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Nurturing Volunteer Engagement from Day One: Onboarding Best Practices

Volunteers are the lifeblood of any organization. They bring their skills, passion, and time to help make a difference in the community. But finding and retaining volunteers can be a challenge. That's where a web-based volunteer management system lik...

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Creating an Irresistible Volunteer Onboarding Experience

Volunteers are the lifeblood of any organization. They provide valuable support and services, without which many organizations would struggle to operate effectively. So, it's important to ensure that your volunteer onboarding process is smooth and en...

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Building a Strong Volunteer Brand: Effective Marketing

Building a Strong Volunteer Brand: Effective Marketing Volunteers are the backbone of many organizations. They dedicate their time, skills, and energy to help make a positive impact in the community. However, attracting and retaining volunteers can b...

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Crafting Compelling Volunteer Recruitment Messages

Recruiting volunteers is an essential part of any non-profit organization or community project. However, it can often be challenging to capture the attention and interest of potential volunteers. In order to effectively recruit volunteers, it is impo...

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Portal Contact Form and Support ticket creation

We are pleased to announce that we have added a new feature to GForce: Portal Contact Form.With this feature, visitors to your portal can easily send you a message without having to have an account on your site. We have also included a setting in the...

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Harnessing the Power of Social Media: A Guide to Recruiting Volunteers for Your Cause

Recruiting volunteers is essential for the success of any organization or cause. Social media platforms provide a cost-effective and efficient way to reach a wide audience and engage potential volunteers. In this blog post, we will explore effective ...

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How to source for volunteers for your non profit

If you run a non-profit organization, sourcing volunteers can be a crucial component of your success. Volunteers can help you achieve your goals and expand your reach. Here are some tips on how to source volunteers for your non-profit:1. Start with y...

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Types of non profits you can start

Starting a non-profit organization can be a great way to make a difference in your community or address a cause that you care about. Non-profit organizations are mission-driven, and their primary goal is to achieve their mission and help their benefi...

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New mobile app version

Great news! We have just released a new version of the GForce volunteer management mobile app.This new version comes with an important new feature: support for portal links.PORTAL LINKSPreviously, for your volunteers to be able to log in to your port...

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New unified dashboard

We have just upgraded the web app to have a unified dashboard on the landing page. Now, when users are logged in, they can see Events/Shifts, Announcements, and Forum topics from all groups they belong to. They can also see their most recent messages...

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How to Identify a Good Volunteer

Volunteering is an important aspect of community service, and having dedicated and reliable volunteers can make all the difference in the success of a cause. However, finding the right volunteers can be challenging. In this blog post, we'll discuss s...

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Key Strategies for Effective and Efficient Volunteer Engagement

Volunteer management is a crucial aspect of any organization that relies on volunteers to achieve its goals and objectives. Whether you are a nonprofit organization, a community group, or a charity, engaging and retaining volunteers is essential to t...

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Bug fix: Translations and Timezone

We have just fixed some bugs on our application. The timezone setting feature, which aids in localization, was not functioning properly. This has been rectified.Also, we noticed that the placeholders for custom values in some texts for other language...

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New feature: Announcement comments

We are pleased to announce a new feature we just added to our web and mobile app: Announcement comments.This feature enables group members to place comments on group announcements. Admins and participating members will get notified when new comments ...

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Unified dashboard, offline support, multi-selects and more!

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of our GForce mobile app. This release comes with some major enhancements and new features.Offline SupportNow users can view previously accessed content without an internet connection.Unified Da...

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Mobile app update

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of our mobile app. Some of the new features in this version include:Admin dashboard menu item We have a new menu item that directly opens the Admin dashboard from the homepage. Previously, in or...

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Free plan now supports 100 users!

We are excited to announce the increase of the user limit of our free plan. Now you can manage up to 100 volunteers for free!Download Gforce today and manage your volunteers with ease: https://gforce.app/apps

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New mobile app release

We are pleased to announce a new release of our iOS and Android apps.This version includes the recently added Event Comments and Event Reports feature(learn more here: https://gforce.app/blog/6/new-event-comments-and-reports).Please download the new ...

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New! Event comments and reports

We are excited to announce the release of  new features on GForce: Event comments and Event reports.EVENT COMMENTSThe new event comments feature enables admins and volunteers have discussions relating to a specific upcoming event. This feature can b...

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Pinning Announcements, Downloads and Topics

In this post, we highlight a very useful feature in GForce: Pinning.The GForce announcements, downloads and forum topic features allow you to pin entries that you would like to remain prominent on a group.Say for example you create a "Code of conduct...

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