REPLY Volunteer Dynamics (SD6326)

[SDMAIL Francisco Perez]

Posted by  Francisco Perez <francisco77pp at yahoo.com>

Hi. I think that in general volunteering may be approached using a 
combination of diffusion theory, consumer behaviour, social 
marketing and demand management applied within a context where 
profit may be in second instance. However, care must taken regarding 
the general context of "timing" of such volunteering and the events/
phenomena causing volunteering. For example, volunteering in times of 
emergency (say days, hours) is not exactly the same as volunteering 
when a continuous and sustained help is needed over time (say month 
years). In the first case, additional treatments such as rare/extreme 
events response management should be taken into consideration. 

Posted by  Francisco Perez <francisco77pp at yahoo.com>
posting date  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:24:10 -0800 (PST)