Engaging Employees through Shared Value Volunteering - June 2013 VolunteerMatch BPN Webinar
VolunteerMatch: Make the Most of your Account!
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1 VolunteerMatch: Make the Most of your Account! Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager, Education and Training Maura Koehler-Hanlon, Senior Client Relations Manager
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VolunteerMatch: Make the Most of your Account!. Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager, Education and Training Maura Koehler-Hanlon, Senior Client Relations Manager. Agenda. What’s New at VolunteerMatch? New Look New Listing Wizard New Skills Tiles Customize your Opportunities Add a Photo - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of VolunteerMatch: Make the Most of your Account!
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VolunteerMatch:Make the Most of your Account!
Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager, Education and TrainingMaura Koehler-Hanlon, Senior Client Relations Manager
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Agenda
• What’s New at VolunteerMatch?– New Look– New Listing Wizard– New Skills Tiles
• Customize your Opportunities– Add a Photo– Add Questions– Add Documents
• Promote your Opportunities– Get the Widget– Use the Syndication Tool
• Questions
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New Look for VolunteerMatch
“Helping everyone find a great place to volunteer”
• Prioritize Search• Over 1.6 million volunteer
members, 80,000 nonprofits and over 5.6 million referrals
• #1 on Google, Yahoo!, and MSN for finding volunteer opportunities
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New Look for VolunteerMatch
• Create opportunities more easily– Save drafts, view as you go– Fewer steps to post– Important information prioritized
• Streamline and standardize skills– Find volunteers with skills more easily– Use standard taxonomy and language familiar with professionals
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Customize your Opportunities
• Photo Manager
• Custom Question Manager
• Document Manager
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Photo Manager
• Opportunity to ‘show’ the work
• Attracts more volunteers– Higher referral rate
• Can store up to 5 photos with titles and captions
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Custom Question Manager
• Include up to 3 questions on referral form
• Ask logistical questions– Dates, shifts, lunch preference, t-shirt size
• Ask qualifying questions– Can you, Do you, Are you able to?
• Ask for experiential information– Briefly describe your experience with…
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Document Manager
• Attach a document to the referral email– Microsoft Word, PDF, Text, Excel, RTF or HTML files
• Communicate specific program information– Volunteer brochure, handbook, application
• Provide graphic or visual information– Location map, race course
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Promote your Opportunities
• Get the Widget
• Use the Syndication Tool
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Get the Widget
The widget is a box you can put on your website to encourage your library patrons to volunteer with your library or to get involved with other community
organizations.
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Syndication Tool
• Promote VolunteerMatch listings on other sites
• Changes to listings update automatically
• Customize the colors/fonts to match your site
• Choose how opportunities are displayed
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Questions?
VolunteerMatch Learning Centerhttp://www.volunteermatch.org/nonprofits/learningcenter/
Contact Me!Jennifer [email protected]
