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[vimeo id=”107768682″] Experteering is fundamentally a win-win game, and we’ve seen our Experteers support startups and social enterprises in ways they couldn’t have imagined before. One example is Ebanx, an innovative payment processing startup in Brazil supported by Endeavor. Ebanx was looking to expand internationally
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 the surprising benefits of volunteering. Science now proves what great leaders and philosophists have known for years: “One of the great ironies
Finding a place to volunteer your real skills overseas with an organization that doesn’t charge you is not an easy task – and that’s partially why we started MovingWorlds… The other reason we started MovingWorlds is to accelerate the impact of locally-led social impact organizations who are
On MovingWorlds.org, you can find a curated listing of social impact organizations that provide free accommodation to people willing to travel and volunteer their professional skills. However, it’s not always easy to tell from a few sentences whether or not it’s the perfect opportunity for YOU. To make
This post was originally written by Mark Horoszowski for the ebook “Adventures Less Ordinary: Travel and Do Good“ I spent a year traveling and volunteering my skills around the world, only to learn what others already knew: “If you want to help, shut up and
Tomorrow, Dec 5, 2015, is International Volunteer Day and the MovingWorlds team would like to take a moment to encourage you to be a little more selfish on this historically altruistic day. Done correctly, volunteering (especially skills-based volunteering) is proven to: Help you live longer Develop your
Finding an international volunteering opportunity that actually makes the world a better place and doesn’t cost money isn’t always easy, but these 8 factors will help. This is a repost from the article we published on Devex The right match: 8 factors to consider when choosing your
“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself” International volunteering is a serious endeavor that has real potential to create a lasting impact, and profoundly affect the person donating their skills. Last week, we co-led a webinar with the Citizen Diplomacy Network titled
The foundation of every successful relationship is communication, and international volunteering relationships are no different. It’s not uncommon for many of us to have communication “hiccups” while at home. It comes as no surprise that these hiccups can intensity when traveling overseas for many reasons: Like different languages,
A 4 min read… People interested in volunteering overseas often go through a period of doubt while planning their trip, wondering if they can truly engage in meaningful work and make an impact. We find this to be a healthy dose of skepticism as its breeds humility