Tip of the Week October 7, 2024 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 September 30, 2024 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.
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Use Email Placeholders to Personalize Messages
Tip of the Week September 23, 2024 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
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Advanced Options Let You Fine Tune Searches
Tip of the Week September 16, 2024 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
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How to Recruit and Engage High School Volunteers
Today’s youth are ambitious, compassionate, and interconnected, making them excellent candidates for volunteer work and community outreach projects. In this comprehensive guide to high school volunteer recruitment, we unpack what motivates teenagers to volunteer, how organizations can build dependable teams of young, capable workers, and what keeps them engaged long-term. Reasons High Schoolers Would Want
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10 Volunteering Statistics to Benefit Your Organization
Volunteers support essential community programs and initiatives that might otherwise struggle to find their footing due to limited resources. Understanding volunteer motivations and trends will help you refine your retention and recruitment strategies, optimize your organization’s success, and create more effective roles for your team members. Check out these interesting volunteer statistics and how they can affect
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Collecting Documents in VicNet
Tip of the Week June 24, 2024 In VicNet, you can ask volunteers to upload documents (such as waivers, release forms, or authorization forms). This feature can only be used accounts that also use VicDocs. This requires a few steps, so volunteers will need to download the form, complete it, and then upload the completed copy.
Developing a Volunteer Engagement Strategy
A volunteer engagement strategy is essential for coordinating your team and streamlining operations. Whether you’re looking to reduce waste or motivate your volunteers, an engagement strategy can help. Use these 10 tips to build a successful volunteer engagement strategy and create a productive, effective volunteer team. Why Create an Engagement Strategy? Developing a written volunteer
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11 Ways to Recruit Education Volunteers
Managing education volunteers means getting creative with your recruitment strategies. While there are many educational volunteer opportunities, it can seem like there aren’t enough volunteers for the job. Use these 11 strategies to recruit education volunteers, grow your team, and achieve your goals. 1. Use Social Media Social media is one of the most powerful tools we have for communicating with
Guide To Writing a Volunteer Job Description
If your organization relies on volunteers, you know how essential it is to attract good people. Your volunteers may form the backbone of your programs, performing the day-in and day-out work that allows you to focus on the long-term impact and growth your mission can achieve. You need your volunteers to be compassionate, hardworking, trustworthy,
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