Many organizations use Appointment-Plus as their scheduling software every day for their volunteer scheduling needs. Appointment-Plus works just as well if you have one or many locations.

For smaller organizations, a scheduling system helps to minimize the number of hang ups from prospective volunteers. It also is a great way to increase participation. Your volunteers will really like the convenience of scheduling their availability on-line. Plus, since the system is Web-based software, you can access the system from home. So, you can check your schedule anytime, anywhere.

While allowing volunteers to schedule their own time is a great feature, some organizations use the system for internal scheduling only. Because it works through the Internet, you don't have to worry about the expensive and troublesome issue of trying to network all of your computers.

An important feature of the system is that it comes with built-in user access types. This means that you can control what church members, and administrators of the church group can access when they log into the site. Examples of user access types are:

• Allowing a front desk or answering service to set volunteer times, but have limited access to other parts of the system.
• Allowing view-only access while restricting the ability to cancel or change volunteer times.

Here are some additional features of the system:

• Daily appointment reports
• Automatic e-mail appointment reminders that you can customize
• Outlook export
• Recurring scheduling
• Works through your own Web site or you can use Appointment-Plus as your Web site

What Your Staff Sees Used Only if Allowing Self-Scheduling