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About Online Volunteering: Information Non-Profit Organizations Can Use by Macdonald Youth Services' (MYS) pioneering online volunteer program developer, Randy Tyler. MYS has been at the forefront involving volunteers via the Internet from around the world since 1998.

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How to Exchange Files with Online Volunteers � 17 Free Web-Based Services to Use

Download 17 Free File Exchange Services |Winnipeg, Canada, March 25, 2008: Working with online volunteers usually involves the exchange of files, often exceeding e-mail attachment limits. With limited financial resources, how then can a non-profit organization successfully work with their Internet-based volunteers? Due to an ever expanding list of free Web-based file transfer services, one [...]...

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[ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:11:35 +0000 ]

Create an Online Volunteer Opportunity to Match Virtual Volunteer�s Skills

Download Virginia Dakiniewich Interview Close to four years ago, virtual volunteer Virginia Dakiniewich had noticed an online volunteer opportunity posted on Charity Village. Interested in this Internet-based volunteer research assistant position, the Saskatoon resident e-mailed Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) in Winnipeg, about 450 miles away. However, after she submitted her online volunteer application, it [...]...

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[ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:42:01 +0000 ]

Video Shows Where to List Online Volunteer Opportunities - The Global Directory by Randy Tyler

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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[ Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:09:21 +0000 ]

How to Retain Online Volunteers, for Years - A Best Practices Example

Download Tu Loan St-Cyr Interview Winnipeg, Canada, February 1, 2008 -- After nearly seven years of online volunteering for a charitable organization 1200 miles away, Toronto area resident, Tu Loan St-Cyr, is taking a leave of absence from a charitable organization she has never seen. St-Cyr, who began Internet-based volunteering with Winnipeg-based charitable organization Macdonald [...]...

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[ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:47:02 +0000 ]

Online Volunteer Shows Quality Video Production Doable via the Internet

Download Kibben Miller Interview Winnipeg, Canada, December 19, 2007: It was 2004 when Detroit-based Kibben Miller came across an Internet-based volunteer opportunity that he saw as a perfect fit for both his lifestyle and skill set as a video editor. Although Miller was initially somewhat skeptical of whether or not the Internet could be used [...]...

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[ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:30:22 +0000 ]

Canadian on Working European Vacation Finds Online Volunteering with Canadian Charity by Chance

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 [...]...

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[ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:09:03 +0000 ]

MYS Launches Global Directory of Web Sites that List Online Volunteer Opportunities

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 [...]...

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[ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:59:29 +0000 ]

10 Reasons a Non-Profit Organization Should Use A Free Web-Based Instant Messaging Service to Communicate with their Online Volunteers

Download 10 Reasons to Use Plugoo IM �� By Kimberly Mickelson Although voice e-mail, video mail and video conferencing can provide enhanced forms of communication, a non-profit organization should also provide a Web-based instant messaging tool to allow easy communication with any of their online volunteers or potential Internet-based volunteers. One such free (text-based) instant messaging service [...]...

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[ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:34:10 +0000 ]

How to Subscribe to and Play Podcasts Using Apple�s Free iTunes

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 [...]...

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[ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:44:46 +0000 ]

MYS Launches Online Volunteering Resource and Podcast

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 [...]...

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[ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:17:14 +0000 ]

Free Eyejot Video Mail Puts a Human Face on Online Volunteer Programs

Download Video Mail and Online Volunteering by Peter Drew� If it�s been a while since you�ve sat in front of your computer, used a new application, and said, �Now, that�s pretty cool,� then check out Eyejot. Eyejot is an easy-to-use online video messaging service that takes e-mail to the next level of communication. Creating Video Mail is Easy [...]...

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[ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:47:54 +0000 ]

How to Record and Send Voice E-Mail to Your Online Volunteers - An Instructional Video

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 [...]...

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[ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:05:13 +0000 ]

Online Volunteers Play a Key Role in Success of Special Events

Download Thanking Special Event Online VolsDownload Thanking Special Event Online VolsWinnipeg, Canada, July 30, 2007: Many not-for-profit organizations still rely (only)�on face-to-face volunteers to help plan, organize and execute their special events. However, Canadian-based charitable organization, Macdonald Youth Services (MYS), has demonstrated that Internet-based volunteers can play a key role in the success of special [...]...

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[ Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:14:13 +0000 ]

Online Volunteering: A Great Fit for Retired Albertan

Download Interview with Gail DrinnanWinnipeg, Canada, June 21, 2007: It was 2005 and retired�Albertan Gail Drinnan couldn't find a local online volunteer opportunity that matched her skills and interests. Now two years later, Drinnan still continues to share her time and talents via the Internet to help Macdonald Youth Services (MYS), a charitable organization located [...]...

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[ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:01:13 +0000 ]

Online Volunteering - How to Productively Manage Your E-mail (An Instructional Video)

Download How to Use ThunderbirdWinnipeg, Canada, June 5, 2007 - By its very nature, managing an online volunteer program involves an extensive amount of e-mail communication. Thus, failing to manage your e-mail in an efficient and effective way can result in an extensive waste of time and lost productivity. Fortunately many e-mail applications (such as [...]...

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[ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:19:41 +0000 ]

Does Job Satisfaction Encourage Online Volunteering?

Download Interview with Middle East Online Volunteer Eugen BodolakMiddle East-Based�Software Developer�Contributes Online to a Canadian Charity 6,000 Miles AwayWinnipeg, Canada, May 2, 2007: Eugen Bodolak, a computer programmer living in the Middle East, sought out a rewarding online volunteer opportunity via an Internet search. Unfamiliar with online volunteering, what attracted this programmer to virtually volunteer [...]...

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[ Wed, 02 May 2007 08:21:09 +0000 ]

How to Use Skype: An Instructional Video Playable on Windows or Mac

Download How to Use Skype: An Instructional VideoWinnipeg, Canada, April 7, 2007: Although Skype states their VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) application is relatively "easy to download, install and use", a video tutorial may help those with installing and using this program for the first time. As apart of the best practises publication about Online [...]...

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[ Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:07:46 +0000 ]

Volunteer Online to Enhance Your Resume: Boston-Based Online Volunteer Graphic Designer

Download Lauren Kennedy Interview Winnipeg, Canada, March 27, 2007: Lauren Kennedy had just graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts. She knew that undertaking real-world graphic design projects would serve to build her portfolio and enhance her resume. Although unfamiliar with online volunteering, Kennedy then living in Toronto, leaped at the opportunity to help a [...]...

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[ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:43:49 +0000 ]

Online Volunteering: Small Business Owner, Multimedia Designer Experiences the Rewards and Ease of Online Volunteering

Download Dan Tombs InterviewWinnipeg, Canada, February 27, 2007: When self-employed multimedia creator Dan Tombs was contacted by a Canadian charity about volunteering via the Internet, he did not realize the rewards and ease of helping from home -- a way of volunteering he had not known about."It [online volunteering] was actually more fulfilling than any [...]...

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[ Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:59:53 +0000 ]

With 60 - 80 Hour Work Weeks, Why Does the�Man Behind the Microphone�Volunteer Online?

Download Chuck Brown InterviewWinnipeg, Canada, January 10, 2007: Chuck Brown, a gifted voice over artist, piano musician/composer and Web designer works 60 - 80 hours a week. Why would a man this busy volunteer online for a charitable organization about 1,000 miles away? Brown, based in Columbus, Ohio has been volunteering online, sharing his voice [...]...

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[ Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:06:26 +0000 ]

Saying Thank You to Your Online Volunteers at Year�s End: Record a Voice Message

Download MYS Thank YouMacdonald Youth Services (MYS), a Canadian-based charitable healing and support organization has been working successfully�with highly-skilled�online volunteers from around the�world since 1998. With the new year approaching and when you can't just�reach out and touch,�how can a non-profit�organization, such as MYS,�communicate a personal�thank you to�their globally dispersed volunteers�for making a difference from [...]...

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[ Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:03:24 +0000 ]

Using Skype with Online Volunteers: A Powerful Tool

Download Standard PodcastWinnipeg, Canada, November 9, 2006: In working with online volunteers, there are certain types of tasks where real time voice communication can be an efficient way to solve a problem quickly. When Canadian-based charitable organization Macdonald Youth Services'(MYS) encounters these types of situations, they reach for Skype, a free cross-platform computer application that [...]...

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[ Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:38:27 +0000 ]

Interview with MYS Montreal-Based Online Volunteer Lav Plourde (Web Designer)

Download Lavlette Plourde Narration�I�m used to eating breakfast with a cup of coffee in one hand and a mouse in the other�. This statement typically describes Lavlette (Lav) Plourde, Macdonald Youth Services� (MYS) longest serving Online Volunteer who recently clocked up an amazing 1000 hours of volunteer service. Lav, who resides in Quebec, was one [...]...

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[ Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:15:19 +0000 ]

Online Volunteering News RSS Feed Launched by Leading Canadian Charity

Download Standard PodcastWinnipeg, Canada, June 14, 2006: Macdonald Youth Services (MYS), a leading Winnipeg-based registered charitable organization, launched their Virtual Volunteering News and Online Volunteering Announcements RSS Feed today. With their RSS Feed, other charities and non-profit organizations around the globe will be able to easily stay informed about developments in their leading-edge virtual volunteering [...]...

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[ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:44:52 +0000 ]

Internet-Based Volunteering Shows No Limits: Online Volunteers from Canada and the US Join Virtual Hands to Produce TV PSA for Winnipeg Charity

DownloadiPod: MYS TV PSADownload Flash: MYS TV PSA Download MPG1: MYS TV PSAWinnipeg, Canada, May 31, 2005: Without a budget for TV production, Macdonald Youth Services (MYS), a leading Winnipeg-based registered charitable organization, set out to recruit online volunteers to produce what is usually thought not doable via the Internet: create an engaging video [...]...

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[ Thu, 05 May 2005 02:41:32 +0000 ]

Randy Tyler to Present at IAVE�s World Volunteer Conference: Barcelona, Spain

Download Standard PodcastWinnipeg, MB, August 5, 2004 � Macdonald Youth Services� Randy Tyler will deliver a presentation entitled "Online Volunteerism: An Effective, Diverse Approach to Sustaining Volunteerism in the Non-Profit Sector Today� at the 18th IAVE World Volunteer Conference to be held at the International Conference Center in Barcelona, Spain from August 17 to August [...]...

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[ Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:36:53 +0000 ]

Unique Multimedia Resource About Online Volunteerism Will Be Published and Distributed Free, Worldwide, By Canadian Charity

Download Standard PodcastWinnipeg, CANADA, July 28, 2004: Lead by Randy Tyler's six years of pioneering work with far-flung online volunteers, Canadian-based charity Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) will publish and distribute to non-profits organizations worldwide, a free and unique, multi-media "how-to" resource about online volunteerism.Worldwide online users are projected to top one billion by the [...]...

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[ Sat, 26 Jul 2003 02:27:40 +0000 ]

CBC TV Newsworld: Interview about Online Volunteering with Randy Tyler Posted

Download PodcastDownload FlashOn February 4, 2002 CBC TV produced a "Big Picture" look at volunteerism in Canada. As part of this day-long feature entitled "The Kindness of Strangers", Randy Tyler was interviewed about the nationally recognized Virtual Volunteer program he developed at Macdonald Youth Services (MYS). Randy, in Winnipeg, was also joined in the Toronto [...]...

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[ Thu, 07 Feb 2002 00:52:19 +0000 ]

CTV Canada AM: Online Volunteering (Interview with Randy Tyler)

Download FlashDownload Standard PodcastOn Friday, April 6, 2001, Online Tutor Amanda Brown from Toronto and MYS webmaster and volunteer co-ordinator, Randy Tyler, were interviewed on CTV's Canada AM about MYS' virtual volunteering program....

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[ Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:26:27 +0000 ]

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