Will you be managing volunteers during the holidays? Volunteer coordinators of service organizations are often stretched thin. For many of our customers, the holidays are an especially busy and challenging time. From coordinating holiday food and toy drives to scheduling volunteers for a Christmas feast, administrators need to sign up volunteers across a range of…
You asked for an easier way to get started with ivolunteer.com Events. We listened! We’re excited to introduce the New Event Wizard, a.k.a. NEW. How Does the Wizard Work? Now when you click the +Add button, the NEW will step you through the setup of your Event. If you’re a pro and prefer the old…
Inspire your volunteers with video stories through e-mail options in your online volunteer management software. Keep them engaged to foster long term loyalty and support. You will not regret it. ivolunteer.com The best way to sign up your volunteers online
Non-profits successful events often become quarterly, annual or a series of event. ivolunteer.com allows Volunteer Managers to reuse past events so you do not need to recreate the wheel. Reusing Past Events The best way to reuse a past event is to copy it. This creates a new event with the same sign up sheets…
Confirmation Emails There are two kinds of Confirmation Emails, Required Confirmation and Confirmation Notification. Required Confirmation The purpose of Required Confirmation emails is primarily to verify a volunteer’s email address. The volunteer is not confirmed for the slots they signed up for until they click on the link in the Required Confirmation email. Since ivolunteer.com…
Assessing needs is one of the fundamental roles of fundraisers. Fundraising is a term used for those who solicit donations to organizations so consider that Volunteer Managers are fundraisers too. Volunteer Managers provide funds to a non-profit through the in-kind donation of time. Volunteers are donors. What do they want and need from your organization? …
Diversity adds so much to an organizations reach within a community. How can a Volunteer Manager expand their reach with a static database? The answer is simple, you can’t. Online volunteer management software will allow Volunteer Managers to open their volunteer pool by creating online volunteer sign up’s that can be shared through e-mail, social…
Why would we do anything we are not passionate about? Big joke, we know as many people spend endless hours a week doing things that we do not enjoy. The point is, when we have a choice we want to do something that either we are passionate about or that we know with help us…
Assigning Event Administrators To Groups Organization Administrators are now able to assign Event Administrators access to specific participant groups in the Database. Those Event Administrators will then be able to send emails to the volunteers in the groups they are assigned to from the Send Email tab of their events. To assign groups to an…
It happens all the time! We take a job, buy something online, or order something from a menu and then it happens…”Well this is not what I expected at all!” This could be a positive experience or a negative experience but either way there is a disconnect with your understanding of a product/service and the…
Our online volunteer management software allows you to easily collect data from your volunteers on signup. ivolunteer.com has many types of custom prompts that can be required or optional for your participants to complete when signing up for a slot. Technically, there is no limit to the number of custom prompts that users can collect…
Training is an underutilized tool when it pertains to volunteers. The difficult part is when can a Volunteer Manager find the time to train? Volunteers are there to help but they do not go through the rigorous interview process, submit resumes, and may not even know much about your organization, yet they are your ambassadors. …
Managing volunteers is always about the “what if” scenario. Planning ahead is a key to being prepared for success regardless of the stumbles along the way. What if we do not have enough volunteers, what if we have too many volunteers, what if we are not as busy as expected? Be prepared for the least…
