Create Holidays to Close the Schedule on Certain Days

Tip of the Week November 02, 2026 If your organization closes or just keeps minimal staff on certain dates you can add the date as a holiday in your account. This will automatically remove all regularly scheduled volunteers from the schedule for the date you list as the holiday. If volunteers are needed on the

Spread Holiday Cheer with Greeting Cards

Tip of the Week October 26, 2026 If your organization uses the VicTouch module, you can create holiday cards which will be displayed when volunteers sign-in. The setup options allow you to customize a heading and message, and choose a date range for when the cards will be shown. You can use the graphics that

Access the Store from Setup

Tip of the Week October 19, 2026 The Volgistics Store is where accounts can create invoices, pay for service, change service levels and perform other administrative tasks. Volgistics Administrators can access the Store by visiting www.volgistics.com, hovering over Try or Buy, clicking Store, and entering their credentials. But there is another way into the Store

How to Set Volunteer Requirements and Expectations (Without Creating Barriers)

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Organizations that rely on volunteers often require background checks, training sessions, and minimum time commitments to protect the people they serve and maintain program quality. When these requirements are well-explained and tailored to each role, volunteers feel confident about what to expect from day one.  The challenge is setting requirements that provide genuine protection without

Preview What Volunteers See in VicNet

Tip of the Week October 12, 2026 If your organization uses the VicNet module you may want to preview what a volunteer sees when they login. This can be useful when you’re updating your self-scheduling settings to see if you’ve set it up correctly. One way to do this is to go to your organization’s

Keep Billing Procedures Accessible and Ready

Tip of the Week October 05, 2026 As renewal dates approach and/or administrative personnel change, it can be important to make sure that there are authorized staff handling the billing for your Volgistics account and that they are able to access the Store, receive billing notifications, and know how and when to plan future payments.

Use Email Placeholders to Personalize Messages

Tip of the Week September 28, 2026 Volgistics offers email placeholders that allow you to personalize messages you send to volunteers. These allow you to add particular fields into the message similar to how the mail merge function works in a word processing program, and include various name fields, volunteer Numbers, different hour totals, and

Advanced Options Let You Fine Tune Searches

Tip of the Week September 21, 2026 When you’re looking for volunteer records, the Basic options on the Volunteers page provide a powerful search tool. However, there may be times when you need even more options for locating records. The Sets feature offers one way to do this, but there is also an Advanced options

Coordinating Volunteers — The Complete Guide to Organizing Effective Volunteer Programs

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Managing a volunteer program can feel like an exercise in coordinated chaos. People come and go, shifts are scheduled without notice, and communication collapses when you don’t get timely responses. Without a structured system, it’s challenging to recruit or retain volunteers effectively no matter how hard you work — 90% of nonprofits depend on volunteers, but

Use Sets for Checklist Items That Apply to Multiple Assignments

Tip of the Week September 14, 2026 When you setup a Checklist item, you can have it apply to volunteers who have a specific Assignment by selecting that Assignment’s name from the Those assigned todropdown list. Or, you can select a Site or a Place from the dropdown to make the Checklist item apply to