What does your email inbox look like? You probably get a slew of new emails every day. The first 5-10 messages you can see on your screen get attention, and after they fall off the bottom, forget it. Out of sight, out of mind.
For nonprofits seeking volunteers, using email is a futile gesture. People sign up for an email list because they like the idea of volunteering, but most of them never sign up because one email - or too many emails - are easy to ignore. Countless hours are wasted by well-meaning organizers seeking helpers to share the burden at the local soup kitchen or classroom parents to help chaperone a Kindergarten field trip at their child’s school. One case study revealed 78 email messages sent among a group of 8 people regarding a 2-hour church ministry meeting. If they would have used WeGather, there would have been 4 emails sent and less confusion for everyone who desired to help host the event.
Private, cloud-based applications are the answer. But not just any application. It has to look good, feel nice, and be truly secure. Because you don’t need the world knowing you won’t be home from 12-3 on Sunday because you’re working your church festival’s welcome table. Chicago-based WeGather.com is the only real solution for nonprofits like schools, churches, synagogues, houses of worship of any size and any walk of life. It may not be cool to talk about being active with these institutions, but over 200 million Americans are. If most everyone does it, let’s make it easier! WeGather operates on a freemium model so most of its helpful tools like event signups, discussion boards and document sharing are free to any nonprofit.
If you are active with your child’s school or house of worship, try WeGather or ask any committee organizer there to use it. Your inbox will be glad you did. And this Chicago tech startup will thank you.
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