ecomodo : good for business
Ecomodo is a social enterprise that brings communities together to share.
Our award winning peer-to-peer website, Ecomodo.com simply enables individuals to confidently lend and borrow everyday objects, skills and spaces with their neighbours, friends and work colleagues.
From lawnmowers to tents; golf clubs to awnings, Ecomodo enables users to simply list their items to lend and see what others have on offer. Items can be lent for free or lenders are able to charge for an item, and choose if they want to keep the fee or make a donation to charity.
Ecomodo is good for pocket, planet and people and is also good for business. Lending and borrowing encourages social engagement, saves people money and helps reduce our environmental impact by maximising the utility of the resources we already have.
Ecomodo.com is a simple tool to use and an easy way to engage your employees to support your local community. Together we can create more sustainable communities around the UK.
Five reasons ecomodo is good for business ..
Introducing Ecomodo to your workplace can help to build a positive attitude towards your organisation and its values, both internally and locally and brings the following benefits to you and your employees.
- It's good to be a 'good neighbour'
By inspiring your staff to share within and outside the workplace, the people at your organisation can directly support each other and local people that live nearby. They can help local schools save money by borrowing the things they need for school projects, as well as enable local community groups and charities to get equipped to make a difference in your neighbourhood.
When your organisation behaves like a good neighbour, it rubs off on your surrounding community and encourages others locally to follow suit. Soon the whole town could be sharing, sparked by a simple act of your staff sharing.
- It's an easy way for your staff to fundraise
Ecomodo brings an effortless way for people at your organisation to fundraise for causes that are close to their hearts. It may be a local school, grassroots football or sports club or a registered charity. Using Ecomodo, lenders can choose to donate their earnings a good cause and every time their items are borrowed, we directly send their earnings to their choosen cause.
We already have a whole selection of good causes for your employees to choose from and if there's a cause that's not yet listed that your staff or organisation would like to fundraise for, just make a suggestion and we'll sign them up.
- It helps your staff save money
Borrowing the things people only occasionally need as opposed to buying new is a simple way for your staff to save money. Whatever the occasion: doing up their house, a spot of gardening, hosting visitors or a party, learning something new or even trying before they buy, borrowing things can help your staff follow their dreams, pursue their interests or just get the boring jobs done at low or no cost.
- It reduces our environmental impact
It's a fact that the average drill is used for only 12 minutes in its lifetime. The total lifecycle impact from the collection of raw materials, manufacturing and distribution, to disposal is unacceptable when the purchaser was probably within a few metres of an idle drill in a neighbour’s shed.
Re-use can be up to twenty times more effective than recycling so by sharing the things we already collectively own, makes it easy to prevent waste and be green.
- It brings your staff together and promotes happiness
Within many organisations, especially the larger ones, many employees do not connect simply because their roles don't create a reason to interact. Sharing amongst staff builds the feeling of involvement and strengthens the community spirit within an organisation. It enables people to feel more connected with each other and as a result more valued in the workplace.
The simple act of sharing and helping others out makes people feel happy and so can promote well-being throughout your organisation.
Why Ecomodo ?
Ecomodo is a free tool for all your staff to use and start sharing. They simply need to sign up as a member, add items to lend and choose for each item whether they would like to lend it for free, for a fee or for charity.
The beauty of Ecomodo is it keeps visible, in one place, all the things people are willing to share. It saves time and keeps everyone abreast of the opportunities around them. Users can simply search for an item in their location and if it's not yet listed, they can post a wanted ad to simply tell others what they need to borrow.
To help your staff feel more comfortable about sharing, your organisation can choose to create trusted lending circles and invite staff to join to pool their assets. Using lending circles, your staff can automatically control who can borrow their gear - everyone or just people from their workplace. On top of this lenders can also opt for deposits to be taken or insurance for extra peace of mind. And a feedback system checks both parties are happy at the end of the lend.
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How we can help ..
We can help you to inspire your staff and promote the benefits of sharing through a fun, informative and engaging workshop. We tailor our workshops to suit your needs depending on the size of your organisation and whether you would like us to dovetail into an existing staff event - such as a training day or company offsite.
Our workshops are completely optional and if you're interested please contact us for more information, pricing and how details of how they work.
Choose to 'charity match fund' !!
To inspire your staff to lend their stuff, skills or spaces for charity, your organisation can choose our 'charity match maker' scheme. It's very simple. If one of your employees lends an item to fundraise for a good cause, every time it's borrowed, your organisation simply can choose to 'match' the amount raised.
If you're interested in participating in our 'charity match fund' scheme, simply contact us for more information.
Four simple steps to get started ..
- Join Ecomodo
The first step is to get your staff to join Ecomodo. It's free to sign up and only takes a minute. Once registered they'll be able to add items to lend, post wanted ads, create lending circles and invite others to join.
- Create a lending circle
Create a lending circle for your office and invite your staff to join. Each circle has a specific location so if your organistion has multiple locations, it's best to have people local to each office set up their own lending circle. Once your circle is set up you can add an icon, description, URL and choose to promote a good cause for your staff to donate to.
- Add items to lend
Adding items to lend is the best way to inspire others to join in, so find a few friends and add some stuff. Also consider is there is any spare equipment the company has that could also be lent out. A spare computer or spare chairs could be very useful to your local community. Perhaps add a hot-desk that a small local business could use from time to time. If you're not sure what to lend then get inspired or browse items to lend.
- Promote ecomodo to your staff
There are lots of easy ways to promote Ecomodo within your workplace. Simply, invite people through our site, add a link or RSS feed on your intranet; tell people through a company newsletter or email; and even use our in-built leaflet and poster maker to promote your lending circle in the kitchen or by the water-cooler.
And if you're interested in our workshops, please get in touch.