What are the different Opportunity types?

You have the option to create a variety of opportunities including: Local, Flexible, Webinars, Learning, and Petitions!

Local Opportunities:

• These are the most common Volunteer Opportunities with:
• Set start and end times (like 10am - noon)
• A physical location (like your HQ or a local park or school)
• Local Opportunities have the highest...
• Sign-up rates (2x the conversion rates of Amazon!), AND...
• Retention rates (volunteers come back 3x more than other platforms).

Why do they perform so well?

• Volunteers know exactly what is expected of them; it's easier to make the decision whether or not to sign up.
• Volunteers know what to expect from the activity that day.

When experience meets expectations, Volunteers are much more likely to have a positive experience.

Flexible Opportunities:

As the name implies, these are a bit more flexible. Sign-up rates can be a little lower, but sometimes it's necessary in order to accommodate the activity.

Flexible Opportunities can have...

• A digital location (like a web conference URL or a phone number) or a physical location or no location at all!
• Start and end times, or no times at all ("do it on your own time").
• For Opportunities with no start/end times, you can set an automatic reminder for volunteers to log their hours for you!

Some examples of great Virtual Opportunities include:

• Remote group activities - great for companies or groups of friends to get together to make cards, assemble donation kits, or host a toy drive.
• Complete specific projects - like designing a new logo for your organization.
• Reporting hours for work volunteers do on their own (like mentors who are responsible for scheduling directly with their mentees)
• Listing drop-off locations for donations of physical goods

Looking for more info? Click here to check out more tips on posting great Virtual Opportunities.

Webinar Opportunities:

These opportunities are specifically for opportunities that can be attended digitally. These opportunities have a specific set time and no physical location. You can use a digital location, like a website or online meeting link, or you can use a phone number as the location as well!

Some examples of webinar opportunities are:

• Scheduled web tutoring over video chat
• Orientations
• Trainings

Some words of warning: we urge you not to list Opportunities that don't have specific next steps.

For instance, if you're interested in recruiting an intern or a long-term volunteer, give people the option to sign up for an interview at a set time or point them to a Training Video on Youtube. Our data shows that without specific next steps (aka - "sign up and we'll contact you!"), volunteers are 7.6x more likely NOT to follow through.