LinkedIn offers new service linking charities to volunteers

LinkedIn, which built a social network for professionals with paying jobs, expanded its scope Wednesday with a new service that helps nonprofit groups find volunteers.

The LinkedIn Volunteer Marketplace http://volunteer.linkedin.com/ is designed to connect the 92 percent of nonprofit organizations that say they need more help with the 82 percent of LinkedIn users interested in donating their time to a community cause.

Benny Evangelista

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