global influence of the internet on volunteering development
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How has the internet changed volunteering - or has it? Some food for thought for the International Conference «Volunteerism – Avenue for Social Transformation in Perm 27.-28.11.2013TRANSCRIPT
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Global influence of the Internet on volunteering development
Lari [email protected]
Delegate of Citizen Forum
From shopping volunteering holidays to clictivism and self-organized volunteerism
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Volunteer tourism - where do You want to go today
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Are there European voluntary service EVS possibilities in Perm?
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Yes there is a European voluntary service EVS program in Perm
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It's possible to search the internet and shop nice volunteer possibilities
People want meaningful, personal or customized volunteer tasks with high autonomy that can be done alone or in a group
What do people want?
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What does this mean for volunteers?
● From clictivism to activism
Easy ways to participate
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Fix the streets of the various cities fo the world
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Volunteers create meaningful tasks themselves
Created within a day from the idea to action when the forest fires in
2010
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Connecting people
Help needed
I wish to help
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This was possible...
Ushahidi program originally from
Kenya
Russian bloggers and coders
Russian translation
from Kyrgystan
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www.restaurantday.org
A few Finns had an idea of a pop-up restaurant in
2011...
It became a worldwide food carnival, 35 countries, 219 cities
anyone can set up a restaurant, café or a bar for a day
At home, in the park...
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Is there a restaurant day in Perm?
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There were 6 restaurants in Perm at the restaurant day 16.11.2013
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What does this mean?
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Internet makes it possible for the people to
Self-organize around a topic they care for
and to create themselves a meaningful volunteer project
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Are traditional volunteer organisations ready for this?