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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
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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 • Add Questions • Add Documents • Promote your Opportunities • Get the Widget • Use the Syndication Tool • Questions
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
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
Customize your Opportunities • Photo Manager • Custom Question Manager • Document Manager
Photo Manager • Opportunity to ‘show’ the work • Attracts more volunteers • Higher referral rate • Can store up to 5 photos with titles and captions
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…
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
Promote your Opportunities • Get the Widget • Use the Syndication Tool
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.
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
Questions? Support californialibraries_support@volunteermatch.org VolunteerMatch Learning Center http://www.volunteermatch.org/nonprofits/learningcenter/ Contact Me! Jennifer Bennett 415-321-3639 jbennett@volunteermatch.org