Is there any online aggregator for short term volunteering opportunities with EA-affiliated orgs?
Anecdotally I’ve seen a lot of interest in volunteering among the EAs in my area, but a quick search for volunteering opportunities online only shows the more traditional “staff a soup kitchen” or “do phone banking” style opportunities. While certainly these are good things, it seems against the ethos of doing the most good with limited resources. Many of the EAs near me are professionals with expertise in high-demand / low-supply skill sets, and it seems like there ought to be a low-friction way for them to use their competitive advantages towards direct-impact work.
To make things concrete I’m imagining a site like Fiverr or Task Rabbit with tasks like “help us analyze the data from this study” or “design marketing materials” or “copyedit this communications letter”. I imagine all tasks would be relatively small in scope (1-15 hours of work) and self-contained (able to be comprehensively understood by someone with relevant skills with <30 minutes of explanation). Perhaps there could be something on the site where you can sort opportunities by expected impact / cause area / skills required / etc.
Thanks this is a great question—this kind of thing could be super useful to our org and I’m interested to see if there is something like this out there.
Is there any online aggregator for short term volunteering opportunities with EA-affiliated orgs?
Anecdotally I’ve seen a lot of interest in volunteering among the EAs in my area, but a quick search for volunteering opportunities online only shows the more traditional “staff a soup kitchen” or “do phone banking” style opportunities. While certainly these are good things, it seems against the ethos of doing the most good with limited resources. Many of the EAs near me are professionals with expertise in high-demand / low-supply skill sets, and it seems like there ought to be a low-friction way for them to use their competitive advantages towards direct-impact work.
To make things concrete I’m imagining a site like Fiverr or Task Rabbit with tasks like “help us analyze the data from this study” or “design marketing materials” or “copyedit this communications letter”. I imagine all tasks would be relatively small in scope (1-15 hours of work) and self-contained (able to be comprehensively understood by someone with relevant skills with <30 minutes of explanation). Perhaps there could be something on the site where you can sort opportunities by expected impact / cause area / skills required / etc.
Does anything like this already exist?
There are various posts about volunteering here.
I’ve linked some below that might be the most relevant.
Volunteering isn’t free
Effective Volunteering
What is a good answer for people new to EA that request advice on volunteering?
Why You Should Consider Skilled Volunteering
Thanks this is a great question—this kind of thing could be super useful to our org and I’m interested to see if there is something like this out there.
In my mindmap (tinyurl.com/eamindmap) I have this website for volunteering: https://doinggoodnow.webflow.io/ (although I don’t have experience with them yet).
The opportunity board has unpaid positions (I think for younger people and for gaining career capital): https://ea-internships.pory.app/board
EA worldclub has some projects listed: https://www.eawork.club/jobs
It’s always possible to do advocacy, e.g. for animals: https://thehumaneleague.org/fast-action-network
Amd maybe I’m still missing resources?
I’d add ImpactCoLabs (I’d look here first, before other resources) and the Animal Volunteer Opportunities Board.
Thanks, I’ve added both to the mindmap: tinyurl.com/eamindmap, putting ImpactCoLabs on the top.