Make sure volunteers receive your email messages Did you know there’s an easy change you can make in your account that will often dramatically improve email delivery rates for your volunteers? Because Volgistics sends messages to recipients on your behalf, sometimes these messages are viewed as suspect by target email domains. This is especially true
Category: Tips
This will show interesting facts and tips to help you get the most out of Volgistics.
Tip of the Week February 11, 2019
Modify Schedule Statistics reports to cover different time periods One of the stock Schedule Reports available in Volgistics is the Schedule Statistics (Stock) report. This report is useful because it allows you to quickly see how many openings are filled and un-filled for each assignment. Plus you can get an unduplicated volunteer count for how
Tip of the Week February 04, 2019
Learn terminology and definitions in the Volgistics Glossary Volgistics uses specific terminology regarding the different aspects of your account. It can sometimes be confusing if you do not know what a specific term means. For example, there is a distinct difference between an ‘Account’ and a ‘Volunteer record’, or a ‘Coordinator’ and a ‘System Operator’,
How to Recruit College Student Volunteers
Are you ready to reach out to a local university? Engage a new group of college students by using these volunteer recruitment tips, and enjoy the spirit these young people bring to your organization. College students make fantastic volunteers. Their boundless energy and enthusiasm for causes they believe in can bring new urgency to your
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Tip of the Week January 28, 2019
Edit a volunteer’s sign-in time for VicTouch If your organization uses the VicTouch module, there may be times when volunteers arrive for duty and begin serving without remembering to sign-in. If this occurs and you find out before the volunteer leaves, you can easily correct this. First, have the volunteer sign-in through VicTouch. If it
Tip of the Week January 21, 2019
Track the total number of shifts or visits volunteers serve Organizations may want to track how many times their volunteers have served, rather than just how many hours they’ve served. Volgistics makes this possible with Service Measures. These are an ideal feature for recording special types of service performed, and can be easily configured to
Tip of the Week January 14, 2019
Find Volgistics W-9 form online Many organizations are required to have an up-to-date W-9 form from companies that they do business with. For convenience, we update our W-9 form regularly and you can access it online. This allows you to save the W-9 form as a PDF document, or print a copy of the form
Tip of the Week January 07, 2019
Review the basics in Volgistics’ Getting Started Guide For new or prospective Volgistics users, or for experienced users who would like to freshen up on the core settings and features of their account, Volgistics offers a comprehensive Getting Started Guide. This guide provides an easy-to-navigate tour of the system and covers numerous introductory topics explaining
Nonprofit Volunteer Management Strategies
Nonprofit Volunteer Management Strategies Your volunteers are one of your organization’s most important assets. They assist you with tasks you could never finish without their help, keeping you from getting bogged down with small tasks and freeing you up to accomplish other things for your charity. Volunteers also bring an infectious spirit and enthusiasm to
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Tip of the Week December 31, 2018
Message history is available on History tab of volunteer record. When you use Volgistics’ features to send email, Vic mail, or text messages to volunteers, a record of the messages sent to each volunteer is kept on his or her History tab. You can view this record to see if the message shows as being