About

VolunteerACT is the creation of DC-based, UVision Labs, a business development & web development collective with the goal of creating compelling experiences and solutions that solve problems & change the way people engage the web.

Our Mission

Social media has impacted the way people and organizations engage with their target audiences and constituents. VolunteerACT simplifies an organization’s online presence for volunteerism – simplifying processes, measuring engagement effectiveness, assessing qualified people, and attracting people to causes. VolunteerACT enables organizations to extend their web presence with a brand-able, customizable outreach hub which potential supporters visit from links & content shared with them. The outreach hub eases your engagement with volunteers & connect supports with opportunities right at their fingertips and helps you track who’s spreading the word for you which also helps you connect with your loyal supporters. VolunteerACT – Making Good Causes Great!

The VolunteerACT Team

Omar Uddin, Founder & Chief Geek, has a successful track record of launching technology innovations & solutions from idea to implementation for wide variety of organizations.  His experience and success has lead to his focus on the not-for-profit sector. As a recipient of a 2008 White House Award for partnership & support of public awareness campaigns for environmental causes he actively works with corporate and not-for-profit organizations to promote strategic alliances between the public and private sector.  Omar founded VolunteerACT.com after building customized volunteer management and time tracking applications for the Department of Commerce, NMSF, NOAA and the National Marine Sanctuaries from 2004-2007. He has a fondness and connection helping others and finding innovative ways to bring people together during times of crisis like natural disasters. Omar wants to change the world for people to build trust as a new form of currency through volunteerism.

Allen Louison, Product Strategy, has over twelve years of experience working with companies in the Internet and online industries. From start-ups to boutique firms to established corporations, Allen combines his expertise in product development with his ability to analyze and distill complex projects into practical, achievable business/web strategies. He regularly consults with executives and developers alike on project management, business analysis studies, information architecture and user experiences. Bridging the gap between visionary executives and the development teams “on the ground” tasked with delivering superior products and online experiences, Allen ensures optimal execution.

Laurie Ashbourne, Marketing Director, with over twenty years of experience, Laurie is a respected catalyst of successful creative for art, copy and market strategy who adeptly combines technology and creative for the greatest return on investment. She has produced award-winning work for The Walt Disney Studios, DuPont, The New York Times and many niche´ businesses on both the agency and corporate side. A graduate of Charles Morris Price, Philadelphia PA, a school founded by Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard Club and considered the original social and business organization, the club’s single objective was the scientific study of advertising. To be given an award of recognition in the field from The Poor Richard Club was considered a high honor, bestowed to likes of Will Rogers and Walter Disney. Laurie not only received top-of-class awards in Marketing, Layout and Design, upon graduation, she was also bestowed with 2 full scholarships to attend (one was graciously returned).

About UVision Labs

The VolunteerACT web application was designed and built by UVision Labs, a product research and development business unit of UVision Consulting. As well as rapid development of innovative web experiences and applications, UVision Labs builds complex enterprise applications. To ensure optimal usability and results, UVision Labs studied volunteerism problems & the needs of coordinators and volunteers to create VolunteerACT — focusing on the end user experience & social media marketing to encourage greater participation and results, which is what the web is all about.

Inspired by working with coordinators from local to national levels, we created VolunteerACT for volunteers involved with NOAA, the Department of Commerce and the National Marine Sanctuaries. Realizing the value of this solution at a large scale, we decided to create a web-hosted version to benefit anyone managing volunteers for a cause.