Sample Online Task Description
Assignment:
Weekly Research and Monthly Postings on America Online
organization sponsoring this opportunity:
Virtual Volunteering Project
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/
National organization, based in Austin, Texas
opportunity description
We need someone with an AOL account to monitor areas on AOL relating to volunteerism and community engagement, particularly virtual volunteering. This same person would need to post VIRTUAL VERVE each month to appropriate areas of AOL. America Online is the largest Internet Service Provider in the world.
hours opportunity will take to complete
10 hours
weeks volunteer will have to complete this opportunity
1 - 3 months
will this job involve work directly with clients rather than or in addition to staff or other volunteers?
no
volunteer skills\equipment needed
(a computer and regular access to the Internet are always a must):
Access to America Online, knowledge of how to search certain areas of AOL, attention to detail, thoughtful and careful reading of stories to glean only certain articles, commitment to deadlines.
This opportunity is totally virtual (volunteer doesn't have to be onsite at the org)
This opportunity has no expiration date (this opportunity is always available unless currently filled)
If you are interested in this opportunity, you will need to e-mail us with:
- The name of the assignment in which you are interested
- Your Name (first and last, please, not your screen name)
- Daytime Telephone Number
- Email Address
- How you meet the skill requirements described in this volunteer
opportunity
Feel free to add any additional information into this e-mail, to demonstrate your interest and commitment to this assignment, and previous experience relating to this assignment.
You may be required to canswer additional questions, go through an online or phone orientation, or submit samples of your work before you are given this virtual assignment.
We cannot guarantee that you will receive this online assignment; matching potential volunteers to tasks is at the discretion of the organization. Also, some assignments may be "full" by the time you contact the organization. In case you do not get an online assignment in which you expressed interest, check back to this site for another assignment, or, view this information on how to find virtual opportunities.
PLEASE do not start on this or any virtual opportunity until you have communicated with the organization and received permission to do so.