Volunteer management

What happens when your best volunteer goes on holiday?

Volunteers give you their spare time, so nobody has an hour for training. I build tools for exactly those people, because I lead them on Sundays. Tell me where your team gets stuck and let’s have a chat.

Sound familiar?

Already built: Booth Check and Runsheet Pilot came out of real Sundays with volunteers who get no training.

What it could look like

Steps anyone can follow

The job set out so someone on their first Sunday can do it without ringing anyone.

Who can do what

See who’s ready for which role, and where you’ve got only one person who can.

A proper handover

What someone knows stays with the team when they move on.

What people ask first.

How do you train volunteers who only come once a month?

You don’t rely on them remembering. I put the steps where the job happens, in order, so someone on their first Sunday can follow them without ringing anyone.

Our procedures are already in a binder. Why would we need an app?

A binder explains how to do things, but in a crisis nobody has time to flip through pages. I can build an app that makes your church’s procedures searchable, and that you can just ask: “ProPresenter has crashed, what do I do?” It answers from your own documents, and it can check the web too, like when ProPresenter has just updated.

Is this only for churches?

It’s where I’ve done it. Any team run on volunteers has the same problem, so tell me about yours.

What does it cost?

It depends on the job, so there’s no price list. First we talk through how you work and where it hurts. That’s a conversation, not a sales pitch. Then you get a quote that lists the cost and exactly what’s included, and nothing is built until you approve it.

Is my problem too small?

Probably not. A five minute job someone redoes every week used to cost more to fix than to put up with. AI has lowered the cost of building good software, and I still design, check and test every part of it. Now leaving the problem alone is usually the expensive option.

Will my team actually use it?

Most of what I’ve built is used by church volunteers who get no training at all. If a tool hasn’t paid off in the first two minutes, nobody opens it again, so that’s the bar.

What happens after it’s handed over?

If something needs fixing or changing, email me. I’ll look at it, tell you what it’ll take, and start once you’ve approved the quote.

Who owns it?

You do. Your data and the code belong to your business, so you’re never stuck with me. If it’s a tool several businesses share, there’s a monthly fee instead, and we’ll agree an arrangement that works for both of us before anything starts.

Have a problem like this?

Let’s have a chat. It goes straight to me, and I’ll reply by email.

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Fynn Projects is an Australian one-person software business, building custom apps, websites and automation for small businesses, trades and churches.

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