"Mirco-volunteering, just like normal volunteering, only one-eight the size." Number Two (kinda).
I usually cringe when I hear the phrase "Micro-Volunteering".
It brings to mind images of people clicking on a Facebook like-button for something like Save Darfur expecting that they've actually done something useful for Darfur. Perhaps they've raised awareness of what's happening in Darfur by just a smidgen as people read their Facebook feed, but that is about it.
Then I saw this video by Ben Rigby at a TED talk.
Very interesting. If this is what micro-volunteering is, then I like it. Perhaps we should rename Facebook like-button-activism as nano-volunteering? Maybe even yocto-volunteering?
We can't all head off to "deepest darkest Africa" and try to work with the less fortunate. We can all volunteer in small ways though and work together to make this world a better place
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