Taking the "I" Out of Volunteering

So many nonprofits, so many causes, so much need. If only there were more volunteers to help.

Not so fast. The truth is that volunteer numbers are not the issue.

According to a recent discovery by LinkedIn, more than six million people indicated on their LinkedIn profiles that they’d like to use their skills to volunteer at nonprofits, but only 55,000 volunteer opportunities have been listed.

As reported by the Financial Times, this gap is growing wider by the day. Meg Garlinghouse, who leads LinkedIn for Good, the company’s social impact program, told the Times, “Every week, we get about 100,000 more professionals checking the box but we only get a couple of hundred more opportunities on the network.”

Addressing this problem is why I launched Causecast, a platform designed to engage employees in community service and connect them with opportunities to make a difference.
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- Taking the "I" Out of Volunteering (Ryan Scott, Forbes, 15.08.2015)