The Extraordinaries: Will Microvolunteering Work?

NPR.org, July 1, 2009 — Got five minutes? Got a cell phone? Want to do good?

The Extraordinaries can help. It's one of a number of newly hatched social-media enterprises that champion speedy cooperation. Here is the 30-second elevator pitch: The Extraordinaries delivers microvolunteer opportunities to mobile phones that can be done on-demand and on-the-spot.