Use Floating Subtotals to Track Service for Custom Times

Tip of the Week November 25, 2024 In addition to regular service hour entries, Volgistics automatically keeps a total for month-to-date (MTD), fiscal year-to-date (YTD), and life hours for volunteers. There are also two floating subtotal fields that you can use to keep track of service performed during time periods that you select. The floating

Why Volunteer Retention Could Be Decreasing

Why volunteer retention could be decreasing

Is there a reason you’re losing volunteers? If you’ve noticed that people aren’t coming back, you may wonder if the exits reflect on your nonprofit. Sometimes, you can address the reasons volunteers quit at an organizational level, and sometimes, there may be personal issues you cannot resolve. Formal volunteering rates dropped between 2019 and 2021.

Create a Set to Find Small or Large Service Entries

Tip of the Week November 18, 2024 At times you may find abnormal service entries that have been created. For example, if you use the VicTouch module, sometimes a volunteer will sign-in for an assignment, reenter their PIN to check the schedule, and then click the sign-out button out of habit. Or if volunteers enter

How to Boost Volunteer Morale

How to Boost Volunteer Morale

Volunteers are the backbone of many organizations. American volunteers alone have an economic value of $122.9 billion annually. Volunteers dedicate their time and energy to your cause. However, volunteers can become unmotivated over time. Working long hours and performing difficult work can quickly drain team morale. Boosting volunteer morale is essential for keeping your team

Create Automatic Report to Track Checklist Items

Tip of the Week November 11, 2024 Volgistics includes a Checklist feature to help you track volunteer requirements. You can not only use the Checklist page in Volgistics to find volunteers who are due, but you can also create an automatic monthly report showing volunteers who are due. To do this, the first step would

Essential Volunteer Satisfaction Survey Questions To Ask 

Americans are increasingly donating their time and efforts to causes they believe in. Volunteering has hit a record high in recent years, with about 63 million Americans volunteering regularly. However, if volunteers aren’t satisfied with their experience with your organization, they might not continue to work with you.  Volunteer surveys are a great way to make sure

Search the Event Log or a volunteer’s Notes tab

Tip of the Week November 4, 2024 Each Volgistics account has an Event Log that records key events. Even though not every event in your account is tracked due to size limitations, the Event Log can still become quite long. This can make it hard to find one specific item. The same problem may occur

Create Holidays to Close the Schedule on Certain Days

Tip of the Week October 28, 2024 If your organization closes or just keeps minimal staff on certain dates you can add the date as a holiday in your account. This will automatically remove all regularly scheduled volunteers from the schedule for the date you list as the holiday. If volunteers are needed on the

Spread Holiday Cheer with Greeting Cards

Tip of the Week October 21, 2024 If your organization uses the VicTouch module, you can create holiday cards which will be displayed when volunteers sign-in. The setup options allow you to customize a heading and message, and choose a date range for when the cards will be shown. You can use the graphics that

Access the Store from Setup

Tip of the Week October 14, 2024 The Volgistics Store is where accounts can create invoices, pay for service, change service levels and perform other administrative tasks. Volgistics Administrators can access the Store by visiting www.volgistics.com, hovering over Try or Buy, clicking Store, and entering their credentials. But there is another way into the Store