The Online Volunteering service, formerly at NetAid,
is now up at its new URL: www.onlinevolunteering.org

The Online Volunteering (OV) service, managed by the
United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, connects
online volunteers with non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), UN organizations and academic institutions all
over the world, including initiatives to apply ICT4D
and to bridge the digital divide.

If you were registered on the OV service at its previous
home at NetAid, you should find all of your previous user
information and passwords remain valid, as well as group,
assignment and volunteer information. New users are
welcomed!

If your organization is not-for-profit and serves people
and communities in the developing world, we encourage you
to visit the site, create a Group on the OV service, and
begin recruiting online volunteers to support your cause.

Online volunteers can do (and already do!) many, many
things for organizations serving the developing world.
They:
-- translate documents
-- edit and prepare proposals & press releases
-- research topics and gather data
-- create web pages, brochures and newsletters
-- design presentations
-- research and develop curricula
-- design databases and graphics
-- offer professional expertise and advice (business,
legal, marketing, organic farming, etc.)
-- tutor or mentor students (youth or adult)
-- moderate online discussion groups
-- manage other online volunteers
and more...

Thousands of people search the database of opportunities
every week, based on the location of the organization or
the beneficiaries of the organization, on the type of
service needed, and various other criteria. Organizations
receive an email notifying them of those interested in
their assignment(s), then review the information via the
web site and determine which online volunteers to accept
or reject.

There are many more features on UNV's Online Volunteering
service, such as automated emails for pending, accepted
and rejected volunteers that member organizations can
customize as they like; a group emailing feature; forms
for both online volunteers and hosting organizations to
report on each other and their progress; and an announcement
feature allowing organizations to post news on to their
OV Group page. All of these features are optional, and free,
for OV service users.

The site is in English, but there is some information in
French and Spanish (linked from the home page), and
assignments can be uploaded in English, French or Spanish.

Please feel free to forward this message to others, as
appropriate.


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Jayne Cravens (jayne.cravens@...)
Online Volunteering Specialist
United Nations Volunteers
www.unvolunteers.org
Bonn, Germany

Online Volunteering: www.onlinevolunteering.org
UNITeS: www.unites.org
Global volunteerism portal: www.worldvolunteerweb.org
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