Is your nonprofit looking for ways to diversify its volunteer roll? Add more flexibility to the volunteer schedule? Bring new talent through the door? Expand programming or projects across the upcoming calendar year? If you answered yes to any of these questions — and what nonprofit wouldn’t — then managing a family volunteer program should
Volgistics is a cloud-based system so there may be times you’d like to move information to your local system. This can be handy if you lose internet service, need to reference information that has changed in your account, or import Volgistics information into another program or application. We’ve added a new feature to make exporting
Tip of the Week May 4, 2020 Data security is often at the forefront of the news today. We strive to make your Volgistics account secure behind the scenes, and prevent unauthorized users from gaining access by using three-part authentication for login, and security blocks to prevent repeated login attempts. However, security experts feel that
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Tip of the Week April 20, 2020 National Volunteer Week has arrived! 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 19-25, 2020. Australia
Congratulations! Your nonprofit organization is ready to recruit volunteers to take operations, events, and fundraising work to the next level. When starting a volunteer program from scratch, review these best practices to create an ideal, streamlined volunteer management system — one that’ll jumpstart your program on the right path. Here are the steps to a
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You don’t need a degree in advanced data analytics to extract valuable insights from your organization’s activities. Get a sense of how volunteer organizations can use analytics and — more importantly — what these metrics have to tell you about improving your operations. We’ll walk you through it in our guide to nonprofit analytics. Why Have KPIs for Your
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Volunteer training via peer mentorship is quickly gaining popularity across several industries. Shaking up the traditional volunteer orientation, these mentorship programs offer an alternative to training, courses, or compliance classes for new volunteers. How do you develop a volunteer mentoring program that both engages and educates? Is the planning worth it? Explore the insights and
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, many organization are completely suspending or reducing the number of volunteer opportunities. There are several ways to handle this in your Volgistics account. This blog post explains more about each of your options. Disable Self-Scheduling and Related Updates Disable Self-Scheduling. If your volunteers self-schedule through the VicNet portal or VicTouch sign-in
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Tip of the Week March 16, 2020 What should your volunteers do if they’re sick? Stay home, of course! But when your volunteers are on-site, it’s a good idea to remind them about proper hygiene, briefly explain some of the symptoms of COVID-19, and give instructions on what to do if they’re experiencing any of
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Volunteer appreciation recognizes the real impact that real people have on your organization. These thank-you gifts and tokens of appreciation can help increase volunteer retention, stabilize your operations and increase your community engagement potential. But more importantly, they’re human, so recognizing the selfless service over 77 million Americans partake in every year goes a long
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