Hi, Andrew --

I'd suggest doing your own implementation of CiviCRM.  There are dozens of vendors out there who will claim great expertise in doing such an implementation *for* you, but IME working with four or five of 'em it's like hiring someone to scratch your ankles for you -- only you know where it itches in the first place, and by the time they can get down there to get any work done, the need has passed anyway. 

The most important issue is clean data; no DB application exists that can be of help to you if your initial data is bad in the first place.

If you want more details let me know; in what free time I have left I'm happy to be of assistance.

best,

Joel



From: A Westphal <atwestphal96@gmail.com>
To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:08 AM
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Need Advice for Volunteer Management Software

Hello all,

Short message
please reply and let me know what software programs your group uses to coordinate your volunteers!  I'm also happy to hear about donor management/CRM and any other software which makes your organization run smoothly.

Longer message:
Common Cycle in Ann Arbor, MI is working to transition from mobile operations to a fixed space.  To prepare, we want to get a grasp on who our volunteers are, how much they volunteer, how we can help them volunteer more, etc etc.  Currently we create event sign-ups in Google Sheets and event check-ins in Google Forms.  It seems that a volunteer management software would be the best solution to manage our people as we expand.
I know this topic has been covered in the ThinkTank before, and I've used the Archive resources (and Wikia things too) to create a fairly comprehensive list of available programs.  Once I have your feedback, which I hope will be more cooperative-specific than my current list, I'm planning to share the results with this list and I hope it can be helpful for others.

Thanks for your input: I look forward to your responses.

Cheers from Michigan
Andrew Westphal

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