The agenda was driven by Chair Tray Bates, CCIM, CIPS, SIOR, who felt strongly engaging members and their expertise in a working discussion would be a valuable
use of their volunteer time.
Not exact matches
In the wake
of Hurricane Sandy, for instance, Palantir engineers developed a plug - in that let
volunteers collect requests for assistance in real
time using their smartphones.
They started
volunteering because they were invited, they stayed because their
time was
used effectively and they keep coming back because
of the incredible people who continue to organize with them.
It attended staff meetings and created the concept
of the «Agile Safari,» in which you could
volunteer to work for a
time in groups that were
using Agile, to see how it ticks.
We will be
volunteering our
time and
using our resources to increase ticket sales, draw in press and media, organize catering, and will be on - site for majority
of the event (that includes restocking Red Bull at 3 am).
He examines several models
of ministry and estimates the total value
of congregations» contributions, taking into account not only money but also
volunteer, clergy and staff
time spent on community issues, the donated
use of space and facilities, and the like.
For instance, relating these losses to (1) increased leisure
time, (2)
use of and reliance on mass media, (3) influence
of science, (4) standard
of living, and (5) competition
of secular or
volunteer organizations can not be supported since each
of these factors was already present and increasing in the 1940s and 50s as well as in the «60s.
Stop Hunger Now distinguishes itself from other aid / relief organizations with a focus on engaging
volunteers in a hands - on activity to produce meals that are
used strategically to support development programs, while at the same
time fostering the growth
of a movement to end hunger by educating those
volunteers about the need and giving them an opportunity to take action.
For several decades, Tom's
of Maine has donated 10 percent
of its profits back to the community and encourages employees to
use 5 percent (12 days)
of paid
time off to
volunteer every year.
This includes information provided at the
time of registering to
use our websites, becoming a member
of British Cycling, subscribing to our communications, posting material, booking onto rides, entering, attending and
volunteering at events, joining clubs or requesting further services.
I know the temptation to catch up on housework or waste the day away sitting on the computer will be great, but I hope to
use some
of that
time every Wednesday to nurture myself (as well as
volunteer in Ava's classroom for two hours every other week — see, I can't give up focusing on my kids that easily).
If you've got a lot
of time and enthusiasm, we could
use your help as a
volunteer Kestrel Box Monitor.
How do you
use your online tools with Facebook, Twitter and digital advertising to build support, mobilize
volunteers, raise money and turn out voters, all while getting the most out
of your precious
time and limited resources?
Once they're in, they're in — you can
use email and other tools to leverage that initial relationship to encourage them to
volunteer time or donate money and to reach out to their network
of friends and acquaintances.
«It's full
of volunteers not
using city
time, city resources.
A voter data feedback loop lets you constantly judge the state
of different segments
of the electorate, allow you to focus on the voters you absolutely need to reach and helping you
use your ad dollars and
volunteer time as efficiently as possible.
This constant flow
of voter information allowed the campaign to refine its outreach over
time, helping it to
use resources, particularly
volunteer time, efficiently.
And
of course, donate to and
volunteer for candidates you support, since local campaigns in particular are likely to need the money and the
time and be able to put it to good
use.
Many
of our staffers work round the clock and if they choose to
use the
time they've earned
volunteering for a campaign, spending
time with family or taking a vacation that is entirely up to them.»
A half dozen nurses who work at state facilities and who are members
of the Public Employees Federation union are
using two weeks
of their vacation
time to
volunteer their skills in Puerto Rico.
Throughout the experiment, the
volunteers heard a buzzer at random intervals, and every
time the buzzer sounded they
used a tablet computer to indicate if their mind had been wandering right before they heard the buzzer, and if so, if they had been explicitly aware
of their mind wandering or not.
There are now tens
of thousands
of containment centres across Africa, staffed by local
volunteers trained to remove worms
using the
time - honoured method
of winding them gently around a stick (see «The staff
of Asclepius»).
With $ 25,000, help from
volunteers, donations
of equipment — and despite a fire that nearly destroyed the observatory while it was under construction — «first light» (the first
time a telescope is
used to make an astronomical observation) was achieved in early 2000.
At the same
time, transcranial magnetic stimulation was
used to excite the brain's visual cortex, priming the
volunteers to see illusory spots
of light called phosphenes.
Once a site is chosen, the
volunteers should plan to visit the site four
times per year between the end
of May and middle
of September and then enter their field data
using an online form.
For 10 weeks, some
of the
volunteers used Lumosity, while others spent the same amount
of time playing typical online video games, such as Love Letter and Elastico.
Holz and Baudisch asked another 12
volunteers to conduct a similar experiment, but this
time they
used an eight - camera rig to accurately capture the precise orientation
of the finger on the screen.
In their PLoS ONE publication, the workflow was illustrated
using observations on the
timing of the first flower
of lilac plants collected by
volunteers in North America.
The
use of functional near - infrared spectroscopy technology allows researchers to measure brain activity in real
time as
volunteers craft ancient hand tools.
«Scholarships give our students the gift
of freedom: to make career choices based on purpose and passion, rather than the price
of education; to
use time to study, explore science, and
volunteer to help others, rather than working to make ends meet; and to succeed because someone who never met them saw enough potential to invest in their dreams,» said Catherine Lucey, MD, vice dean for education at UCSF's School
of Medicine.
In the study, 16
volunteers tested a variety
of brushing techniques,
using either high - fluoride or standard toothpaste, and brushing either two or three
times a day.
Sleep scientists from the University
of Liege
used MRI scans to chart the
volunteers» brain activity as they performed tests
of attention and reaction
time.
Outside
of work, Vera
volunteers her
time working at St Joseph's Hospice where she puts her certification as a Reiki practitioner to good
use, offering Reiki sessions to the patients.
From the smallest
of things like a smile, a touch to the shoulder, a nod
of respect and acknowledgement, sharing one's lunch, or a light to see with, to bigger things like
using one's vacation
time to
volunteer as a nurse in a war zone halfway across the planet.
The armed forces
of many nations have, at one
time or another,
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The armed forces
of many nations have, at one
time or another,
used foreign
volunteers who are motivated by political, ideological or other considerations Almost 60 per cent
of recorded people sleeping rough in London are foreign nationals, a new government report shows.
Seeking
volunteers from the teaching staff who can be considered «early adopters» can build the confidence
of the principal who is
using coaching or mentoring conversations with teaching staff for the first
time, and model the new approach to other staff members.
Use the value
of volunteer time to report family engagement data, forrecognition events or communications to show the amount
of community support an organization receives from its
volunteers.
Reading intervention services may include the
use of: special reading teachers; trained aides;
volunteer tutors under the supervision
of a certified teacher; computer - based reading tutorial programs; aides to instruct in - class groups while the teacher provides direct instruction to the students who need extra assistance; and extended instructional
time in the school day or school year for these students.
Will make decisions regarding fundraisers with other members
of the board
of directors on the best
use of time and
volunteers.
Unwanted NYC Pets is operated on 100 %
volunteer time,
using 100 %
of all donations to pay for care and food for man's best friend.
All dog evaluations are done under the guidance
of a trained
volunteer using Brookline's evaluation forms until such
time as a
volunteer has been approved to conduct dog evaluations independently.
Please remember we
use volunteer foster homes and how quickly placement into rescue is based on availability
of an open foster home at the
time of your request.
Potential
volunteers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the
volunteer handbook and
time sheets, which are
used in order to keep track
of and acknowledge their hard work.
This is based on a study carried out by Cesar's team in which one hundred
volunteers were recruited for a month - long in - home test
using an Amazon Echo device and Audible with their own dogs to find out which genders, accents,
times of day, and reading volumes (among other things) worked the best for keeping their dogs calm.
«We could never have achieved this without the support
of everyone who donates their gently -
used items and shops for bargains at Second Life, our many
volunteers who donate their
time, and our team members who support all we do to achieve our mission
of helping animals,» she said.
Shea says new employees and
volunteers who work with rabbits receive this briefing; the only costs to the shelter are staff
time and
use of the copy machine.
At the
time of the storm, Industry City Associates donated the
use of 18,000 square feet
of space to
volunteer conservators who worked on the recovery
of hundreds
of works
of art.
As for the Menne paper itself, I'm rather disturbed by their
use of preliminary data at 43 percent, especially since I warned them that the data set they had lifted from my Web site (placed for
volunteers to track what had been surveyed, never intended for analysis) had not been quality controlled at the
time.
Instead
of driving to an organic apple orchard to pick your own fruit,
use that
time to
volunteer for an organization that combats food deserts (and skip the fuel emissions, too).