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Download About Online Vol Video PSA Download About Online Vol Audio PSA Winnipeg, Canada, October 11, 2007: Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) officially launched their Web-based resource and podcast about online volunteering for non-profit organizations entitled "About Online Volunteering: Information Non-Profit Organizations Can Use".
This Online Volunteering Web resource and podcast shares MYS's successes in working with online volunteers from around the globe over the last nine years... Read Full Story
Download Global Dir to List OV Opps PSA Winnipeg, Canada, November 20, 2007: Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) launched "The Global Directory of Web Sites that List Online Volunteer Opportunities", today. This unique global directory, which is organized by country, will allow any non-profit organization to easily find Web sites to list their Internet-based volunteer opportunities. All Web sites listed in the directory provide the name of the Web site, the site's URL, who is eligible to list... Read Full Story
Download Interview - Becky Heaman In the fall of 2006, Becky Heaman of Calgary (Canada) had sold her house, quit her job and set out on a working European vacation of her lifetime. After establishing Dublin, Ireland as her home base, Heaman sought out a volunteer opportunity to help her get connected with her new surroundings. In her quest to find a local volunteer opportunity, she did a search on a Volunteer Ireland Web site. To her surprise, the search popped up an online volunteer... Read Full Story
Download How to Use iTunes as a PodcatcherWinnipeg, Canada, October 29, 2007: Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) announces the release of an iTunes instructional video entitled "How to Subscribe to and Play Podcasts Using Apple's iTunes". Podcasts, which are downloadable audio or video files, are a productive way to learn about trends and issues that impact online volunteering within non-profit organizations. iTunes, the dominant free podcatcher available for both Windows or Macs, allows the non... Read Full Story
Download How to Create Voice E-Mail Winnipeg, Canada, August 27, 2007: Voice e-mail is one productivity application that non-profit organizations should be using to communicate with their online volunteers. There are certain situations where text-based e-mail is not as effective or efficient as voice e-mail in conveying a message to your Internet-based volunteers.
"I often use voice e-mail to communicate with our online volunteers", commented Macdonald Youth Services' (MYS) Online Volunteer... Read Full Story
Download FLV Video Download iPod Video Winnipeg, Canada, February 16, 2008: Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) released a video about "The Global Directory of Web Sites that List Online Volunteer Opportunities". This unique global directory, which was officially launched by MYS in November 2007, allows any non-profit organization to easily find Web sites to list their [...]
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Interview with MYS Montreal-Based Online Volunteer Lav Plourde (Web Designer) Read Full Story
Lindsey Baum was walking home from a friends house while it was still light out on June 26th and she never arrived home. When she did not arrive home in time for her curfew, her mother when out looking for her. She could not find her and she called the police. At least two people have come forward stating they had saw Lindsey Baum walking home that night, but soon after, she disappeared without a trace. So far there have been no leads in her disappearance and the police cannot even prove... Read Full Story
