Tip of the Week June 9, 2025 If your organization uses the VicTouch module and you have an event coming up that you want volunteers to remember, consider using a VicTouch Greeting Card. Volunteers will see the reminder each time they login during the time period you select. Sending a reminder message through Vic Mail
Continue Reading “Use VicTouch Greeting Cards as Event Reminders”
Tip of the Week June 2, 2025 There may be times when you need to find all the volunteers in your account that have information in a specific text field. For example, to verify the information in a field called School where you record the educational institution a volunteer attends, or attended last, it may
Continue Reading “Use a Set to Find Records That Have Information in a Spare Field”
Tip of the Week May 19, 2025 Your Volgistics database is divided into archived and non-archived sections. The Archive is designed for long term storage of inactive volunteers. In your account’s service level, archived records cost significantly less because they have more limited functionality than non-archived records. For example, archived volunteers cannot be tagged or
Continue Reading “Archive Inactive Records to Keep Service Information and Save Money”
Tip of the Week May 12, 2025 Each time a volunteer is a recipient of an email, text, or Vic Mail message from your account, an entry is added to the Messages section of the volunteer’s History tab. This feature tracks custom email and text messages sent by System Operators as well as automatic messages
Continue Reading “Track Messages Received by Volunteers on the History Tab”
Tip of the Week March 17, 2025 National Volunteer Week is coming up! Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of volunteers to tackle society’s greatest challenges, to build stronger communities and be a force that transforms the world. It’s also used to
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.
Continue Reading “Why Volunteer Retention Could Be Decreasing”
Tip of the Week August 05, 2024 We’ve seen many new accounts or new administrators who aren’t taking full advantage of everything Volgistics has to offer. We want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your investment. Did you know Volgistics includes features for: In addition to a library of help topics and
A volunteer engagement strategy is essential for coordinating your team and streamlining operations. Whether you’re looking to reduce waste or motivate your volunteers, an engagement strategy can help. Use these 10 tips to build a successful volunteer engagement strategy and create a productive, effective volunteer team. Why Create an Engagement Strategy? Developing a written volunteer
Continue Reading “Developing a Volunteer Engagement Strategy”
Tip of the Week January 29, 2024 As your Volgistics account grows, you may find that you have a lengthy list when you select Sets from the menu. The list of Sets is alphabetized by the name you give to the Set, but it may be difficult to find the one you need from a
Tip of the Week December 25, 2023 Many organizations that use application forms want to know how many applications they have received in a year, or another time period. This can be useful for reference, or for completing reports for grants and other external agencies. While you can create Sets to identify the number of volunteers who had
Continue Reading “See How Many Submissions an Application Has Received in a Year”
Organizations Served
Leaders Benefiting
Volunteers Tracked
All Content ©
Volgistics, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy
