Tip of the Week June 27, 2022 The volunteer-facing parts of Volgistics have been going through some big changes recently. These projects have resulted in a few new Volgistics features in a beta period, and we wanted to give you an overview of the updates and the status of each one. During these beta periods
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This is part of our Tip of the Week series. These weekly quick tips will help you utilize features in Volgistics you may not have known about. Check back often for new tips!
Collecting Information from Fillable Forms
Tip of the Week June 20, 2022 Now that volunteers are able to upload documents, you can collect documents that require digital signatures (such as waivers, release forms, or authorization forms) through VicNet. This feature can only be used in the new version of VicNet in accounts that also use VicDocs. Keep in mind that in order
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Update Your Opportunity Directory
Tip of the Week May 16, 2022 The Opportunity Directory allows you to easily share information about your assignments with current and potential volunteers. The new version of the Opportunity Directory is out of beta, and the legacy version will be retired on June 15. Starting that day, anyone trying to access it will be
Compare 2021 Volunteer Service to 2019
Many organizations like to print year-end or quarterly reports showing how volunteer service numbers have changed from one year to the next. However, many organizations also consider 2020 to be too much of an anomaly, and prefer to compare this year to 2019 instead. To get this information, we recommend printing a service summary report
Disable VicNet Access for Specific Volunteer Records
Tip of the Week November 29, 2021 If your organization uses VicNet, there may be times when you want to disable access for some volunteers. You control who can access VicNet overall by using the Status, and the Type and Flag settings on the VicNet Ground Rules page. However, there may be times when you
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Message History Is Available on History Tab of Volunteer Record
Tip of the Week November 22, 2021 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 successfully delivered, or
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Find a percentage of volunteers returning after COVID
Many volunteer programs wonder about how the COVID pandemic impacted their volunteer programs. This blog post will show you how to use the tools in Volgistics to get a percentage for the number of volunteers who are serving again compared with the number that were serving before the shutdown. To start, you’ll build a Set
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Schedule Volunteers with Assignment Opening Rules Enforced
Tip of the Week June 07, 2021 Via the Schedule tab of an Assignment record or the Schedule page from the menu, System Operators are always able to schedule volunteers for any time even if the Rules tab of the corresponding Assignment is setup to allow scheduling for “Openings only”. However, operators may wish to
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National Volunteer Week Approaching
Tip of the Week March 08, 2021 National Volunteer Week is coming up! National Volunteer Week was established to inspire people to volunteer to make their communities a better place, to promote the recognition of volunteers, and to encourage volunteerism in general. The U.S. and Canada will celebrate NVW this year from April 18-24, 2021.
Modify Schedule Statistics Reports to Cover Different Time Periods
Tip of the Week February 08, 2021 One of the stock Schedule Reports available in Volgistics is the Schedule Statistics (Stock) report. This report allows you to quickly see how many openings are filled and unfilled for each assignment. You can also get an unduplicated volunteer count for how many volunteers are scheduled for the
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