Print blank application forms to create paper applications While online volunteer application forms provide a way to collect new volunteer information online, you also have the option of printing blank versions of these forms for venues where it will be necessary or more practical to have paper copies for applicants to take home and fill
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Tip of the Week January 22, 2018
Use the email validity icon to determine if a volunteer’s email is accurate When you send email through Volgistics, the system automatically tracks if the recipient’s email address is valid and uses an email validity icon on the Core tab of the volunteer record to identify its status. By default, a volunteer’s email address is
Tip of the Week January 15, 2018
Name Sets by function to make them easy to find 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 that you give to the Set, but it may be difficult to find the Set
Tip of the Week January 8, 2018
Review VicNet and VicTouch use. If your account’s service level includes the VicNet or VicTouch modules, you may want to review usage at times. This allows you to make informed decisions about whether the module is being underutilized and more training is needed, or if you want to remove the module from your service level
Tip of the Week Janurary 1, 2018
Find Volgistics’ W-9 form online Many organizations are required to have an up-to-date W-9 form from companies that they do business with. For convenience, we update our W-9 form regularly and you can access it online. This allows you to save the W-9 form as a PDF document, or print a copy of the form
Tip of the Week December 25, 2017
Archive old help inquires to “clean-up” your mailbox The “Help E-mail” tab of the Mailbox is designed to provide a reference for System Operators. All System Operators in the account can review past questions and responses in case they find the information helpful. However, there may be past help inquiries that are simply thank-you responses,
Tip of the Week December 18, 2017
System Operators can check their own system access rights and find their account’s Administrator Volgistics allows each account’s Administrator(s) to set user levels and other rights for each System Operator for their account. If you’re a System Operator and you don’t see a menu item, tab, field, or button, you can check if your System
Tip of the Week December 11, 2017
Disable VicNet access for specific volunteer records If your organization uses VicNet, there may be times when you want to disable access for some volunteers. You control who can access VicNet overall by using the Status, and the Type and Flag settings on the VicNet Ground Rules page. However, there may be times when you
Tip of the Week December 4, 2017
Track multiple addresses and phone numbers for volunteers on their Contacts tab. Volunteer addresses and phone numbers are stored on the Core tab of the volunteer record. In most cases this is sufficient to track the volunteer’s information. But sometimes a volunteer record may have more than one address or phone number you want to
Tip of the Week November 27, 2017
Message history is available on History tab of volunteer record. When you use Volgistics’ features to send email, Vic mail, or text messages to volunteers, a record of the messages sent to each volunteer is kept on his or her History tab. You can view this record to see if the message shows as being