Micro-Volunteerism

Volunteering for a few minutes at a time when ever you can is apparently a new trend. The Extraordinaries is a company that created an iPhone app that allows people to do a quick task - translating something, giving advice, identifying something - on the behalf a non profit. This idea is a mix between crowdsourcing and micro-transactions which theoretically allows more people to participate in causes because it's a fairly minimal commitment, yet they still get the sense of satisfaction doing good.

Read more about it here.