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The service should offer a way for organizations to register events for interested volunteers to view. Considerations for differentiating events include: the category of the event (eg. environmental, homeless, food, education, etc.), time (what period of the day), repeatability (one time event or recurring), and the type of activity. Olga the Organizer raised the issue that often times volunteers are unaware of the types of commitments they are making, which sours their attitude towards the event. Creating well defined events should help the organizations target the volunteers they are interested in and avoid having these problems arise.
Facilitation of Collaboration
Volunteering as a group, especially with friends, makes the service much more enjoyable. This was especially emphasized by the sort-term user and supported by the long-term user upon questioning. The sort-term user expressed an interest in being able to notify friends of which events he was interested in. Additionally, preference would be given to a service opportunity that satisfies the larger group over individual desires if catering to the group would bring in more collaborators.