In the absence of good tools to organize the scheduling process Rotunda Software designed and developed their highly effective volunteer scheduling system.
David Beck MD Rotunda Software:
Our volunteers were becoming increasingly frustrated because of poor communication and mismanagement in scheduling, such as being scheduled for two shifts on one day, in different departments, locations or while they were on vacation, etc. We found no viable software tools on the market which addressed our requirements and needed to develop an automated system quickly and effectively. It had to be able to handle the complexity of scheduling, be available from the browser as a Cloud Based Service (SaaS), deliver a great user experience for volunteers to check their schedules and it had to offer best value.
We chose LiveCode because it addressed all of our needs, it is cross platform, can run on the server side and was an ideal choice for our thickclient and cloud based software architecture. Moreover, it is a pleasure to work with LiveCode’s English-like programming language, and the speed of development which can be achieved with LiveCode meant that our SaaS app was up and running very quickly, in addition our upfront and ongoing costs of implementing new features is very low. The time from new feature conception to implementation is often days, where as other more traditional environments it would be weeks or months. Also, by leveraging LiveCode on Linux, we are able to reuse some of our client logic on the server side, which has proved incredibly powerful.
What their customers say…
“VSP has brought people more in touch with the whole process of being part of the volunteer organization”
“VSP has really helped us with consistency, with time, and with flexibility for the volunteers.”
“Rotunda Software has been great to work with and consistently reaffirm we made the right choice when we selected VSP for our scheduling package.”
“VSP knocked my time needed for scheduling from 30 hours a week down to a maximum of five hours a week… That’s been great!”
“People are so willing to volunteer and VSP makes it easy to work around other commitments.”
“Rotundas scheduling software ensures that volunteers are happy with their schedules and that shifts are filled optimally. It also allows easy communication with volunteers and gives them web based access to their schedules so they don’t miss shifts.”
David Beck summed up for us: “LiveCode has been an excellent choice for our client side platform. It has enabled us to create a powerful cloud based software application which is has become well established and used by over 2000 organizations to schedule thousands of volunteers daily.”
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