Volunteer tracking in Raiser's Edge

June 24, 2005 10:41 AM

Has anyone used Raiser's Edge fundraising software to track volunteers?

I am trying to begin a volunteer tracking program within the non-profit I work for. We use Raiser's Edge for our development work and are in the process of seeing how the Raiser's Edge volunteer module can been utilized. Anyone here have experience with A) Raiser's Edge and volunteers, B) Raiser's Edge and general contact management/tracking, and C) any general advice/tips/tricks/tactics for effective volunteer tracking.

posted by ..ooOOoo....ooOOoo.. to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Yes. All it is is an Access database front end. Not impressed. Try asking at www.techsoup.org

The tech support was a 2 person outfit and took a long time to get back to us.
posted by k8t at 11:22 AM on June 24, 2005

Here's a thread I found about it.
posted by uni verse at 11:28 AM on June 24, 2005

I use Raiser's Edge to maintain contacts (for the nonprofit I work for), but mainly we use it to track proposals and donations. I'm not sure what you mean by volunteer tracking--it can track just about anything. In my experience it's easy to add catagories to any kind of individual record.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 1:58 PM on June 24, 2005