244 Bloomerang Testimonials

"InitLive's flexibility in creating volunteer shifts and curating schedules is incredible. Volunteers really appreciated the ability to self-sign up and the flexibility to fit their volunteering around their busy life, work, and family schedules. The integration between InitLive and MapTag has also been incredible. We have been able to streamline our workflow to the point where we could take on new food banks without an increase in staff resources."

"InitLive helps me communicate a 100% more efficiently and accurately. Using InitLive, if there is any type of safety situation, I know who's checked in to the event. It’s part of our security plan: using InitLive, we can pull up all the information we need on our phones. I can send broadcast messages just to specific groups or all volunteers at once."

"One thing that we really love is Qgiv’s integration with Bloomerang. So it’s been so easy for me knowing that all these donations that are coming in are going straight to Bloomerang in real time."

“InitLive’s targeted broadcast feature made it easy to communicate a message with exactly the right group of volunteers, this made connecting with my team easy on event day!”

"The system was never a good fit for us… too complicated, not intuitive, bells and whistles we didn’t need, and pledge payment process that required a monthly tutorial refresher for all the steps required. In addition, we subscribed to RE’s new product Nxt. We paid the large fee for two years and still couldn’t utilize the functionality promised. After database staff turnover (6 over 8 years) and an ineffective consultant, NRS was desperate for a change."

"It's worth the investment in your volunteers. It allows you and your volunteers to focus on what is really important."

"One of the things that I enjoy so much about Bloomerang is the personal touch that they give all of their client interactions because I feel like we’re friends. I’m friends with everyone at Bloomerang, because they are so open and available and personable."

"Now with InitLive, we can coordinate our volunteers and their shifts all in one place. It makes things a lot simpler and saves us time.”

“The InitLive system was a massive success, due to the simplified ability the system brought to the communication and scheduling processes.”

"When we signed on with Bloomerang, I was just too busy to take it all in. To learn something new was just so daunting–there was always something that came up. Honestly, I was embarrassed I wasn’t doing more, but I was just so, so busy. But Bloomerang is so customer driven that they reached out to me because they actually want me to USE the product, not just pay for it."

“InitLive made volunteer scheduling and recruitment easy and the Broadcast feature provided a sense of security throughout the event.”

"We love Bloomerang! I am technologically challenged, and Bloomerang was/is easy for me to figure out and use. I have been able to easily teach two others how to use it. You make me feel like a techno rock star. We love that the dashboard on donor retention is always right there, reminding us of where we’re at and where we want to be."

“I am staffing schedules for our large 17,000+ attendee events in which we fly out our 250+ employees from headquarters to staff. There’s customer service and registration, working booths in exhibit halls, human directional, lunch support, filming, basically tons of different volunteer shifts and a lot of moving parts. Avery, and the whole InitLive team really, are what we think of as customer service goals. When we discuss who we want to resemble as a company in terms of customer service, the answer is the level of support and consideration that Avery provides to us. When we discuss what other companies we work with lack, it’s things that InitLive provides. Avery consistently reaches out pre and post event to see how everything went, what’s coming up next, if she can help in any way, and to update us on their road map. She listens to our post-event review and puts in enhancement requests and helps us come up with solutions with a smile! And all of this is without even mentioning the physical product, which works like a breeze! Entering shifts is easy, especially now with their new copy shifts feature (thank goodness!). You can categorize and color code shifts which is really helpful for admin purposes. As an event manager I love being able to see the entire schedule at all times at my fingertips, and EVERYONE loves having access to everyone’s contact info (which we as managers can do right from the schedule). As a volunteer, shift reminders are great to have, and it’s really easy to contact your manager from your schedule as well! The documents tab is also very useful to put in emergency procedures, guidelines, and venue layouts. They are also transparent with things they are working on (like being able to add and remove shifts from your phone) and seem to be a very responsive and proactive company.”

“Using InitLive provided a smooth experience on event day, especially by automatically notifying our volunteers of any last-minute changes to their schedules.”

"Excellent company and software — highest of recommendations! The software is extremely user-friendly (organization, thoughtfulness and thoroughness of design in such ways as to be adaptable to each user’s needs). The vendor is beyond awesome. The Bloomerang individuals with whom I have been in contact via email or via phone are courteous, professional yet fun to speak with, engaging and so very knowledgeable and responsive."