up, you will sit in, you will volunteer, you will vote...you will radically transform whatever moment you are in."
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