{"id":1036,"date":"2009-08-27T09:26:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:10:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:10:35","slug":"making-service-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/08\/27\/making-service-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Service Easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1037 alignnone\" title=\"banner for blog\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/files\/2009\/08\/banner-for-blog.jpg\" alt=\"banner for blog\" width=\"216\" height=\"48\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;re getting close to <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillaservice.org\/\">Mozilla Service Week<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s just 18 days away!\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had over 4,300 hours pledged and over 2,200 volunteer opportunities posted.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in the process of rolling out action templates for Service Week and <a href=\"http:\/\/onewebday.org\/\">OneWebDay<\/a> for those that would like to create their own opportunities or need a little more flexibility\u00a0\u00a0 They&#8217;re sets of actions and resources that you can use to help non-profits, organizations and individuals improve their experience online and allow them to better leverage the Web.\u00a0 Check them out:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Internet Health Check:\u00a0 Online privacy and security are major concerns for everyone.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/causes\/serviceweek\/internethealth\/\">Internet Health Check<\/a> provides four easy steps to update a computer&#8217;s browser and plug-ins.\u00a0 You can perform Internet Health Checks for an organization or friends and family.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Marketing:\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/causes\/serviceweek\/digitalmarketing\/\">Digital Marketing Template<\/a> was created to help Service Week volunteers get organizations set up with a preliminary social media marketing framework (see Chelsea Novak&#8217;s blog for more <a href=\"http:\/\/chelseanovak.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/26\/mozilla-service-week-digital-marketing-template\/\">details<\/a>).\u00a0 Social Media tools can greatly help an NPO connect with its community, donors and the general public &#8211; for free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;re hoping these templates make it easier for you to act!\u00a0 If you have any ideas on new ones or would like create some, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadfirefox.com\/mozillaservice\/home\">comment here<\/a>.\u00a0 A few ideas to keep in mind if you&#8217;d like to use these templates or others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Take a moment to <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillaservice.org\/tell_us\/your_pledge\/en_US\">pledge your hours<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Share your <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillaservice.org\/tell_us\/your_stories\/en_US\">plans or stories<\/a> on Mozilla Service Week&#8217;s site &#8212; it will help provide inspiration for others.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge your friends to do this as well using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgebank.com\/\">PledgeBank<\/a> (i.e. I will perform 10 Internet Health Checks if 20 of my friends do so as well).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And, remember to have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re getting close to Mozilla Service Week &#8212; it&#8217;s just 18 days away!\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had over 4,300 hours pledged and over 2,200 volunteer opportunities posted.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in the process of &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/08\/27\/making-service-easy\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,609],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Making Service Easy! 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