Happy Holidays from VolunteerLocal!

Happiest of holidays from the VolunteerLocal team!

Reflecting back on 2016, we are extremely grateful for the customer relationships we have built and continue to grow. It is absolutely amazing to see so many different organizations working to bring people together. We have big hopes for the New Year, and we’re confident it will bring more friends and opportunities.

In this holiday spirit, we’re offering 10% off any plan upgrade for first-time users. After you’ve created an account, you can select your plan type under Account->Billing & Plan Info. Enter discount code HOLIDAY10, and we’ll take 10% off from our end.

Our warmest wishes and sincerest thanks to our wonderful friends and followers, old and new. Happy holidays, and happy volunteering!

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Discount code HOLIDAY10 valid from 12:00am on Thursday, December 22nd through 11:59pm on Sunday, December 31st.

Have questions? Shoot Lucy an email at lucy@volunteerlocal.com.

 

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Save Time and Trees with VolunteerLocal’s Online Waiver

VolunteerLocal DisclaimerWe love being able to save time for you and your organization. We also like saving trees. That’s why we have a section for Disclaimers, where you can upload your waiver, ensuring everyone who registers for your event has read and signed your waiver – minus the paperwork.

To set up your waiver, go to Events->Your Events, and select the Disclaimer link next to your event. Copy and paste your waiver into the text box. The checkbox underneath, “Check here to capture a digital signature to accept the disclaimer,” ensures that your volunteers are required to give a digital signature accepting your terms. You can customize the text displayed next to the confirmation checkbox in the section directly underneath.

For our Discover, Grow, & Conquer clients, we give you the option to set up a separate minor waiver for those volunteers under 18. Copy and paste your minor waiver in the portion beneath your adult waiver. You’ll notice that it prompts you to add a “birthdate” field to your registration questions. If you haven’t already done so (under Events->Your Events->Volunteer Information), adding a minor waiver will automatically do so for you. This means that when a volunteer enters a birthdate under 18 years of age, the separate minor waiver will appear on the page to be downloaded and signed by a parental guardian.

We know it’s important for you to keep your volunteers and your organization safe. Cover all your bases and ditch the paperwork with an online waiver.

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Making the Most of Social Media Through Your Volunteers

We all know that we are in the age of digital media. And whether you’re a Facebook fanatic or miss the $_32good old days of typewriters, social media is a great medium for spreading the word about your organization. So why not take it a step further and have your volunteers help share the love?

Give your registered volunteers the chance to tell their friends and family members about your upcoming event by turning on social media sharing. The “thank you” page your volunteers see after registration isn’t just polite – it’s also powerful.

To get sharing, go to the “Event Detail” page (under Events->Your Events) next to your current event (for help setting up an event, click here). Underneath “Social Plugins” is a radio button that says, “Check here to turn on social sharing tools for your volunteers.” For our Grow and Conquer clients, you can also create a custom Twitter hashtag for each individual event to easily track who has been tweeting about your festivities.

Screen shot 2016-10-28 at 11.52.51 AMWith sharing turned on, the “thank you” page will include links to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. When a volunteer selects one, it will automatically sync to their own social media accounts and post, “Volunteer with me at {name of event},” followed by a link to your event page. Now everyone they’re connected to on social media will be able to connect to your event. 

You already know how helpful your volunteers are – give them the power to help build your community of dedicated volunteers through just the click of a button. Happy sharing and #happyvolunteering!

 

 

P.S. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for more tantalizing tips!

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