I've found that volunteers of all ages and experience adapt well to online system that log their hours and show their schedules. Signing up for tours can be a little more challenging for some people.
Another fee-based program that works well is Volunteer Impact. This is a full-fledged volunteer management software package, so it might be more than you're looking for. The data is stored in the cloud; therefore, volunteers may log into the system from anywhere (it works with mobile devices as well as computers). As with most software, there's a bit of a learning curve (more on the back-end than for the volunteer). The fees are based on the number of volunteers in your organization.
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Rebecca Martin
Director of Education and Guest Experiences
Gunston Hall
Mason Neck VA
Original Message:
Sent: 11-29-2016 05:06 PM
From: Andrew White
Subject: Online Sign up for docent led tours
At the Rosenbach we use SignUp.com for about 40 volunteers (our volunteers give tours of the Rosenbach brothers' home and growing collections). SignUp is free and works nicely, giving me the opportunity to write a monthly collections-highlight and welcome message, and allowing our guides to add, change, and swap shifts. I've had one guide refuse to use it on the grounds that our society is moving too much in the direction of impersonal robo-interactions, but aside from this solitary act of principled defiance, our volunteers have taken to it with enthusiasm.
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Andrew White
Volunteer Coordinator
Rosenbach Museum & Library
Philadelphia PA
Original Message:
Sent: 11-28-2016 09:37 AM
From: Mary Morris
Subject: Online Sign up for docent led tours
I manage a docent corps of about 30 - 40 docents and was thinking about utilizing an online sign up forum such as signupgenius, etc. for docents to use to sign themselves up for weekly tours. Have any of you used this kind of sign up before, what service have you used and what have been the pros and cons?
Thank you!
Mary Morris
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Mary Morris
Museum Educator
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Jacksonville FL
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