Maybe you're a natural do-gooder, or perhaps your altruistic inclinations are spurred more by work or school requirements than your own fuzzy feelings toward humanity. Either way, finding volunteer opportunities is a little more difficult than just showing up at your local soup kitchen. Not to worry: Internet to the rescue!
GiveGab is an under-the-radar social network for volunteers that has been quietly partnering with colleges and nonprofits across the country over the last two years. Quietly is the key word: GiveGab has been focused on growing its network organically and without a lot of fuss. After all, volunteering is serious business.
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GiveGab asks about your skills and experience to better match you to volunteer opportunities.
"I like to say we're like LinkedIn for volunteering [because] LinkedIn has similar functionality to Facebook but a completely different context," says GiveGab CEO Charlie Mulligan. "I think [GiveGab] falls in the middle: We're not about really trivial things like Facebook and we're not super serious like LinkedIn. We're in between."
Like LinkedIn (or Facebook or basically all other social networks), when you sign up for GiveGab you build out a profile. On GiveGab, your profile acts as a volunteer resume—you can search for nonprofits or they can search for you based on interests and skills.
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