March 11th presentation at Denver/Boulder Startup and Founder Meetup

1. e entful!
Volunteers
Eventful! Volunteers
Bringing Active People Together to Help
Event-ful: Having great meaning or lasting effect, having important results
or consequences, momentous

2. Jean McAuliffe - Founder
Extensive experience with software start-ups
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Active in running and bicycling events
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Founder and past leader of Boulder High FIRST-
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For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology
Sometime community volunteer
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3. Barriers to Volunteering
79% didn't want a regular schedule
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70% said they have no time
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68% said they haven't been asked
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Sept 8, 2008 AARP report

4. Eventful! Volunteers- Unique Idea
Find a new source of volunteers that want to give
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more, but are challenged to find the time
Go to where the people are
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− Personal Endurance activities – running, biking,
triathlons
− Professional business activities such as conferences
− Bring people together in technology to help non-profits
(GiveCamp, Agile Learn-athons, etc)

5. Be A Self-Supporting Nonprofit
Don't take away from existing nonprofit donation
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pool
Apply for-profit model of generating revenue
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− Registrations – additional $/person to sign up for
endurance and conferences
− Companies - small charge per employee - $10 (tax
deductible) per year for Software-As-A-Service Count
Me In Portal for tracking volunteer hours

6. Example – Moab Half-Marathon
Endurance Event – March 20 Expo
Sign up on a Facebook Event page
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3 activities to choose from
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− Moab Multicultural Center – office help
− Youth Garden Project – help out with Pasta dinner
− Help pick up trash/recyclables along creek
Next year – sign up will be on race registration
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form

7. Specific Needs for Business
Need a partner who shares passion for
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volunteerism and ability to help get this off the
ground
Need other people to help execute – web
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application development, working with nonprofits
to arrange projects, working with race and
conference managers, and companies

8. Other Immediate Need- GiveCamp
Event
July 2nd 5pm – July 4th 4pm – Give-cation
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− Weekend long event for software developers,
designers, DBA's to donate their time to create custom
software for non-profits
− Need people to help organize
− http://givecamp.org/
− http://www.facebook.com/event.php?
eid=66483123872

9. Get More Information
My Blog http://eventfulvolunteers.blogspot.com/
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LinkedIn: Eventful! Volunteers Group
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Facebook: Eventful! Volunteers Group – 2 Events
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currently (Moab and GiveCamp)
Follow me on Twitter: @jmcauliffe
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Email: jean.mcauliffe@eventfulvolunteers.org
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