Should You Buy Your Volunteers Appreciation Gifts?

Should you buy your volunteers appreciation gifts?

With the holiday season right around the corner, you may be looking for ways to express gratitude for your volunteers. After all, giving volunteers a small token of your appreciation might seem like the least you could do, considering all they do to help you work toward your mission. As a nonprofit organization, you have

New Application Forms Leaving Beta

The new version of Volgistics’ application forms are leaving the beta period, and are ready for everyone to use! This includes a whole host of improvements like custom theming, drag-and-drop field reordering, and a new mobile responsive design. But this also means the legacy application forms you might be using now will be going away.

Why Volunteer Management Is Important

Why volunteer management is important

There are more than 77 million volunteers in America and many more people who are interested in getting involved in their local communities. However, managing volunteers and assignments can be daunting. Between the responsibilities like recruiting, scheduling, sending emails, tracking hours, and creating reports, many people may feel under-prepared to take on the challenge. Effective

What Are the 20 Best Volunteer Traits to Look for?

What are the 20 best volunteer traits to look for?

Your volunteer organization works hard to make a difference in your community and beyond. You and many others dedicate time, energy, and resources toward your organization’s mission. When you look for volunteers to partner with your mission, you want to find people who will work toward those goals with as much dedication as you do.

How to Build a Team With Hybrid, In-Person, and Remote Volunteers

How to build a team with hybrid, in-person, and remote volunteers

Over the last few years, millions of people have shifted to a virtual environment for school, work, and health appointments. This shift is no different in the nonprofit sector, as many volunteers search for ways to engage with their favorite organizations through an online presence. While this method of volunteer engagement may seem difficult to

Guide to Volunteer Management

Volunteer management can be a juggling act with many moving parts. People are always looking for ways to improve and refine their management style to accomplish their team’s goals. Since about 80% of nonprofit organizations rely on volunteers to keep operations running, it is important for managers to understand how to handle and oversee their

Clear your own security blocks

Tip of the Week September 26, 2022 To protect customer accounts from unauthorized access, Volgistics automatically places a security block on IP addresses that submit numerous invalid login attempts in rapid succession. But this security feature can be triggered if a System Operator forgets his or her login information and tries too many times, unsuccessfully,

New Feature: Collect Notes with Service Entries

Over the years, we’ve gotten quite a few requests from users who want to collect and store notes along with hours for individual service entries. For example, if volunteers are responsible for maintaining walking trails, they could include a brief summary of the trail conditions. Or if a volunteer is absent, you could use a

Document Uploads on Applications

Over the years, we’ve had many users ask us about collecting documents from applicants as part of their online application forms. Previously these kinds of documents had to be collected outside of the Volgistics system and then manually uploaded to volunteer records. We’re very excited to announce that it’s now possible for you to collect