Tip of the Week April 13, 2015

Archive inactive records to keep service information and save money Each Volgistics account includes a non-archived and an archived section. Your account’s service level determines how many records can be kept in each section. The non-archived section of your database is designed to be used for the records of active volunteers. Records in this section

Tip of the Week March 2, 2015

Electronic Document Storage in Development Plans are underway to add a new paperless document storage feature to Volgistics. This feature will give you the ability to store electronic files for your volunteer records. Please read more in the blog.

Electronic Document Storage in Development

Plans are underway to add a new paperless document storage feature to Volgistics. This feature will give you the ability to store electronic files for your volunteer records The Volgistics Team is currently working on adding a new feature for paperless document storage. To keep with the Volunteer Information Center (VIC) naming convention for VicNet

Tip of the Week January 12, 2015

Create a Set to find small or large service entries. At times you may get abnormal service entries that have been created. For example, if you use the VicTouch module, sometimes a volunteer will sign-in for an assignment, re- enter their PIN number to check the schedule, and then click the “Sign-out” button out of

Tip of the Week December 22, 2014

Find a volunteer’s last access to VicNet. If you use the VicNet module to allow volunteers to login to the secure portal to do things such as update their contact information, download forms, receive messages, view or record service, and more, you may sometimes need to see when a volunteer signed into the module last.

Tip of the Week December 1, 2014

Include the Source, Batch or Directive fields for service entries on Service Detail Reports Service Detail reports are designed to provide specific information about service entries that appear on the volunteer’s Service tab. When you create a custom Service Detail report and select to list volunteers on the Options tab, you can include regular volunteer

Tip of the Week October 27, 2014

The VicNet Time Sheet tab can now be enabled for just selected volunteers Depending on your organization’s needs, you may want to give all volunteers access to VicNet but only allow a selected group to use the Time Sheet tab to enter service information. We recently updated Volgistics to allow you to do this. Please

Restrict VicNet Time Sheet Tab Access

The VicNet Time Sheet tab can now be enabled for just selected volunteers The VicNet module has a Time Sheet tab feature that allows your volunteers to input their service information from any computer or device connected to the Internet. Depending on your organization, you may want all volunteers to have access to VicNet, but

Tip of the Week October 6, 2014

Preview what volunteers see when they login to VicNet. If your organization uses the VicNet module, you may want to preview what a volunteer sees when he or she logs-in. This can be useful when you’re doing things such as setting up Vic self-scheduling to see if you’ve set it up correctly. One way to

Tip of the Week August 11, 2014

Text Messaging Feature Released We’re pleased to announce a new text messaging feature. You can send custom texts to volunteers, and volunteers can choose to receive automated messages, such as reminders, as text messages. Please read more here.