Understanding the Volunteer Training & Certification Process
Learn about the volunteer screening and certification process. Understand what happens after you submit your application and how coordinators review and approve volunteers.
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Promoting Your First Event: Getting Volunteers to Sign Up
Learn how to promote your volunteer event with QR codes, social media, website embeds, and automatic recruiting. Get signups without a marketing budget.
Keeping Volunteers Coming Back: Communication Basics
Learn how automatic thank-you emails, surveys, and monthly reports keep volunteers engaged without adding to your workload. Set it once, build relationships forever.
Day-Of: Helping Volunteers Find You
Set up arrival info so volunteers find your event easily. Learn how to add parking directions, entrance photos, and contact info that gets sent automatically.
Your Event Checklist: What to Set Up Before Going Live
Make sure your volunteer event is ready for signups. This checklist covers everything from event details to visibility settings – complete in under 10 minutes.
How Volunteers Find and Sign Up for Your Events
Learn what volunteers see when they discover your events, how the signup process works, and how to share your event link to start getting signups today.
2026 Resolution: Finally Fix Your Volunteer Management (Free Tools Inside)
Is 2026 the year you stop managing volunteers in spreadsheets? Free volunteer management software is finally here. No more budget excuses.
The $4.2 Million Secret Your Volunteers Are Keeping From You
67% of donors started as volunteers. Learn how to transform your volunteer program into a donor pipeline with frictionless digital experiences.
How to Calculate Volunteer Value for Grant Applications
Learn how to calculate and document volunteer hour value using the Independent Sector rate for grant applications, annual reports, and impact statements.
Our Partnership with BeHeard Movement Just Won Tulsa Area United Way’s Coveted Social Innovation Grant
Our Partnership with BeHeard Movement Just Won Tulsa Area United Way's Coveted Social Innovation Grant Last month, something happened that stopped us in our tracks. Together we won first place in Tulsa Area United Way’s coveted Social Innovation Grant — partnering with BeHeard Movement, a nonprofit doing incredible frontline work with Oklahoma’s homeless community. They … Read more