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Volunteer Insights (v2)

Dashboard in Apteco Orbit

What share of last year's volunteers came back, and what share of this year's are new? Counts tell you how big the volunteer base is. Rates tell you whether it is growing or leaking.

The Overview tab of Volunteer Insights (v2): Retention Rate and Recruitment Rate beside the counts, then Engagement Segments, the Volunteer and Donor Overlap, the age profile and activity over time.
The Overview tab of Volunteer Insights (v2): Retention Rate and Recruitment Rate beside the counts, then Engagement Segments, the Volunteer and Donor Overlap, the age profile and activity over time. Open full size
Engagement Segments: Non-Volunteer, One-Timer, Regular Volunteer and Super Volunteer (4 or more events).
Engagement Segments: Non-Volunteer, One-Timer, Regular Volunteer and Super Volunteer (4 or more events). Open full size

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What it answers

The second version of Volunteer Insights adds the rates a volunteer coordinator reports on: retention, recruitment, and how many stay for a second year. Both versions can live on one system.

Volunteer Insights (v2) keeps the four tabs and sharpens the cards.

Learn to use it

The two rates on Overview are the headline for a volunteer report: a low retention rate with a high recruitment rate means you are refilling a leaky bucket. The At-Risk / Lapsing card on Historic is a list of people to call before the next event. If a card reads oddly on a new system (a very low retention rate in the first year of data, for example), check how many years of volunteer history were loaded before you alarm anyone.

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Questions people ask

What does the Volunteer Insights (v2) dashboard show?

The second version of Volunteer Insights adds the rates a volunteer coordinator reports on: retention, recruitment, and how many stay for a second year. Both versions can live on one system.

Volunteer Insights (v2) keeps the four tabs and sharpens the cards.

How do I use it?

The two rates on Overview are the headline for a volunteer report: a low retention rate with a high recruitment rate means you are refilling a leaky bucket. The At-Risk / Lapsing card on Historic is a list of people to call before the next event. If a card reads oddly on a new system (a very low retention rate in the first year of data, for example), check how many years of volunteer history were loaded before you alarm anyone.

How do I get the Volunteer Insights (v2) dashboard?

Send a request with the form on this page. An Apteco Architect gets in touch to set it up with you. To learn it first, open the course stop.

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