MovingWorlds in the News

“I would just sit in some meetings and think about how little everything mattered.”

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Careershifters, Febuary 2018
In 2003 Derk founded the consultancy firm Fair Ventures, which later spun-off into the BiD Network Foundation. With offices in Amsterdam and partners in over 20 countries today, supporting emerging market entrepreneurs to get access to finance.Read More

Derk Norde and MovingWorlds: Bridging the Talent Gap for Emerging Social Enterprises

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Inovate Podcast, Febuary 2018
In 2003 Derk founded the consultancy firm Fair Ventures, which later spun-off into the BiD Network Foundation. With offices in Amsterdam and partners in over 20 countries today, supporting emerging market entrepreneurs to get access to finance.Read More

Ensuring That Skilled Volunteers Land with Impact

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Industry News, Febuary 2018
A lack of access to skills stifles the growth of social impact initiatives around the world—especially new or locally led organizations looking to achieve scale. These organizations can benefit immensely from the targeted infusion of skills, knowledge, industry insights, and in-person support that traveling skill-based volunteers can deliver.Read More

View from Seattle: Nine ways to create a bigger tent for impact investing in 2018

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Industry News, Febuary 2018
Impact Investing first gained in popularity for its work in emerging economies and more underserved areas as a complement to philanthropy. But impact investing is as relevant locally in the US as it is internationally.Read More

Take the Leap: How to Transition into a Social Good Career

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tbd*, Febuary 2018
Changing careers is scary. Finding a job that contributes to the greater good is rare — and doing both at the same is almost unheard of for many of us. Or is it? Ready to take that leap this year and go after the career that lights you? You’re not alone.Read More

To Develop Innovative Leaders, We Need More Innovative Leadership Development Programs

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Thrive Global, Febuary 2018
According to research by McKinsey, leadership development programs at even the top companies are ineffectual — many are even BS. But leadership development professionals aren’t too blame. On account of short-term growth pressures, the majority of CEO’s are reactive at best when it comes to properly funding leadership development until they are faced with no alternative.Read More

Looking For Your Career Calling? This ‘Experteering’ Team Helps You Find It (While Making the World a Better Place)

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ProFellow, November 2017
Jamie might look like your typical consultant: A determined strategist, a Master’s Degree, and a whiz with Microsoft Excel. But her path to leadership at a West Coast social good consulting company, advising internationally acclaimed organizations like PATH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was anything but normal.Read More

GivingTuesday is November 28th – Here’s How You Can Easily Contribute

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Movingworlds Blog, November 2017
As we approach a season of indulgence, Giving Tuesday on November 28th is the perfect time to reflect about what matters most this holiday season. The holidays are a great time of sharing moments with friends and family, but it’s no secret that sometimes we go a little overboard whether that be at the dinner table, on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or through some good old-fashioned holiday shopping. This season, we encourage you to give the greatest gift: the gift of giving back.Read More

Earning a Job That You’ll Love AND That Makes The World Better

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Huffington Post, October 2017
I just had the pleasure of speaking at the 2017 Net Impact #NI17 conference in Atlanta. Thousands of students and working professionals joined us to learn about how to find fulfilling careers that make the world better. To say it’s an inspiration is an understatement.Read More

Apply to be a MovingWorlds Institute Fellow

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ProFellow, October 2017
The MovingWorlds Institute is for high-achieving professionals that want to make a positive impact with their career. It is a transformative, cohort-based, international experience that empowers you to make a positive impact with your career — whether you’re staying in your job or looking for a new one.Read More

Change the World on Your Next Vacation

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Changemaker, August 2017
Many organizations working to make real change in the field are doomed to fail before they reach year two. This Valley of Death (also known as the Pioneer Gap) gobbles up the inspiring initiatives of people with passion, a mission, and a plan. While a lack of access to capital is a well-known reason why organizations fail, an even bigger reason is because of the lack of needed skills and manpower to find the momentum to create sustainable change. Read More

Partner Spotlight: Using Better Business Practices to Empower Local Coffee Farmers

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Moving Worlds, August 2017
Compadre is a social enterprise that works with organic farmers to help them get better prices for their coffee. Using an innovative, solar-powered roaster, it can help farmers earn +70% more income than by selling unroasted beans. And as a plus, this solar powered roaster emits 90%+ less carbon dioxide than existing roasters. Compadre recently hosted an Experteering professional to help them fine-tune their business model and coffee roasting profiles, and we sat down with the team to learn more about their inspiring work.Read More

Moving Worlds : matching expertise with volunteer experiences

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King 5, May 2017
There's a Seattle based company that can match your expertise with a rewarding volunteer experience almost anywhere in the world.

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King 5 News, May 2017
There's a Seattle based company that can match your expertise with a rewarding volunteer experience almost anywhere in the world. It is called Moving Worlds. When Jamie Van Horne was looking for the next challenge in her busy career, she wanted some international experience and she wanted to make an impact.Read More

How MovingWorlds can support your Organization

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Movingworlds, April 2017

How The CEO Of The Newman’s Own Foundation Carries On An Unconventional Legacy

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Fast Company, April 2017
In 1982, Paul Newman added a second job to his storied acting career when he launched his own food company Newman’s Own. What made the company unique was its audacious giving pledge: the company donates 100% of its profits to charity.Read More

5 Suprising Benefits to voulenteering

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Forbes, April 2017
The power of volunteering has been documented for the last 2,500+ years, however a slew of recent research is shedding even more light onto its surprising benefits. Science now proves what great leaders and philosophers have known for years: “One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” - Gordon HinckleRead More

Volcanoes, Songs and Laughs: Cross-Cultural Convesation Deepens Bonds Between Students

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Level Up Village, April 2017
Such an amazing experience this week Skyping with our Global Inventor partners in Nicaragua at NicaPhoto and Honduras at Honduras Child Alliance. During the Honduras Skype, students talked about their favorite sports, the types of homes they lived in, and what animals were nearby.Read More

Volcanoes, Songs and Laughs: Cross-Cultural Convesation Deepens Bonds Between Students

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Level Up Village, April 2017
Studying international business is a wise choice for many capable students across the world. As we become an increasingly global society, careers in international business will be in high demand.Read More

Voluntourism and Experteering

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Destination center, January 2018
Volunteer tourism or voluntourism combines travel with service, allowing travelers to use their time and passions and skills towards volunteer opportunities in education, public health, environmental conservation, agriculture, housing development, scientific research, and other arenas in visited communities. Read More

Causeartist Presents: The 37 Social Entrepreneurs To Watch For In 2017

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Cause Artist, January 2017
This will mark the 4th edition of the Social Entrepreneurs to watch for list. If you want to check out the previous years social entrepreneurs you can see them here(2014, 2015, 2016). Over the years I have had the great pleasure of speaking with over 100 social entrepreneurs while running Causeartist. It’s always great to shed more light on social entrepreneurs who are doing incredible things everyday.Read More

Motivating Employees Through Volunteering

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The Global and Mail, October 2016
What if the best way to motivate your staff isn't more vacation time, free food or a games room, but instead an opportunity to use their skills to help others in need?
It's an employee perk sometimes described as a social sabbatical or "experteering," which allows staff to spend paid time away volunteering for social causes close to home or in emerging countries around the world.Read More

Building the Skills of Today’s Social Entrepreneurs

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SOCAP, September 2016
At SOCAP16 there was a lot of talk about building the skills and talents of social entrepreneurs. Beyond access to financial capital, social change leaders need the skills, know-how, and connections to scale their enterprises – and industry leaders are taking notice.Read More

Launch of epExpert with Siemens Stiftung

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Empowering People Network, September 2016
Offering the empowering people. Expert Service (epExpert), Siemens Stiftung devises a program to support social enterprises, inventors and organizations that are part of its empowering people. Network. These often face deficits in knowledge and with workforce and are thereby hindered in the development of their products or services. Read More

7 Websites for Volunteering Abroad

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All the Rooms, September 2016
Want to see the world while improving your professional skills? Maybe you want to spend time making a positive impact, or you’re thinking of taking a gap year without the gap in your resume. We compiled the top seven sites that help you to travel while exchanging your skills for places to stay, so you can start planning your next big adventure.Read More

How to Land an Impact Job You’ll Love

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Huffington Post, August 2016
Earlier this year, we teamed up with Net Impact and Shannon Houde from Walk of Life Consulting to co-host a webinar, How to Land an Impact Job You Love. The webinar was designed to share how professionals can find and create meaning in their career. We packed it with modern theory as well as practical steps that we hope will help you find a fulfilling and rewarding job.Read More

To Make Real Progress On The SDGs, We Need More Collaboration and Communication

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Huffington Post, August 2016
The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3 is a big one: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. But in Ghana, real progress is already being made. Meet Daniel Mensah. Read More

How to Maximize the Benefits of Skills-Based Volunteering

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Devex, July 2016
Mark Horoszowski, founder of the Seattle-based organization MovingWorlds, would be the first to say there is a right and wrong way to volunteer. That’s part of why he and his team coined the term “experteering” — to capture their alternative to the growing voluntourism industry.Read More

New Research Shows There is a Right and Wrong Way for Companies to Manage Corporate Volunteering Programs

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Huffington Post, July 2016
Beyond playing a critical role in solving some of the most pressing challenges of our time, volunteering is also lauded for the benefits it also bestows upon the giver. Studies highlight that volunteering makes people feel wealthier, happier, healthier, and even time rich.Read More

How to Volunteer Your Skills Around the World

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CuaseArtis, June 2016
MovingWorlds is a social impact organization addressing the global talent gap. The online platform and community connects people who want to travel and volunteer their expertise directly with social impact organizations around the world. You can lend your talents in basically every different sector. Read More

How to Create A Human lefted Approach to Corporate Giving

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Fast Company’s CoExist, May 2016
Corporate giving and volunteer initiatives are kind of like unlimited vacation policies–they sound enticing, but most people don’t take advantage of them. Here’s how we can change that.Read More

How I Became an Experteer

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The left for Social Impact Strategy, June 2016
About a year ago, I decided to quit my job and pursue my dream of traveling, volunteering internationally, and learning Spanish. Since then, I’ve traveled across Europe, India, and Bangladesh, and I lived in Lima, Peru in the quest to learn Spanish. Read More

World’s 101 Best Travel Websites: 2016 Edition

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Huffington Post, January 2016
In my position as the Event Director of the annual world travel championship, The Global Scavenger Hunt—some liken me to a traveling circus ringmaster—I have a lot of planning to do. Ten countries spread out around the world, all the personalities, all the logistics, all the hotels.Read More

Five Items Every Overseas Volunteer Should Pack

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Stewardship Report, January 2016
The U.S. leads the world in providing volunteers to work in other countries, according to the blog Moving Worlds. Exact numbers are hard to come by, but statistics from over several years indicate one million or more.Read More

Voluntourism — Scam, or Does It Really Do Good?

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Yahoo, January 2016
Traveling the world and helping out may seem like the perfect win-win, but how much good are you really doing?


You’ve seen the posts in Instagram and Facebook feeds and blog entries everywhere: “Look at me helping the orphans in (choose the exotic location). So cute! So rewarding!” The question is rewarding for whom?Read More

Struggling to Ask for Vacation? Volunteering is Your Golden Ticket

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Huffington Post,January 2016
People don’t take enough vacation, research proves it. New research also shows that it”s negatively affecting them and their employers. As 2015 comes to a close, 40 percent of Americans left half (on average) of their vacations days on the table. In doing so, they missed out on time to rejuvenate, refresh, and relax.Read More

Guest column: Seniors benefit from volunteering

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USA Today’s Citizen-Times, January 2016
“Volunteering with my clients helps me as much as it helps them” says Susan, a Senior Companion Volunteer with Land of Sky Regional Council, as she transports Mrs. G., who doesn’t drive any longer, to the grocery store and a doctor’s appointment.Read More

The Most Important CSR Trend for 2016: A Move Toward Systems-Level Thinking

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Triple Pundit, January 2016
I’m writing this on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. It’s the dead of winter in the North Pole and, somehow, temperatures there are warmer than in the Sahara Desert and parts of Texas. That’s terrifying.Read More

Optimizing International Corporate Volunteer Programs

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Stanford Social Innovation Review, December 2015
When Ashanka, a Microsoft employee of four years, asked her manager for two weeks off to go and volunteer her skills in Africa through the Microsoft MySkills4Afrika program, he raised a skeptical eyebrow.Read More

Do Good While Seeing the World

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The Wayward Post , December 2015
Travel, especially luxury travel to exotic locales, may be the ultimate in personal indulgence. Yet an increasing number of travelers desire to do more than just soak in the scenery and relax in five-star accommodations. They want to combine travel with philanthropic endeavors by either volunteering their services abroad or getting an up-close look into the lives of the people who live in the lands they visit.Read More

5 Steps to Find More Purpose in Your Work and Make an Impact With Your Career

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Huffington Post, December 2015
Today’s workforce wants it all: Earn a good living, make the world a better place, report to good managers, and feel purpose in their work.Read More

Adventure Volunteerism: Taking Voluntourism Up a Notch

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PBS Next Avenue, November 2015
A few months ago, I wrote a Next Avenue article about how my husband, Rick, and I found purpose, adventure and our encore careers in Africa. (We wrote a whole book about it: From Silicon Valley to Swaziland.) Now I want to tell you — if you’re near or in retirement — why I think you should consider combining travel and volunteering, but taking it up a notch from what’s known as “voluntourism.”Read More

How to Use Stretch Assignments to Support Social Good

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Harvard Business Review, November 2015
A proven way to get ahead in your career is to take on stretch assignments. These projects can develop your skills and confidence, as well as prove to leaders that you can succeed at the next level.Read More

Experteering: Use Your Skills to Travel & Give Back

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HoneyTrek, October 2015
While working in the tech and media space in NYC, I was constantly dreaming up a way to connect this sea of professionals to the social impact organizations that desperately need skilled volunteers. Until recently I was contemplating starting a website to do exactly that…then I got connected with MovingWorldsRead More

Developing Tomorrow’s Impact Leaders

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SOCAPtv, October 2015

Tips for 1st Time International Volunteers:

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Mapping Megan, September
When you’re planning your first trip abroad as an international volunteer, there are many considerations to think about beyond making a list of what you should pack. For instance, is the program an ethical one? How much will it cost? What is that money paying for? Who will the program truly benefit? Do you have the right skills?Read More

Escaping the Volunteer Vacation with a Volunteer Vacation

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Huffington Post, August 2015
The summer vacation season may be winding down, but fall is a beautiful time to get away — especially in retirement! “Volunteer” and “vacation” may seem like a contradiction of terms — why work on your relaxing holiday? But some travelers over 50 are trading sunning on beaches, standing in line at crowded tourist traps, and taking tours that make you feel like you’re looking at the culture from behind a window for more of an experience. Read More

Leverage the Impact of Your Volunteering

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Forbes, August 2015
Feeling that we are making progress in meaningful work is core to being higher-performing and happier, according The Progress Principle coauthor Teresa Amabile. Not surprisingly, companies and employees that take that same stance in volunteer work are able to grow faster. One way to optimize that notion is to enable would-be volunteers to use their best talents on projects where their skills are needed and allow them to gain new talents in the process. Read More

The Secret Weapon Most Job Hunters Don't Know About

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The Muse, July 2015
Landing your dream job is hard work. You spend hours each night combing through listings, trying to find the perfect company and role. Then, you take even more time perfecting your application. And even after all that, you’re not guaranteed the job—or even an interview. So, what can you do to up your chances of scoring that coveted position?Read More

When Experts Volunteer, Good Happens

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Forbes, July 2015
"I feel like we've stumbled on this incredibly obvious epiphany, when you give what you're good at, you get better at it. You help others while helping yourself," says Mark Horoszowski.Read More

MEET: Mark Horoszowski, Cofounder MovingWorlds

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Catalyst, July 2015
Mark has a Master's in Accounting, but his true call is with MovingWorlds, a social impact organization addressing the global talent gap. Their online platform and community connects people who want to travel and volunteer their expertise directly, or ""experteer,"" with social impact organizations around the world.Read More

Aid Work Advice

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TinySpark, July 2015
We recently hosted a debate about billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s decision to donate $400 million to his alma mater, Harvard University. We explored whether the Ivy League is a worthy cause, or if Paulson’s money could have done more good elsewhere … Read More

7 Research-Backed Reasons Your Business Should be Socially Responsible

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Huffington Post, June 2015
We all want to work at a company that does more good than harm, but it’s not always obvious how to help our companies do that... until now. LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner recently spoke at the Aspen Institute about why business can — and should — be a force for good. He articulated that for companies to be a force for good, leadership needs to be bought-in, but gaining that buy-in can be challenging.Read More

Seattle Company Working to Do Good With Experteering

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KOMO News, June 2015
The company, 4-year-old MovingWorlds.org, is based in Seattle and brands itself as offering an alternative way for experts to volunteer their time in a foreign land. The company calls it "experteering". "It's like a dating site, we recommend projects for you that best match your profile and preferences," said co-founder Mark Horszowski. Read More

When Volunteerism Meets Adventure

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Huffington Post Community, June 2015
Looking for your ideal match online? Step one, set up a profile. List your interests and skills: Writing, Education, Nonprofit Operations. Where would you like to travel? India, Costa Rica. Now, submit. You’ve got a match, two matches: An educational program in Pune, India that works with underprivileged children and will supply your meals on a daily basis and a school in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica that provides housing accommodations in return for teaching assistance. These are only two of the 2,500 overseas organizations in Moving Worlds’ database.Read More

Top 10 Ways to Build a Better World While Traveling Around It

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Huffington Post Travel, May 2015
While traveling internationally is a bucket-list item for most of us, it comes at a huge cost that is more than just dollars out of your pocket. This is because about 80%* of your travel spending will never reach the economy of the country you’re traveling to. So while you get a great experience, the community is left dealing with lots of trash and carbon emissions.Read More

‘Voluntourism’ Can’t Solve Big Problems. That’s Where ‘Experteers’ Come In

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Huffington Post, May 2015
Mark Horoszowski and Derk Norde believe the world needs more skilled people solving real problems — not tourists hoping to give back during their next vacation.Read More

Seattle organization wants to take tourism out of ‘voluntourism’

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Humanosphere, April 2015
Mark Horoszowski describes the Seattle-based organization he’s co-founded, MovingWorlds, as a combination of the Peace Corps and an online dating site. The idea is to match folks with valuable expertise with volunteer projects in poor communities to fill a specific ‘talent gap’ impeding local efforts to improve lives.Read More

How to Pilot an International Corporate Volunteering Program

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Triple Pundit, April 2015
As evidenced by the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2015 is shaping up to be a year of increased corporate involvement in global development initiatives. This year, you can also expect increased spending for leadership development by corporations that are striving to develop more globally-minded leaders, primarily through experiential learning opportunities.Read More

5 Surprising Benefits of Volunteering

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Forbes, March 2015
The power of volunteering has been documented for the last 2,500+ years, however a slew of recent research is shedding even more light onto its surprising benefits. Science now proves what great leaders and philosophers have known for yearsRead More

Giving Back Through Travel

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Project Change, March 2015
Have you ever wanted to travel overseas to volunteer your expertise? Mark Horoszowski had that same aspiration. In 2010, Mark left his job at a marketing agency in Seattle to travel and volunteer his professional skills around the world for a year. That year would change his life, and it might just change yours.Read More

A Great Way to Figure Out Your Dream Job (without quitting your current one)

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The Daily Muse, March 2015
Are you looking for career enlightenment? Confused as to how to find it when you have a full-time job? Believe it or not, volunteering is one way to discover your dream job, while still working regular hours.Read More

Why your company needs an international corporate volunteering program

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Devex, February 2015
The current state of the global economy shows that businesses have immense opportunity — not only by expanding into booming markets, but also by helping develop the economic potential of underdeveloped markets.Read More

International Volunteering for Good

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GoNomad, 2015
People looking for volunteering opportunities to use their professional skills in an international capacity but who feel lost in finding a project that does good may have just found their perfect match. The powerful combination of social enterprise and volunteering is what led Mark Horoszowski and Derk Norde to found their organization MovingWorlds a few years ago.Read More

Experteering' — A New Way to Pool Top Talent for Social Impact

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Devex, November 2014
Finding the right type of professional to implement a development program can be extremely tough — and even more so if you can’t afford top-tier talent.That’s why many organizations are looking to firms like MovingWorlds, which connects specialists in their field who want to travel and volunteer their expertise with social impact firms that need their services.Read More

BENISI Entrepreneur Spotlight: MovingWorlds Co-founder Derk Norde

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BENISI, October 2014
Derk is a Dutch social entrepreneur with a passion for connecting people. He is based in Medellin, Colombia and co-founder of MovingWorlds, a Social Purpose Corporation (SPC), headquartered in Seattle, USA.Read More

Medellín hotspot for entrepreneurs

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OneWorld Business, October 2014
Close to Parque Lleras , one of Medellín's most popular nightlife districts, the HOMe office is located in a quiet side street , an office space with flexible workplaces for six Dutch and three Colombian entrepreneurs.Read More

Moving Worlds One Impact Hub at a Time

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ImpactHub, November 2013
I recently completed a two-week Experteering adventure at The Impact Hub Amsterdam. To “experteer” is to donate one’s expertise according to MovingWorlds.org – a social venture based in Seattle and the matchmaker behind my experience. Read More