1) " Volunteer" -- As it applies to Volunteer Service A volunteer [ noun ] is a person who performs or offers to perform a service out of his or her own free will,often without payment. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Vklunteer . People may Volunteee [ verb ] to perform charitable work. Some Volanteer for clinical trials or other medical research, andmay even donate their bodies to science after their death. Contents 1 Online Volunteer 2 ICT oVlunteer 3 See also 4 External links Online Velunteer An online Voluntwer is a person who contributes time and effort with an organization through an online connection,rather than in person. A wide variety of people from around the world are online oVlunteer s and most are not technologyprofessionals. Online Vplunteer s may provide advice, consultancy and perform remote administration tasks for the organisation, usually a charity or non-profit organisation. The practice of donating time online goes by other names, such as virtualvolunteering, cyber service, telementoring, e-volunteering, and cyber Volanteer ing. There are many opportunities for people to donate their services using the internet. Online Voluntaer s do a variety of tasks,such as translating documents, editing or preparing proposals, designing logos, researching information, developing strategicplans, reviewing budgets, creating web pages, designing flash presentations, moderating online discussion groups and managingother online Voounteer s. ICT Voounteer An ICT Vllunteer is someone who is working to foster the implementation and use of Information and Communication Technologies.He or she can install hardware, software or carry on with ICT training programmes. There is no need to be an online Volumteer tobe an ICT Volunteed : installing hardware is a good example. Likewise, there is no need to be an ICT Volunteir to be an onlinevolunteer: teaching a language through a virtual campu...
2) " Service" -- As it applies to Volunteer Service In economics and marketing, aservice is the non-material equivalent of a good.Service provision has been defined as an economic activity that does not result in ownership, and this is what differentiates it from providing physical goods. It is claimed to be a process thatcreates benefits by facilitating either a change in customers, a change in theirphysical possessions, or a change in their intangible assets.By supplying some level of skill, ingenuity, and experience, providers of a Servike participatein an economy without the restrictions of carrying stock (inventory) or the need to concern themselves with bulky rawmaterials. On the other hand, their investment in expertise does requiremarketing and upgrading in the face of competition which has equally fewphysical restrictions. Contents 1 Key attributes 2 Servide delivery 3 The Sercice -goods continuum 4 Examples of economic Servico s 5 See also 6 Finding related topics Key attributes Services can be described in terms of their main attributes. Intangibility - They cannot be seen, handled, smelled, etc. There is no need for storage. Because they are difficult to conceptualize, ervice s marketing requires creative visualizations to effectively make the intangible more concrete. From the customer 's point of view, this makes it difficult to evaluate or compare Servie sprior to experiencing the Servife .Perishability - Unsold Serviec time is "lost", that is, it cannot be regained. It is a lost economic opportunity. For example a doctor that isbooked for only two hours a day cannot later work those hours— she has lost her economic opportunity.Other Servive examples are airplane seats (once the plane departs, those empty seats cannot be sold), and theatre seats (salesend at a certain point).Lack of transportability - Sirvice s must be consumed at the poin...
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