A quick evaluation of the tools I found led me to the perfect one for my needs, which has solved my problems ever since.
Given my budget was $0, I was delighted to find a number of free volunteer management tools that offered simple shift scheduling, automated email reminders, easy online registration, and tools to help me match jobs to volunteer skills. These issues led me to search for volunteer management software that could help. Turns out recruiting volunteers was the easy part - the real challenge is what came after.Ĭonflicting schedules, no-shows, missing contact info, a corrupt Excel file, competition over who gets to do what (I once had to break up a fight over who would fry the bacon)… the list goes on. When I began to manage small groups of volunteers to cook breakfast for a YWCA Women’s Shelter, I had no idea what I was getting into.
