Tip of the Week April 29, 2024 Volgistics includes features for matching volunteers and Assignments. Volunteers are considered as matching – or not matching – an assignment based on the selections on the Profile tabs for both the Assignment and the volunteer. The matching features can be a great way to find Assignments a particular
9 Problems You May Be Facing With Your Current Volunteer Management Process
Having an efficient volunteer management process is important for creating long-lasting volunteer relationships and recruiting new volunteers. To best manage your team of volunteers, you should aim for organization and strive for a streamlined management process. With your system, volunteers should be able to do everything they need to, from signing in to filling out
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Effective Volunteer Retention Strategies
It’s no secret that volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization or program. Volunteers offer their time, effort, knowledge, and skills to help reach goals and fulfill the organization’s mission. As a program or organization leader, you can learn how to retain volunteers who bring experience and dependable skills for even greater success. With
Promoting Volunteers to Greater Responsibility
Your organization values all of your volunteers, but some stand out as ready to step up and assume new levels of responsibility. Promoting those who are ready and willing not only fills vital leadership roles, but it keeps volunteer satisfaction levels high. Additionally, when these experienced volunteers are challenged, they’re more likely to remain with
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Helpful Hints for VicNet Passwords
Tip of the Week April 8, 2024 If your organization uses the VicNet module, your volunteers will login using their email address and a password. The VicNet Ground Rules page allows you to manage password settings, including strength requirements, minimum length, and how often they expire. And volunteers can choose to update their password at
Creating a Volunteer Handbook (Sample)
Volunteers form the backbone of many organizations, particularly nonprofits. They perform essential work that frees staff members to concentrate on specialized tasks, and they create invaluable links to the community that generate interest and support. Across America, volunteers donate a collective 6.9 billion hours of work annually. To help your volunteer cohort function effectively, you’ll need
Add training links to VicNet
Tip of the Week April 1, 2024 If your organization uses the VicNet module you can place a link on the Home page of VicNet to training materials the volunteers need. Volunteers can login and click the link to be taken to the web address that has the information. This allows you to post links
Essential Volunteer Liability Waiver Forms
Organizations often avoid using volunteer waiver agreements for several reasons. Administrators may feel the nature of volunteer roles doesn’t call for such strong legal documents, or work only with a select group of seasoned volunteers whom they know and trust. Likewise, they may simply not have the time to create these formal waivers or understand
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Link to Volunteer Websites
Tip of the Week March 25, 2024 Volunteer records in Volgistics have a Web site field on the Core tab. On group records, this field can be used to record the organization’s web site. On individual volunteer records, you can record the volunteer’s personal web page or their page on sites such as Facebook or
Volgistics Has Guides for VicTouch and VicNet
Tip of the Week March 18, 2024 If your organization uses the VicTouch or VicNet modules, Volgistics offers guides and tutorials for your volunteers! Volunteer Guide for VicTouch has information for the VicTouch module. The direct link for this is: Volunteer Guide for VicTouch Volunteer Guide for VicNet has information for volunteers using the beta
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