Technology With Molly and Oliver!

Who Are Our Volunteers?

Millennials

Born 1981-1997ish Age today: 18-34ish Like team work,

constant feedback & a relaxed work environment

Millennials

Generation X

Born 1965-1980 Age today: 35-50 Cautious, skeptical &

self-reliant

Generation X

Baby Boomers

Born 1946-1964 Age today: 51-69 Optimistic, driven &

team-oriented

Baby Boomers

The Silent Generation

Born 1928-1945 Age today: 70-87 Disciplined, self-

sacrificing and cautious.

The Silent Generation

The Silent Generation

Millenials21%

Gen X29%

Boomers27%

Silents23%

Makeup of Total US Volunteers in 2013

Millenials Gen X Boomers Silents0

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92

Median Hours Given in 2013

HEY MOLLY! HEY MOLLY!

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Volunteer Management Software

Ease of communication

Track all of your volunteers

Volunteers can access own info

Price varies by number of records

Volgistics

Volunteer Management Software

Scheduling!

Track all of your volunteers

Volunteers can access own info

Flat annual fee

CERVIS

Tools to Communicate

Mail Chimp

Easy-to-use

Scales to mobile

FREE for under 2,000 subscribers

Tools to Communicate

Google Groups

Mailing list OR message board

Gives access to other Google Resources

Users control interaction

Tools to Communicate

Survey Monkey

Easy-to-use

Very customizable

FREE for up to 10 questions

TRAININGThe War That Will Not End.

Training

Tools to Train

YouTube

Record your practices!

FREE!

Accessible from multiple platforms

Tools to Train

Webinars

Connect volunteers to larger animal welfare community

Teach new skills

FREE, archived

Tools to Train

Google Docs

Permission-based

Update ONE VERSION

Saves trees!

Tools to Train

Quizlet

Create your own quizzes

Track your class

$25 a year

How to more efficiently do the work of five people

Where does your time go?Agency

Demands

Volunteer

Demands

Communication

Feedback

Supervision

Trainings

Meetings

Develop new programs

Be everywhere at once!

Tools!

Outlook Journal

Track projects

Track communications

Quantify your time!

Tools!

Reminders

Syncs with mobile app

Sub-categories!

Wunderlist

Tools!

Google Voice

Novel number!

Available on YOUR PHONE!

Speech-to-text voicemail

Tools!

Multiple file types

Permission-based

Free!

Google Drive

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Blessing and the Curse of….

Social Media

Inward Facing

Outward Facing

Social Media

Social Media

Social Media Policy

Rules & Expectation

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Team Monitoring

Posting Structure

Success!