Volunteer signup and tracking programs:

Donate.net offers a truly unique product called the Any-A-Thon. It allows you to conduct walks for a cure, dinearounds, marathons, etc. online. Volunteer sends email requests for pledges or donations. Donors respond and add thier donation or pledge through a donation selector created for the individual volunteer. All of the volunteer's donations are logged so he or she knows how much money he or she has raised. The organization's managment can track all monies the event is raising. The startup fee of $2500 looks high until you realize how Very complex and expensive this is to build from scratch.

Build Your own form

If you are working with a web developer, this is a fairly simple form to create. The simplest way to do it is to have the responses from each form sent to you by email. If you can afford a more complete solution, the developer can write a program to store the responses in a database so that you can download them and import them directly to your own software.

Volunteer Match Sites

There are several sites, such as VolunteerMatch, that have been created to post volunteer and employment opportunities within nonprofit agencies.


Pros:

• Listings are free for the nonprofit.
• it takes only a few minutes to sign up your organization.
• Because these sites centralize opportunities (like a nonprofit Monster.com), they get many more potential volunteers than you will get coming to your site.

Cons:

• You will be competing on their sites with many other nonprofits with your mission or in your local area.

Bottom line: there's no reason not to sign up your organization, but, if you can afford it, you should also have a signup form on your own site.

Where to Get It

Volunteer signup and tracking programs:

Forms:

Volunteer Match Sites: