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Supporting volunteer activities with mobile social software

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Shaun K. Kane,

Predrag V. KlasnjaAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520701

Published: 04 April 2009 Publication History

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Many community organizations rely extensively on volunteer work. However, people who wish to help often have difficulties finding the time to volunteer. We are developing mobile social software that is intended to motivate users to volunteer and to help users find volunteering opportunities. In order to understand how technology might support volunteering, we interviewed 9 recent volunteers about their volunteer work. We report on their motivations to volunteer, obstacles to volunteering, and strategies they use to manage the demands of volunteering. We discuss how these factors are shaping the design of a mobile social application to support volunteering.

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Naqshbandi KLiu CTaylor SLim RAhmadpour NCalvo R(2020)“I Am Most Grateful.” Using Gratitude to Improve the Sense of Relatedness and Motivation for Online VolunteerismInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2020.174606136:14(1325-1341)Online publication date: 9-Apr-2020
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Supporting volunteer activities with mobile social software
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
  2. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

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April 2009

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ISBN:9781605582474

DOI:10.1145/1520340

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Brigham Young University
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Z. Naqshbandi KTaylor SG. Pillai AAhmadpour N(2021)Labour of Love: Volunteer Perceptions on Building Relatedness in Online Volunteering CommunitiesExtended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3411763.3451665(1-6)Online publication date: 8-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411763.3451665
Naqshbandi KLiu CTaylor SLim RAhmadpour NCalvo R(2020)“I Am Most Grateful.” Using Gratitude to Improve the Sense of Relatedness and Motivation for Online VolunteerismInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2020.174606136:14(1325-1341)Online publication date: 9-Apr-2020
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