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Dear friends. I am expanding our volunteer and docent program and had planned to use Volgistics to manage information and schedules. However, our parent company (a college) will not sign off on using Volgistics because it did not pass HECVAT, an assessment tool used by higher education to assess security risk of vendors.  What other VMS do you recommend?  Though I am "expanding" the program, I will still have under 100 volunteers.  But I am a one-person department so help with managing volunteers is essential.   Thank you in advance!

Laura McManus

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Laura McManus
Curator of Education
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Lynchburg VA
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Laura,

One of the museums I work with uses Homebase to help with scheduling.  It does a lot more than that, but she finds it very helpful with scheduling both seasonal employees and volunteers.  And there is an app as well.

Good luck!

Jodi

JODI POLSGROVE Curator of Collections Connecticut State Museums Connecticut Economic & Community Development Phone: 860-212-6452 jodi.polsgrove@ct.gov

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Jodi Polsgrove
Museum Curator I / Curator of Collections
State Of Connecticut
Hartford CT
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Hi Laura,

StaffSavvy is used by museums, performing arts centers and universities. We have completed documentation similar to a HECVAT in the past. Please let me know if you'd like to take a look and chat more.

Anne Choe

anne.choe@ace4arts.com

Anne Choe Enterprises

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Anne Choe
Principal
Verona NJ
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Laura,

I suggest looking into Better Impact.  The system is intuitive (and easy for volunteers to learn), functional (reporting is easy), and affordable.  I have used Better Impact for the last 13 years at both the Houston Zoo and now at Space Center Houston and I'm still a fan.  

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Paul Bishop
Volunteer Programs Supervisor
Space Center Houston
Houston TX
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