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
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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
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,
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
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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
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
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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Over the last year or so, we’ve been working on overhauls to the various parts of Volgistics that your volunteers interact with. These updates are aimed at improving the volunteer experience, making it easier for them to interact with the system no matter what type of device they use. This improves volunteer engagement, and ultimately
With our latest update, your volunteers will be able to upload files to their own record through VicNet! This means that you can easily collect needed documents and forms from them electronically without having to save or scan them, find their volunteer record in Volgistics, and then upload them yourself. This is only available for
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
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