Recruit Techs and Geeks To Volunteer

MeetUpNYC - WordCamp, November 2009

Manhattan – Nonprofit organizations willing to step out of their traditional volunteer recruiting box can tap in to pools of  techs and geeks where they gather and meet potential volunteers.  The newest technology is often unavailable to nonprofit organizations struggling to continue their missions with diminishing contributions. Many do not have funds to hire or contract persons with skill sets to help create or improve their online presence.   They do not benefit from technologies that add to fund raising efforts and successfully advance visions and missions.

Go Where They Gather:  Three places to start

Meetups, WordCamps, social media and blog conferences attract large numbers of technology fluent persons to events open to anyone with an interest in participating in Manhattan and cities all over the world.

Register at Meetup.com to connect, in person, with people interested in sharing and learning all types of technology.

Mashmeet is mashable.com, the world’s largest Web 2.0 and social media blog, meetup.

Look for open source content management and blog meetups for WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

Attend a WordCamp.  WordCamps are open to wordpress.com and wordpress.org users and anyone interested in learning how to use WordPress.