Volunteer Management - Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
"Are you struggling to effectively manage and engage your volunteers? Look no further! Introducing Volunteer Management, the powerful tool that will revolutionize the way your nonprofit approaches volunteer coordination." Volunteer Management is a powerful tool that helps nonprofits manage and engage volunteers in a more efficient and effective way. The application is designed to streamline coordination, so volunteer managers can easily match the right volunteers with the right opportunities. One of the key features of Volunteer Management is the ability to publish engagement opportunities. Volunteer managers can design the opportunity, define the qualifications, skills, and shifts needed and make it visible to potential volunteers. This allows volunteers to easily find and apply for opportunities that align with their skills and availability. Another important feature is the ability to approve volunteers. Volunteer managers can review volunteer profiles and qualifications, and then approve individuals to participate in engagement opportunities. This ensures that only qualified and suitable volunteers are selected for specific opportunities. The application also helps to manage volunteer onboarding by tracking what stage of the process a volunteer is in. This allows volunteer managers to quickly and easily understand the progress of a volunteer and provide support if needed. Volunteer Management also allows volunteer managers to track attendance and balance shift volumes when an activity is happening. This means they can easily manage day-of activities and ensure that there are enough volunteers to cover all the shifts. The application also enables easy communication with volunteers through automated messaging. Volunteer managers can define automated messages to ensure volunteers receive timely logistics, training, and gratitude for their time. In addition to these features, Volunteer Management also provides volunteer insights, allowing volunteer managers to understand who is registering for, failing to show up to, and repeatedly contributing time to their organization. This helps volunteer managers to identify patterns and improve volunteer engagement. Overall, Volunteer Management is a comprehensive tool that helps nonprofits to effectively manage and engage volunteers, making it easier to scale missions and deliver vital programs and services. With its wide range of features, it is a valuable tool for any nonprofit looking to improve their volunteer management process. Check out the Volunteer Management and Volunteer Engagement (another Nonprofit offering) Guided Tour here!
Will Microsoft’s Fundraising Template App Be Supported Long-Term?
Since Microsoft retired the Fundraising and Engagement app, they’ve introduced template apps for partners and customers to build solutions. Over the past year, we did lot of customizations on top of the Fundraising and Engagement app, and we’re now considering moving these customizations and needed functionality to the ‘Fundraising’ template app. However, we’re concerned about long-term stability. Can Microsoft confirm if there’s any risk of these templates being retired or delisted? This would help us and others plan with greater confidence.
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SIGN UP HERE 👉🏻 https://nonprofits.tsi.microsoft.com/EN-US/User-Research/ At Microsoft, we're committed to helping nonprofit organizations achieve their missions by providing innovative solutions that leverage technology. Join our Tech for Social Impact product, user experience, and engineering teams and influence how they build Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit products. We’re looking for any nonprofit industry professionals who want to share their experience or be the first one to see and evaluate our early ideas and prototypes. We’d like to hear from you no matter if you’re currently using Microsoft products or not. After you sign up, we'll reach out when your profile is a fit for a user research study. We're looking forward to making positive social impact together!Important update to multi-factor authentication settings
Microsoft is making a change to multi-factor authentication (MFA). The phone call method will be removed to improve security for Microsoft. On March 19, 2024 PST the default MFA method will be changed from Phone Call to the Microsoft Authenticator app. You can verify your MFA configuration at https://aka.ms/MySecurityInfo and make sure that your devices are up to date. What is the Microsoft Authenticator app? This is a mobile application available for install on your smartphone or tablet as an MFA method to approve sign-in requests. Instructions for Microsoft Authenticator app installation and usage can be found on https://aka.ms/AuthAppInfo Why is phone call authentication being removed? To improve Microsoft’s security posture, we are transitioning users to more secure authentication methods. The phone call method enables you to verify your identity by calling your registered phone number to validate. This method is vulnerable to phishing attacks resulting in identity compromise. Information and Support If you are unable to validate a different authentication method or for any issues or questions, please contact Global Helpdesk via https://aka.ms/TechWeb
Fundraising and Engagement without Costumer Insights?
We are a nonprofit considering Fundraising and engagement which by itself looks great. However, we are yet a small nonprofit, so we don’t have the financial means to invest in Dynamics 365 Costumer Insights at this point. We find Costumer Insights to be very expensive compared to other Microsoft nonprofit offers. Is F&E still valuable if we combine it with Mailchimp? - How do we communicate campaigns and get results? In two separate systems? - Does Mailchimp engagement journeys work together with F&E or would we maintain two separate systems? What about the leadscoring and “Likelihood to donate" in F&E? How does these perform when we don’t use Costumer Insights engagement journeys, website engagement and more? We assume the data collections lowers and thus making the leadscoring worse. Hope someone has relevant experiences to share.Donation Import table's Organization Name requirement in Fundraising & Engagement
We're trying to leverage the Donation Import table to send data from our third-party service (Soapbox Engage) into Fundraising and Engagement for donors that are making personal donations (i.e. not on behalf of an organization and without a company associated with them). It seems that the msnfp_organizationname field on the Donation Import table is required, and is stopping the processing of the Donation Import record due to the field being null for these very common donations. Is this expected behavior? What should one put into the msnfp_organizationname field if no organization is associated with the donation? We swear that this wasn't the case just a few releases ago, maybe this is a recent change?REGISTER: Partner Webinar - Security conversations with nonprofits | Apr 2
REGISTER NOW | Open to All Microsoft Partners We are excited to invite you to an informative session organized by the Tech for Social Impact team! This event provides a great opportunity to learn from experts and participate in meaningful discussions about the unique security challenges faced by nonprofits. Furthermore, we will offer go-to-market resources tailored specifically for nonprofits that partners can take advantage of. The session will feature our speakers, Jerry Carlson and Aysha Kaushik, who will offer valuable insights and strategies to enhance security within nonprofit organizations. TOPIC: Partner Webinar - Security Conversations with Nonprofits WHEN: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 TIME: 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PT / 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET / 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM GMT WHERE: Register Today (online event)
