Thank you to my colleagues who do all they can to mobilise the people to meet the needs of my communities both seen and unseen. Have a celebration for...
Dear CyberVPM newsgroup member On behalf of the committee overseeing International Volunteer Managers Day (IVMDay) and our extended International Supporters...
I do a White Elephant Gift Exchange where everyone brings a wrapped gift in "like new condition" and then they are exchanged. It is a big hit every year- in...
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Nov 3, 2008 8:53 am
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November 2008 Update Communication "Stayin' ALIVE" with Lively News! Since the Congress of Volunteer Administrators Association (COVAA) meeting in December of...
Our social service agency is considering adding accident insurance coverage for volunteers. The annual premium has been quoted at $714 for a $500k aggregate...
My non-profit organization has a strong policy of performing a background check with every volunteer that is affiliated with our museum. I fully agree with...
Try being more obvious and less personal. "Our museum volunteers work closely with children and adult patrons. We run a criminal background check (which...
Susie Reehl
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Nov 12, 2008 9:46 pm
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[Overquoting removed by moderator mkh] Hi there - I'm thinking this is a common problem that many of us have. I think it's great that you are putting the time...
Hi Christopher, There have been a few good responses to this query, I just want to add one more example. We do Criminal record checks on all volunteers whether...
Hi, everyone - As I reported several weeks ago, we are planning to devote the entire next issue of e-Volunteerism (www.e-volunteerism.com) to a retrospective...
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Nov 17, 2008 6:37 am
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Since many volunteer adminstrators wear several hats, can anybody recommend the best way to handle email communication? I've heard about Constant Contact and...
Tori - We have used Constant Contact for several years and I am really pleased with the producct. It allows those who visit our site to sign up to receive...
I've looked at Constant Comment, but the one thing it doesn't do it send an automatic reply (I assume things like "you are subscribed"). Do you think that's a...
I would recommend you also look into Vertical Response. It has good basic functionality unless you need a really sophisticated approach to managing multiple...
I use ContactContact - and find it's a good service. You can set it up to send from several different names, and to different email lists that you have...
Is there a common practice as to whether volunteers should record their travel time on their time sheets? I am in the process of re-creating the time cards for...
Ashley, We keep a column for our volunteers to track their travel time. In economics they call it an opportunity cost. If they weren't traveling to our...
Brown, Geoffrey
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Nov 25, 2008 9:56 pm
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We count our travel time if they are going to a volunteer commitment off site only. Shirley Kirkpatrick - OASIS Education Center, Eugene OR ssw...
Hi Ashley, For our volunteers that travel, their time sheet has three columns. Time, visiting, time travelling and total time. I don't include the time spent...
Ashley wrote: "Is there a common practice as to whether volunteers should record their travel time on their time sheets?" When collecting data, it's a good...
Our volunteers sign in and out in my office, so nobody claims extra time. Of course if I sent somebody on an errand, I record that time. I know that...
Utah State Parks has volunteers include travel time. I think it's a good idea since traveling to the work site is not something they would normally do unless...
I think you are really talking two different and distinct things here. Geoffrey does a good job of explaining it. Mileage has a value attached to it that is...
[Overquoting removed by moderator mkh] The question with statistics is always why are you collecting to? What do you need the time for? Is it part of the...
[Overquoting removed by moderator mkh] Happy Thanksgiving! We do document travel on our timesheets. In more rural areas, we have volunteers traveling up to 40...
The IRS Charitable Volunteer Mileage Rate is $0.14/mile (deductable). The business rate is $0.55/mile and GSA reimbursement rate (employee travel when no gov't...
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Dec 1, 2008 7:41 am
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Hi all, I am looking for help/advice/suggestions in using a good tool/process to evaluate volunteer impact in a program. I am not interested in monitoring...
