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Episode 2: Madison Mikhail Bush, POINT
On this episode of the Virtual Business Generating Good Summit, we host Madison Mikhail Bush, the founder and CEO of the POINT app, and discuss the idea of volunteering for good.
Madison, a self-proclaimed “science nerd that jumped into tech”, created POINT to fill two major gaps. First, the app provides nonprofit organizations with free tech and people power -- resources that would usually cost thousands of dollars to utilize. Second, and perhaps what POINT is best known for, the app connects people to volunteer opportunities with those nonprofits.
Madison was prompted to create this app when she realized that it was easier to order food from bed, book a room in Spain, or even hire a dog-walker through an app than it was to do something good. She adds the following statement:
“And if you see a problem in the world, it’s probably because you have the ability...or the passion to fix it. And those problems are visible to you because you have some capability to do something about it.”Later in our conversation, Madison discusses the differences in volunteering between generations as well as how the pandemic has amplified these trends. More specifically, individuals in younger generations tend to care about big-picture issues and impact while older generations tend to be familiar with specific nonprofits that they have been and continue to be involved with. In regards to COVID-19, the pandemic revealed a major volunteer shortage, as it tends to be “the old people” who take time out of their weeks to lend a hand at local food pantries and the like, and these individuals were particularly unable to leave their houses during this time. Because of the lack of volunteers in the community, 300 members of the National Guard were stationed at local food banks in a few major cities.
Beyond calling the younger generations to action, Madison encourages all individuals to approach volunteering in this way:
“Just start somewhere. Just do something. Don’t be worried about optimizing it; just choose anything and just go with it. Bring a friend. It’s an experience.”Whether you are an individual who is hesitant to start volunteering, someone who is ready to gear up and get out, or know of a nonprofit that would benefit from connecting to POINT, visit the POINT website and download the POINT app: https://pointapp.org/
Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Virtual Business Generating Good Summit. Please check out our other podcast episodes where we will continue to explore topics around volunteering for good, consuming for good, and advocating for good.
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By OSU Business for GoodOn this episode of the Virtual Business Generating Good Summit, we host Madison Mikhail Bush, the founder and CEO of the POINT app, and discuss the idea of volunteering for good.
Madison, a self-proclaimed “science nerd that jumped into tech”, created POINT to fill two major gaps. First, the app provides nonprofit organizations with free tech and people power -- resources that would usually cost thousands of dollars to utilize. Second, and perhaps what POINT is best known for, the app connects people to volunteer opportunities with those nonprofits.
Madison was prompted to create this app when she realized that it was easier to order food from bed, book a room in Spain, or even hire a dog-walker through an app than it was to do something good. She adds the following statement:
“And if you see a problem in the world, it’s probably because you have the ability...or the passion to fix it. And those problems are visible to you because you have some capability to do something about it.”Later in our conversation, Madison discusses the differences in volunteering between generations as well as how the pandemic has amplified these trends. More specifically, individuals in younger generations tend to care about big-picture issues and impact while older generations tend to be familiar with specific nonprofits that they have been and continue to be involved with. In regards to COVID-19, the pandemic revealed a major volunteer shortage, as it tends to be “the old people” who take time out of their weeks to lend a hand at local food pantries and the like, and these individuals were particularly unable to leave their houses during this time. Because of the lack of volunteers in the community, 300 members of the National Guard were stationed at local food banks in a few major cities.
Beyond calling the younger generations to action, Madison encourages all individuals to approach volunteering in this way:
“Just start somewhere. Just do something. Don’t be worried about optimizing it; just choose anything and just go with it. Bring a friend. It’s an experience.”Whether you are an individual who is hesitant to start volunteering, someone who is ready to gear up and get out, or know of a nonprofit that would benefit from connecting to POINT, visit the POINT website and download the POINT app: https://pointapp.org/
Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Virtual Business Generating Good Summit. Please check out our other podcast episodes where we will continue to explore topics around volunteering for good, consuming for good, and advocating for good.