NL DOET (translated as ‘Holland Acts’) is a combination of the Oranje Fonds and thousands of organizations across the country. They motivate everyone to be a volunteer on March 18 and 19th 2011.
I first noticed the advertisements at train stations, picturing (for example) divers playing cards with elderly in nursing homes. Obviously, it were the pictures that drew my attention as I was wondering why these people were doing this. So, I did some research on the internet.
I found that NL DOET is all over the internet: News items, photos, videos and even tweets! However, that is not very surprising as NL DOET is simply another organization that uses social media to reach people and make them act. It is, therefore, fascinating how many people actually do voluntary work as it is not very popular.
So again, NL DOET is a great example of how social media (in this case, Twitter), can unite people to do something good for society. Of course social media also has disadvantages, which I will surely post something about in the next weeks, but for now it is great to look at the bright side of Twitter.
If you want to see photos and videos of volunteer work people have done (or are doing, since it is still March 19th) or just the Twitterpage, check the following links:
Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/nldoet/
Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/oranjefondsnl#g/a
Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/NLDOET
#NLdoet (also Twitter) http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23NLdoet
And therefore you are also promoting and helping them with this blog! It is nice to give (un)known organizations a name through social media.
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