The first day I arrived at VolunteerMark, I had no idea what to expect. I applied for the job (as a marketing specialist) because, as a volunteer, I personally know the need for a product that helps volunteers find new opportunities and creates an easy way to log and validate volunteer hours. I knew I […]
Sign up for our free webinar here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/699779029990315520 When: Tuesday, August 6th at 11:00am CST Duration: 60 minutes Hosted By: Andrew Stanley, VolunteerMark Cost: FREE Welcome to VolunteerMark! We are the online tool for organizing and growing your volunteer program. Discover the benefits of our exclusive beta program. Stop worrying about scheduling, emailing, and data entry: […]
I recently purchased 365 Ideas for Recruiting, Retaining, Motivating and Rewarding Your Volunteers and The Volunteer Management Handbook. These books are great resources for any charity or nonprofit organization and I highly recommend them. Ask me to borrow them; I’m happy to share! I thought it was interesting how the perspectives on “Volunteer Management” differed. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]