VolunteerMark T-Shirts Have Arrived!
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We are giving away these shirts for free. Ask me how you can get your free t-shirt today!
Author: Andrew Stanley
National Volunteer Week, April 21-27, 2013
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In honor of National Volunteer Week we have put together some interesting facts and information about volunteerism in the United States and worldwide. As of 2012, the estimated value of a volunteer’s time is $22.14 per hour. Discover more stats about volunteer time . How much money has your volunteers contributed to your organization? The National […]
Technology Best Practices for Nonprofits (continued)
This blog post is a continuation post from the original 1-5 best practices for nonprofits 6. Blog A well planned and executed blog is one of the most effective things any organization can do to expand its reach. The technology behind a blog is simple and the cost is free. Although it is important that […]
10 Technology Best Practices for Nonprofits: Social Media, Blogging, CRMs, CMS, Web 2.0
2 part series. 1-5 Listed below. also see the 6-10 best practices for nonprofits Leverage these tech tools and resources to bring higher social impact to your organization. This is a very basic starting point, later we will be diving into more detail. Your organization is only as good as the work you do. […]
VolunteerMark, Soon to Launch
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We have been hard at work. It’s been almost a year since we’ve updated the blog because we’ve been so busy and focused on some very exciting improvements! Focus on volunteer retention rates. Did you know that the average turnover rate for volunteers is 34%? Compared to the national employee turnover rate of 3.1%, it […]
Welcome Venkat Dulipalli, Chief Technical Officer
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2012 has been a busy year for co-founder of VolunteerMark, Andrew Stanley. The many exciting life changes include proposing to his girlfriend and making wedding plans for late 2012, running the April 16th Boston Marathon, and bringing on board a technical co-founder for the VolunteerMark company. Venkat is an app developer with expertise in java, […]
VolunteerMark = volunteer app
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What is the status anyway? Thank you for bearing with us as we develop this application. Perhaps you are intrigued about us but really don’t understand just what exactly we are building That’s great that you are following our blog and facebook/twitter updates. We try to contribute to the those with general interest in nonprofits […]
Competition Among Charities
Are NPOs fighting to stay relevant? The main reason why a nonprofit organization would join the United Way is because the UW allocates money to its member agencies. So if the United Way of Kansas City has decided to allocate $39,043,234 (2010 990 Form) to the 116 member agencies, each organization will receive a piece of […]
Technology for non-profits
My conversations with local non-profits My experience working for a local for-profit company exposed me to the reality that a lot of businesses are using outdated and inefficient technology. And it comes at no surprise that not-for-profit organizations operating with shrinking budgets are more likely than not to be using some of the most primitive […]
The Role of Charities
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What would the world be like without charities? Who would look after the world’s vulnerable people with disabilities, youth and aging? Who would take care of the poor and sick? How would we promote peace, cooperation, love, sense of community, and environmental conservation? The list of noble causes is vast and always growing. Organizing like-minded […]
