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Signup Scheduling Tools: Relative Start and End Dates

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 06/18/202406/18/2024

NEW: Signup Scheduling Relative to Slot Dates Signup scheduling got more flexible: your ivolunteer.com signup opportunities now have more granular options for signup start and end dates. These options are especially helpful for long-running signup opportunities such as monthly or quarterly schedules. ivolunteer has always allowed you to select signup start and end dates for…

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Managing Volunteers During the Holidays

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 11/28/202301/17/2024

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…

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Connect and Communicate with Your Volunteers
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Connect and Communicate with Your Volunteers

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 07/06/202307/06/2023

How often do you need to communicate with your volunteers to manage signups and keep events running smoothly? We’ve got tools for that! Volunteer management is an umbrella for many interrelated tasks. We know one of the key challenges as a volunteer manager is to stay connected with your current, past, and prospective volunteers. ivolunteer.com…

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Fine-Tune Your Volunteer Sign Ups

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 06/14/202302/13/2024

This Tips and Tricks post will tell you how to tailor your signup form for different groups of volunteers in your event or opportunity. Different Signup Prompts for Different Folks Volunteer sign ups in ivolunteer.com can have many sub-groupings, sort of like a nesting doll. These groupings are called Task areas. You may have one…

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Track Volunteer Hours with Flexible Self-Reporting

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 05/16/202303/06/2025

Wouldn’t it be great if you could track volunteer hours without setting a specific start and end time for a signup slot? Now there is an easy way to let participants self-report their hours worked. Tracking volunteer hours is usually automatic in ivolunteer.com. Date and time fields let you set a block of time for…

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Announcing the New Event Wizard!

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 09/01/202202/09/2024

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…

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Another Way to Recruit Volunteers

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 05/10/201602/09/2024

Volunteer Recruitment is in itself a full time job for Volunteer Managers.  Where can you find new volunteers?  In earlier blogs, colleges was listed as a great resource.  That is true but there are other places you can find “new” volunteers, the internet.  All across the country there are websites devoted to posting volunteer opportunities…

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Event Déjà vu
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Event Déjà vu

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 04/29/2016

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…

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Laughable Non-Profit Reality TV Show Ideas

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 04/21/2016

Volunteer Managers work hard.  It is time for you to enjoy some laughs.  How many of these shows seem real to you? Enjoy the article and the laugh! “Dancing with Program Officers” and 5 other nonprofit-themed reality TV shows we need ivolunteer.com The best way to sign up your volunteers online

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Lessons Are All Around Us
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Lessons Are All Around Us

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 04/19/201603/28/2021

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? …

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Find Their Passion

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 02/18/201603/28/2021

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…

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Assess yourself

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 02/09/2016

Volunteer Managers wear many hats.  This is a great uplifting article on ways to start the New Year right and also see how incredibly important you are to the success of the organization. Assessment tools for team building

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Communicate expectations to your volunteers

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 02/04/201602/09/2024

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…

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Are you ready for success?

Bypausta32_dcv2sx 01/19/201602/09/2024

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…

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