How our online volunteering platform works
As any startup we started with the idea. Our idea was to make volunteering a habit for millions professionals. If you want to make something a part of someones routine you need to work really inside the comfort zone of a person. That is why in The Time Donors we are reconsidering the way how professionals volunteer by offering them (1) volunteer with their skill-set and (2) completely online.
The Time Donors is a social enterprise, an online volunteering platform that allows experts (individuals or companies employees) to donate their professional time by consulting other people or companies online, with transfer monetary help to the world’s charity organisations.
How it works for volunteers
- Volunteers register at www.thetimedonors.com, and set up topics (themes) for their volunteering. Topics are based on experiences, skills and talents of volunteers.
- External users (individuals or small companies) place monetary bids for the topic on the platform.
- The winning user receives the consultation online from the volunteer. Raised money are transferred to the charity of the volunteer’s choice.
As a multi-sided platform The Time Donors has value proposition to every active side of the platform. For the External users, the value is that they can get professional consultancy for affordable price and to also help the society by paying money to charity. For Volunteers (“Time Donors”), it’s the opportunity to make social impact with their professional knowledge, while having the freedom of choosing the exact time for volunteering and the ease of getting started. For all participants the value is mostly in the reduction of search and transaction costs.
We see The Time Donors as a project that can improve lives of millions of people, with a potential to have big social impact.
Hey, We are building The Time Donors! A first online marketplace for your skill-set volunteering. If you are a professional willing to participate, this special link is for you to join the movement — thetimedonors.com/becometimedonor.
I am Elena Avramenko, the Founder of The Time Donors. I am passionate about technological product development and I can effectively lead teams through the end-to-end lifespan of complex digital products from concept to product market fit and growth. Do you like to speak? Email me at elena@thetimedonors.com.
