Czech and Ukrainian. Completely open source. First version: 3 people in 3 days. Ultimately: 25+ people over 3 months. 50K+ unique visitors. 250+ store downloads.
Development 4 Designers 2 Graphics and Illustration 2 UX Research 2 iOS Development 3 Android Development 2 Coordination and Administrative 1 Marketing and Copywriting 2 Testing and Quality Assurance 2 Language Content 3 Total 26
Development 4 Designers 2 Graphics and Illustration 2 UX Research 2 iOS Development 3 Android Development 2 Coordination and Administrative 1 Marketing and Copywriting 2 Testing and Quality Assurance 2 Language Content 3 Total 26 11 / 26 ~ 40%
month… CZK 1,750,000 per month…. Let’s divide by five… CZK 350,000 per month… Multiply by three months… CZK 1,050,000. A million of Czech Crowns. And counting.
it would take almost 2,000 people to “crowdfund” a project like this, if everybody would contribute CZK 1,000. As an expert volunteer, you directly generate value. A lot of value.
Contributing time is essential for connections and community. Contributing skills makes impact personal. Contributing digital skills makes impact scalable.
As a result, nonpro fi ts gain seasoned experts (…) [and] nonpro fi t staff members (…) focus on what they do best: set the organizational vision and leverage their domain-speci fi c knowledge to aid their clients and communities. Expert volunteering https://www.toptal.com/insights/future-of-work/the-power-of-skills-based-volunteering „
donating job-related skills and acquiring or developing skills through voluntary contributions to an external non-profit organization that requires certain skill sets. Skills-based volunteering https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105348222100053X „
elicit the perception that it is designed to bene fi t the fi rm, employee, or both, in addition to the bene fi ciary. For many, this may undermine the purpose of volunteering: to give, not to gain. Although some research has shown that individuals tend to have positive responses toward personal development through volunteering (…) some volunteers became angry and defensive when they were asked whether they had learned from their volunteering experiences. (…) Volunteers suggested that it was immoral to insinuate that volunteering can be an avenue to skill development, presumably because it con fl icted with their primary motivation to volunteer. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105348222100053X