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title: "What Is Micro-Volunteering? A Plain Explanation"
description: "Micro-volunteering is noncommittal volunteering that lets busy people help in small ways. What it is, why it works, and how to offer it in your organization."
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# What is Micro-Volunteering?

**Micro-volunteering is volunteering that can be done in small bursts.** It's a way to get involved without having to make a big commitment, which would typically prevent extremely busy people from being able to participate. Instead, it allows people to help as their schedule allows. It can be hard as a volunteer manager to switch gears from thinking you need to provide ongoing opportunities for your volunteers to alternatively providing short-term ways to serve, but **remember: micro-volunteering allows you to establish more relationships that can evolve into bigger commitments in the future.**

**Examples of micro-volunteering: **

- Signing a petition
- Donating goods
- Running a sponsored race
- Reposting a message on social media
- Baking cookies for a sale

Micro-volunteering can help your organization to attract a greater number of people to get involved and it can pave the way to more long-term volunteer commitments. It might be time to **start thinking about what micro-volunteering opportunities your organization can bring into your community. **

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