Volunteer recruitment software for campaigns
Volunteer recruitment software for campaigns, built to end in a scheduled shift
Most volunteer recruitment software is built for nonprofits and counts sign-ups. A campaign needs shifts covered by election day. We run the whole distance.
A printed QR code takes the sign-up. The list merges duplicates. A daily queue turns the name into a yes. The grid books the shift.
14-day free trial on every plan. No voter file required.
From signup to shift
- Scan. The code on the table, the flyer, or the card opens a short form. It takes under a minute.
- Merge. We match by email, then phone, then close name. Three sign-ups at three events become one person.
- Follow up. The queue shows who to call today. The assistant writes the text for you.
- Book. The new volunteer lands on the grid, ranked into gaps by ward and by when they are free.
Built for
Campaigns and field programs. City council, mayor, school board, county, state house, and coordinated races. Wards, voting sites, early voting, canvass launches, phone banks, and one election day.
Not built for
Ongoing nonprofit programs, museums, parks, or hospitals with the same shifts every week. A general volunteer manager fits those better. See how we compare to VolunteerHub.
Built on a real campaign's data
268
volunteers recruited, imported, and deduplicated on the seed campaign
700+
shifts those volunteers covered across early voting and election day
400+
interactions logged with attribution, follow-ups queued daily
Your current list still works. The importer reads spreadsheets as they are, science-notation phones and all, and merges them into the same pool the QR code feeds.
Why recruitment tools alone stall
A sign-up that never becomes a shift is just a name, and names do not knock doors. The stall is always the same. The follow-up comes late or never, and the warm supporter goes cold. We treat the follow-up as the product.
Every sign-up enters the queue. Every contact is logged with who made it. Recruitment is measured in shifts covered on the grid. During early voting, the count arrives by email at 7am.
Volunteer recruitment questions
What is the best way to recruit campaign volunteers?
Ask in person and follow up fast. Put a QR sign-up code at every event, call new sign-ups within a day, and book each one into a first shift right away.
What does volunteer recruitment software do?
It collects sign-ups in one list, removes duplicates, and helps you follow up. Capstone Volunteer also books each new person into a shift.
Know by Friday who is covering Saturday
- Every shift sits on one grid, from canvass launches to election day.
- The gap panel ranks who to ask by ward and by who shows up.
- Reminders go out the day before, and no-shows are tracked.
The gap panel tells you who to text for each open shift. In a 2020 test with 1,220 volunteers, people asked by text showed up more than 3 times as often as people sent only an email. Read the study.
Start 14 free days, then $99 a month
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