Micro-volunteering

Micro-volunteering
sparked.com

I'm curious how effective this will be for most non-profits. I would love to hear serious feedback after the fact.

A simple change could have resulted in a different outcome. I went through the wizard, picked my interests, identified that I was in good company and tasks needed to be completed -- but without seeing those tasks, I really didn't want to sign up for yet another website. So, present the tasks to me! At least a summary. Then, I could have made the decision if it was something I wanted to continue with. Instead, I exited the site. Probably a lost opportunity for both of us (and the non-profits who needed assistance).

Is there any harm in presenting a summary of the tasks? Then, when I select one, register or logon to contribute. Maybe I stand alone in this hesitation to register - certainly, A/B testing with the very slight modification I describe would be a worthwhile effort.

One other bit of input - everything looks pretty clean up to the registration page. It feels "busy" to me. Also, the input boxes behave inconsistently (the hint text sometimes dims, sometimes disappears on hover state).

Good job though and I think it's a great idea. Just this past week, I wanted to volunteer my time for the holiday's but didn't really know where to start. I actually thought about calling the local chamber of commerce to see who/where/what could use my help.