We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of VolunteerMatters. These updates while extremely helpful will not substantial change the system's interface so there's no "training" required. We just want to make sure you know these features are now available to you. There is nothing you need to do to receive these improvements and they are all included, depending on your subscription. On Friday 12/28/12 there will be a number of system improvements including the following highlights:
New Bulk Tools for the Volunteer Calendar Shifts
You will now be able to select shifts in bulk and send invitations to your volunteers, send reminders to volunteers already assigned to a shift, assign volunteers across multiple shifts at a single time, and generate basic HTML for the selected shifts that you can place on your public website. See the following for more detailed information on these features.
Volunteer Email Invitations:
- Easily send out email invitations to specific volunteer opportunities
- Select the volunteer opportunities where you have a need, click "invite" and the system will automatically seed the bulk email utility with information for those opportunities along with a button and link to "sign up"/"learn more".
- Available for all Standard, Pro, and Enterprise subscribers
- Enterprise subscribers can customize the reminder template
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Manual Volunteer Email Reminders:
- The system sends automated email reminders to assignees. This release allows an administrator to manually send reminders whenever you would like.
- Select the volunteer opportunities you would like to send a reminder for, click "remind" and the system will automatically merge all shift information for each assignee. If an assignee has more than one shift assignment, it will consolidate all of the information into a single reminder email.
- Available for all Standard, Pro, and Enterprise Subscribers.
- Enterprise subscribers can customize the reminder template
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Assign Volunteers to Multiple Shifts Simultaneously:
- The system previously enabled you to add one or more individuals to a single shift in one transaction. This latest release also allows you to add one or more individuals to multiple shifts in a single transaction.
- Select the volunteer opportunities you would like to schedule. Click "assign" and use the chooser to select any number of volunteers. It will add all selected people as assignees to all of the selected volunteer opportunities.
- Available for all Pro and Enterprise Subscribers.
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Generate Website Code to Publish Volunteer Opportunities:
- Easily generate HTML to publish a listing of volunteer opportunities to any web page
- Select the volunteer opportunities you would like to publish. Click "gen html". The system will provide a preview of what the listing will look like and the HTML you will need to insert in your web page!
- This feature is available to all Standard, Pro, and Enterprise Subscribers.
- Enterprise subscribers may also customize the format and layout of the generated code to match their specific branding and preferences.
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Multi-Edit Volunteer Assignments
- When managing assignees to a specific volunteer opportunity, you may now update all assignees "no-show" status, notes, and comments at one time in a single form.
- Assignment management is now done within the volunteer shift list view rather than having to enter a new screen.
- When sending emails to all assignees of a shift the email will automatically be seeded with all of the shift information, including a link back to the system.
- Available for all Standard, Pro, and Enterprise Subscribers.
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