Opportunity Details

Homelessness prevention simulation, volunteer from home, CrowdDoing

CrowdDoing is recruiting volunteers to help us simulate homelessness prevention.

Homelessness Prevention Simulation:

Thesis: Home buyers today buy 100% of a home, and borrow money through a mortgage to be able to afford to do so. But this purchase masks the fact that they are buying two things at the same time- 100% of the future sale price of a home (so-called appreciation value), and 100% of the usage rights of that home while they are living there (so-called use value). If people could buy only the percentage of appreciation value that they can afford, and still secure stable access to a home, half of homelessness in dense, coastal urban regions such as the Bay Area, New York, Seattle could be prevented. Stanford University has piloted such a model for decades by allowing professors to buy 100% of the use value of their off-campus home and 50% of the appreciation value of their home. This program has allowed individual professors to have asset diversification, access to housing, and an affordable share of the growth in the appreciating market value of their home. Through this program, Stanford University has created access to housing for professors without grant dollars or housing tax credits in a difficult housing market. Stanford’s endowment has earned returns on this investment comparable to the rest of Stanford endowment investments. The extension of this kind of alternative financing-- investing in a portion of appreciation value per home-- could make possible zero-subsidy affordable housing for preventing homelessness and reducing super-commuting.

In the Bay Area, jobs and housing creation are unbalanced. For the housing demand to be met, an added minimum of 275,000 homes are needed, available at price levels that neither impoverish nor displace working families. Until those homes are built, what solution might bring families with moderate incomes access to existing housing stock? The solution is to provide one part of our housing need solution by using a financial investment model based on the future appreciation of homes.

""To help support you joining the right part of CrowdDoing for you, please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftd6E0tyV2uq7mMty1rZ80BB2MSGhbnof9gRBvaQXbrttIkg/viewform?usp=sf_link""

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

Opportunity Details

CrowdDoing Service Learning Marketing Assistant Volunteer
CrowdDoing aims to show how social innovation can scale to the scope of our collective challenges by leveraging under-utilized capacities and how it can drive new participation by individuals and institutions to make that possible. Social innovations and social enterprises have insufficient support today to address Sustainable Development Goals. Organizations in both the public and private sector meanwhile face a shortage of skills for navigating a world increasingly challenged by VUCA - ""volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.""

A study of CEOs conducted by IBM found that ""rapid escalation of complexity is the biggest challenge confronting [the world’s public and private sector leaders]."" . Research has connected the increase in VUCA as a critical cause of the doubling of the ""topple rate,"" the rate at which ""big companies lose their leadership positions"". Research finds that the current approach to training for a VUCA world isn’t working . CrowdDoing conducted primary and secondary research on what effectively prepares workers of the future for a VUCA world. The authors of this paper studied the evidence of what kinds of education and training prepare individuals with the skills of the future that a VUCA world demands. This report lays out CrowdDoing’s findings.

In sum, this report indicates that service learning and skilled volunteering have demonstrably been efficient and effective approaches to helping individuals acquire skills for a VUCA world in a diversity of fields-from human resources to engineering to project management to data science. This report builds upon both primary research from CrowdDoing’s experience and secondary research into evidence of service learning’s effects, skilled volunteering and its effects, ad cases I which service learning ad skilled volunteering have been applied to social innovation

The report is meant to help organizations understand how virtual service learning & skilled volunteering can help organizations overcome current and future skills deficits in their workforce. It is also meant to help individuals appreciate the ways in which participation in social-innovation-oriented skilled volunteering can accelerate their problem-solving abilities... and make employees under their supervision more effective.

On the basis of our primary and secondary research, CrowdDoing recommends that each organization consider the CrowdDoing paradigm as viable preparation for an increasingly VUCA world. Helping individuals grapple with complex systems and their consequences for stakeholders through skilled volunteering and service learning in support of social innovation can help give them skills that can help them succeed in a VUCA world.

There is increasing evidence of an ""executive skills gap"" - a gap between the skills needed to cope with a volatile, uncertain, ambiguous, and complex (VUCA) business landscape and the skills being imparted by executive development programs. This gap is ""increasingly obvious-and, costly."" This volatility-a cause of companies losing leadership positions vis a vis the ""topple rate"" - also relates to the increasing inter-connectedness of the world and the decreasing length of the period during which current skills remain current. ""Many executives have acknowledged the extreme compression of the time scale on which dramatic change occurs at the technological, industry, customer demographics and preferences, organizational, operational, and interpersonal levels. A pharmaceutical executive observed: ""Ten years ago we had a decade to adjust and prepare for what was coming, but today the adjustment cycles are much shorter. How do you prepare for that?""

This challenge has been building for some time. Already in 2010, IBM’s ""Capitalizing on Complexity: Insights from the Global Chief Executive Officer Study"" reported that the complexity of operating in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world is the ""primary challenge of CEOs."" Since then research has connected the increase in VUCA as a critical cause of the doubling of the ""topple rate,"" the rate at which big companies lose their leadership positions, suggesting that even ""winners"" are in a precarious positions.""

VUCA has come to intersect with each professional role, including that of project management. One example of research in this area is Booz Allen Hamilton’s ""Redefining Program Management for the Unique Challenges of Complex Programs,"" which identifies complexity in projects as ""the exponential increase in ambiguity surrounding stakeholder expectations, especially regarding the certainty of program outcomes and schedules."" Similarly, scholars of the information technology and communications fields have noted that ""workers in the digital economy should be able to generate and process complex information; think systematically and critically; take decisions weighing different forms of evidence; ask meaningful questions about different subjects; be adaptable and flexible to new information; be creative; and be able to identify and solve real-world problems"".
One leverage point for achieving Sustainable Development Goals through social innovation is to create new depth and breadth of participation by stakeholders. CrowdDoing aims to scale participation through skilled volunteering and service learning opportunities to help enterprises and institutions foster social innovation.

Better mental health, physical health and productivity among employees are among the intrinsic incentives that prompt companies to adopt employee volunteer programs. Learning, creating impact, and achieving mental and physical health benefits are intrinsic incentives that prompt employees to participate in volunteering & service learning programs.

Service learning has historically been efficient at achieving learning goals but inefficient at achieving impact goals. Scaling service learning in support of social innovation can intervene to change this pattern.

Our increased awareness of the interconnectedness of societal challenges requires that we train professionals to be more than excellent in their particular fields: they need be able to collaborate across disciplinary lines. These collaborations on real-world social innovations shift the perspective of professionals to an empathetic frame of reference vis a vis the stakeholders they aim to serve. Grappling with complexity is not easy, but in order help social innovations reach their impact potential to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and beyond, people are willing to learn more about complex systems and the systems that have implications for a social innovation and the stakeholders it is created to serve.

Skilled volunteering and service learning in support of social innovation is an efficient way for individuals to gain skills that that further their success as project managers, human resources professionals, marketing professionals, and engineers. Service learning focused on social innovation can be efficient simultaneously at achieving impact, and at teaching skills needed in the future.


( http://blog.reframeit.com/service-learning-and-skilled-volunteering/)
CrowdDoing Service Learning Marketing Assistant Volunteer
Undertake daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of the department’s activities
Support marketing executives in organizing various projects
Conduct market research and analyze consumer rating reports/ questionnaires
Employ marketing analytics techniques to gather important data (social media, web analytics, rankings etc.)
Update spreadsheets, databases and inventories with statistical, financial and non-financial information
Assist in the organizing of promotional events and traditional or digital campaigns and attend them to facilitate their success
Prepare and deliver promotional presentations
Compose and post online content on the company’s website and social media accounts
Write marketing literature (brochures, press releases etc) to augment the company’s presence in the market
Communicate directly with clients and encourage trusting relationships
CrowdDoing Service Learning Marketing Assistant Volunteer Requirements
Proven experience as a marketing assistant
Good understanding of office management and marketing principles
Demonstrable ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines
Well-organized with a customer-oriented approach
Good knowledge of market research techniques and databases
Excellent knowledge of MS Office, marketing computer software and online applications (CRM tools, Online analytics, Google Adwords etc.)
Exquisite communication and people skills
High School diploma; BSc in Marketing, Business or relevant field is a strong advantage

""To help support you joining the right part of CrowdDoing for you, please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftd6E0tyV2uq7mMty1rZ80BB2MSGhbnof9gRBvaQXbrttIkg/viewform?usp=sf_link""

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

Opportunity Details

You can support kids in need by helping with one of the largest For Kids' Sake volunteer projects. Learn how to frame artwork at the Dayemi Family Center (214 E. Jackson St, Carbondale, IL). No experience is required. Please wear a mask.

Shifts are every Wednesday and Friday night from 7pm-10pm now through March 18, 2022. Contact Ryan at 217-801-3381 if you have questions about a shift outside of office hours.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Wed. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a
Fri. Night Framing	8	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Join us for our annual signature event, the JA Wine & Beer Festival, held at Four Winds Field. We bring out a crowd of over 1,000 people to participate in an unlimited tasting event of various wine & beer products. There is live music to keep everyone entertained and plenty of room to spread out around the entire concourse. Our goal is to raise $100,000 this year and this will directly support the 10,000 students we serve throughout St. Joseph County.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Ticket Taker - 1st Shift	6	n/a	n/a
Ticket Taker - 2nd shift	6	n/a	n/a
Vendor Assistant	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

To make the CHS Nanka IT center a reality and to ensure that it delivers real value for the community, we are also seeking volunteers to support this project especially (but not limited to) individuals with experience in IT installation and maintenance, IT education and curriculum, and solar power procurement and maintenance.

Send us an e-mail to volunteer your time/skills: nankaschoolproject@gmail.com

For more information, see project details: Nanka School Project (NSP) 8th Year Anniversary “Technology Project” on benevity.

Opportunity Details

TA is in search of a graphic designer or digital artist who can think creatively to design ads that align with our mission and current fundraising campaigns. The goal is to inspire donors to give with graphics that reflect the need and the ask of communities, organizations and corporate entities. Current promotions are created using Canva and Photoshop. Use another tool? We'd love to have your talents and time dedicated to TA

Opportunity Details

TA is looking for volunteer counselors for 2022's summer session. Ideal candidates have experience in a camp setting, familiarity with outdoor recreation, group facilitation experience with adolescents ages 10-17 and passion for the LGBTQ+ community. Full-time volunteers will serve June 08- 15, must attend virtual team building/ training as scheduled and pass a level 2 background check. Full day support staff will serve 1 full day of program support, must attend at least 1 virtual team building session and pass a level 2 background check. Full-time counselors will be paired together and assigned to a cabin with up to 10 young people. Counselors will be with campers the entire week, with the exception of assigned self-care breaks.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Full Time	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The 2022 March for Marrow California will celebrate 13 years of advocacy this year by staging its first IN-PERSON March for Marrow LA since 2019. The 13th Annual March for Marrow 5K Run and Patient & Family Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Shoreline Village in Long Beach California.

March for Marrow California persevered through COVID-19 with VIRTUAL events. Last year we even went STATEWIDE, running and walking from southern to northern California. We are going to continue that option, because California is a huge state, with many rural areas where doctors have never seen a bone marrow failure patient – and we need to educate them for that first case.

To satisfy our statewide reach in 2021, we produced a video event recognizing many of our wonderful sponsors, doctors, patients, family members and partners in California. This year it is back to basics with a 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk for individuals or teams; our Champion TBA; lots of comradery; and our popular Silent Auction with some wonderful gifts from our generous committee members up and down the state.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Leadership: Set-Up	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Set-Up 5K Run & Walk START	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership" 5K Registration	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Registration Patient & Family Walk	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: 5K Course Monitors & Water Stop	2	n/a	n/a
5K Course Monitors	24	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Set Up Course Monitors, 1-Mile & 2-Mile Patient & Family Walk	2	n/a	n/a
Walk Course Monitors	16	n/a	n/a
Memory Board	2	n/a	n/a
Break Down	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The 2022 March for Marrow Texas will celebrate 13 years of advocacy this year by staging its first IN-PERSON March for Marrow TX since 2019. The 13th Annual March for Marrow 5K Run and Patient & Family Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Northshore Park, The Woodlands.

For the last two years March for Marrow Texas went VIRTUAL and STATEWIDE, running and walking across the state of Texas as well as in The Woodlands. We are going to continue that option, because Texas is a huge state, with many rural areas where doctors have never seen a bone marrow failure patient – and we need to educate them for that first case. This year it is back to basics with a 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk for individuals or teams; our 2022 STAR, Ron Duncan; lots of comradery; and a raffle with some wonderful gifts from Texas and The Woodlands.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Leadership, Set-Up	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: 5K Registration	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Registration Patient & Family Walk	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Course Monitors	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: 5K Start & Walk START, Set-Up & Management	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Food & Drink	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: 5K & Volunteer Awards	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Memory Board	2	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Break Down	6	n/a	n/a
Leadership: Photography	2	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Healthy Waltham (HW) is a community health organization that promotes healthy eating, active living opportunities, and mental wellness for the most vulnerable residents in Waltham--including recent immigrants, low-income seniors and families with young children. You can support their cause by donating to their biweekly food pantry!


LOGISTICS: Sign up to schedule a time for goods drop-off. The list of needed items are below:

Cooking oil
Flour
Sugar
Soy sauce
Shelf-stable tofu
Coffee
Tea
Oatmeal
Tuna
Peanut Butter
Paper Goods
Soap
Shampoo
Diapers
About the organization: HW's mission is to remove barriers to access, education and affordability, making healthy living more accessible to those who live and work in our community. In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Healthy Waltham immediately pivoted to fight the hunger needs of Waltham’s low-income residents. Today, HW is at the center of the emergency food response in Waltham. The organization has more than quadrupled its food emergency pantry service since then (from serving 400 families once a month pre-COVID to 850 – 950 families per pantry nearly 3-4x/month).