It would be great to see pro bono listed as one of the categories you could search under. Just as the categories give options for those specifically looking to tutor or work in technology, including pro bono as a section would help separate out opportunities for those hoping to use their professional skills for service versus those doing non-skills-based volunteering.

I'm overwhelmed by all the volunteer opportunities in my town - I want someone to talk to about volunteering, where to start, what to try, how you can make a difference. Show me some places to find friendly faces

There are many different xml feeds being used, including several that have been suggested as a standard (Xcal, RDF Calendar, RSS Events) - Allforgood should work towards wider adoption of a standard as this will make syndicating and aggregating volunteer opportunities more ubiquitous. The more data that is syndicated and then aggregated, the more convenient it is for users to find volunteer opportunities.

Have user-submitted ratings and reviews of listings.

I have posted several opportunities on other sites (serve.gov, volunteermatch.com) and I can't find them on here when I search by opportunity or agency name

Add a link next to "Like" where users can click to automatically add events to their calendar.

I have noticed that the API search results include a field for phone contact information, but I have yet to see a result where the phone number is actually populated. However, clicking through to the actual results, very often there is a contact phone number. I suspect that this data is not yet being imported, but for my project it is the most important field.

Point system would leverage the power of social proof to encourage people to contribute more. Points would be distributed based on any number of actions and contributions, including: the number of volunteers that are recruited, the number of hours served, the amount of donations given or recruited, and amount of impact, etc, and users can even give each other points.

The freedomcorps.gov site used to include the logo and url of the local volunteer center whose feed it was using. Now when someone searches (e.g. Create the Good) what shows up is the url of the vendor we use, so people searching don't know that a local organization is hosting that opportunity and has vetted it. We're supplying your feed, so would really like credit in the intitial search list. Thanks

When I search for my events by school name (the zip code search doesn't list them), they are displayed on the search results page with a summary that shows the incorrect date. e.g. my first event is on July 25, but the search results page lists it as July 24.

In searching for hunger volunteer opportunities in my zip code the listings had 1) a title, which did not correspond with 2) the address, which did not correspond with 3) the description, which did not correspond with 4) the website. Therefore NONE of the first ten listings had information that I could use to become a volunteer in my neighborhood. You are failing.

I'm wondering if its feasible to "edit" the "category" section of the all for good gadget? I realized that its too limited to six (6) categories (Animals, Education, Health, Nature, Seniors, Technology), how about if we want to add up e.g Youth, Women (just to be specific)? Can u add a tool for this?

Thanks,
Dindin

For example, I searched under "MLK day" but got no relevant results, yet MLK.org links to this site via serve.gov It would be nice to have advance options to search for special events, by organization names, to NOT search for something, etc. For example, I got better results when I searched for "King Day of Service", but I also live in Philadelphia which is near "King of Prussia, PA" which kept popping up.

Such as harity Navigator, Guidestar, Great Nonprofits

I have been trying to use your service to find opportunities for Memphis TN for MLK day. Your system will not allow me to look at more than the 1st page of listings. Please fix this

I'm a web developer and web hosting provider. I don't need to be any particular place to volunteer my services. Why doesn't your service provide a way to search on the types of volunteer work that are needed instead of just the cause and location. Thanks - Jon