When a new volunteer joins your organization, you want to get them integrated into a productive flow as soon as possible, which means providing the right instruction for them to tackle projects and assist at events and in the office. Smart nonprofits use proven volunteer training approaches to getting this important task done. Learn how
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How to Recruit and Engage Millennial Volunteers
Millennials are often portrayed as naive and spoiled, but those stereotypes are terribly unfair. These young people, ages 18-34, grew up during the Great Recession, and they have strong beliefs and ideals that make them an excellent group of volunteers. Would you like to find ways to reach out to this generation? Use our tips
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Church Volunteer Management Tips
Effective volunteer management for churches is a bit different than for other organizations. Volunteer managers often worship alongside the people who volunteer, forming more personal relationships than those at other nonprofits. Volunteers play a vital role in keeping the church running and supporting events. Here are a few ways to manage church volunteers to get
How to Make a Volunteer Application Form
Your nonprofit undoubtedly needs volunteers, but you can’t accept just anyone who says they want to help out. Asking your applicants to fill out a volunteer form can help you determine if they make a good fit for your organization. You can also see what their skills are and how they line up with the
You Can Copy One Volunteer’s Information with the Clipboard Copy Feature
Tip of the Week June 24, 2019 There may be times when you need to enter a volunteer’s basic information (such as name, address, phone number, etc.) into an outside word processing document. For example, some organizations may send letters to volunteers, or create award certificates. If you are doing this for multiple records, the
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New Volgistics Feature: Attach Multiple Files to an Email
Including attachments with email you send is a great way to get things like blank forms, volunteer newsletters or handbooks, and invitations to your volunteers. While you could always send attachments through Volgistics, you were limited to just one with each message, and you had to upload it before composing the message. Now you can
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Give Access to the Volgistics Store Without Giving Access to Your Volunteer Database.
Tip of the Week March 25, 2019 In many organizations, payment and billing is taken care of by a person in a department outside of volunteer services. In these cases, you can provide them with access to the Volgistics Store for your account without giving access to the volunteer database used to manage your records.
View a Sent Email Message to See Recipients
Tip of the Week March 18, 2019 Volgistics keeps a list of sent email messages on the History tab of each volunteer’s record. While this is useful if you know the names of the volunteers who a message was sent to, there are times when you may not remember this information. In these cases, you
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Receive Self-Scheduling Alerts by Email or Text as a System Operator
Tip of the Week March 11, 2019 Self-scheduling alerts can be setup on the Schedule ‘Rules’ tab of each Assignment record to send notifications whenever a volunteer adds or removes themselves from that Assignment’s Schedule. These notifications can be sent to system operators via the Volgistics Mailbox and/or to coordinators by email or text message.
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Include archived volunteers in Excel spreadsheet reports
Tip of the Week February 25, 2019 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
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