1. Volunteer Management Software The Bare Minimum

2. At the least, it should… Track all contact info about volunteers Track where a volunteer applicant is in the orientation process (completed app., completed orientation, first assignment) Track volunteer participation in events, including online Track volunteer hours/contribution by week, month, quarter, year, project Track volunteer skills Track volunteer availability and interests Track volunteer performance reviews/assess. Allow for reports to be run/data exported on any combo of the above fields

3. What to consider when purchasing Cost, and yearly costs assoc. with support Number of organizations using software Age of the company producing the software Online access for volunteers to use the software themselves (yes/no) and is it accessible by ANY browser? (not just IE) Accessibility-can be used with Asst. Tech? Can we add customize fields? What operating system the software needs How often is it updated Is there an online users forum

4. The Most Important to TUW- Can it…. Track volunteers contributions by any time constraints? Track volunteer skills? Track volunteer availability and skills? Export selected data, or all data, into other types of files (like Excel)? Where is the database information stored?