Volunteer Communication

Templates & Smart Tags

Streamline — and personalize — your communications with email templates and smart tags: “Hello, Sophia!” Smart tags insert details like name, assigned shifts, QR codes and event information.

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VolunteerLocal’s Templates & Smart Tags Make Messaging a Breeze:

Draft in advance

Message templates can be sent in bulk or one-off with just a few clicks.

You have choices

Message templates can be used for automated as well as baseline messages — and they can be edited by you.

Turn “Hello, {first name}” into “Hello, Jack!”

Greet your volunteers by name for meaningful connection.

Give volunteers everything they need

Smart tags can embed a volunteer’s schedule into an email.

More Volunteer Communication Features

Notifications

Stay in the loop with real-time updates when volunteers sign up, cancel or edit their profiles, ensuring that you’re always in the know and can respond promptly to changes.

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Automated Messages

Save time with automated messages that are triggered when volunteers take specific actions, such as submitting a form or signing up for a shift.

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Reminders

Set it and forget it with scheduled reminder emails or SMS messages, helping to reduce no-shows and improve engagement.

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Email + SMS

Reach your volunteers quickly and efficiently with our email and SMS tools.

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Additional VolunteerLocal features

VolunteerLocal is designed to help you: This is your data, your messaging and your volunteers. Here’s how our platform works:

VolunteerLocal is extremely easy to use. When it came to building out events and scheduling, it was very straightforward. The best part is being able to add in PDF documents within shifts to help minimize distribution of paper and be able to send all necessary information through VolunteerLocal.

Heather W

Volunteer Communication

Templates & Smart Tags

Streamline — and personalize — your communications with email templates and smart tags: “Hello, Sophia!” Smart tags insert details like name, assigned shifts, QR codes and event information.

VolunteerLocal’s Templates & Smart Tags Make Messaging a Breeze:

Draft in advance

You have choices

Turn “Hello, {first name}” into “Hello, Jack!”

Give volunteers everything they need

More Volunteer Communication Features

Notifications

Automated Messages

Reminders

Email + SMS

Additional VolunteerLocal features

VolunteerLocal is designed to help you: This is your data, your messaging and your volunteers. Here’s how our platform works:

Volunteer Database features

Scheduling & Volunteer Experience

Tracking & Reporting

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