But have you ever wondered why?

The problem is as much psychological as it is functional. People, as a rule, do not like to hear the answer "no" to most questions. For example, you may have chosen Mary to be the volunteer coordinator for the upcoming fundraiser.

• You have 100 people who have volunteered for fundraiser duty.
• You need 10 people per week to work in the office.

At the beginning, Mary tries to call everyone on the list at different times. 10 people on the list routinely say "yes" to her request. There are 20 on the list that routinely say "no" because of other commitments. Over a period of time, Mary will tend to call those who say "yes" first and push those who say "no" to the bottom. When you ask those at the bottom of the list why you never see them helping with the fundraiser, they will say they never get called. It's a never-ending cycle!

The PhoneTree 2500's Volunteer Management feature tackles this problem (and many others) for you. In addition to several other functions, such as giving you a detailed report of any call job, the PhoneTree 2500 will call your list of volunteers automatically and then stops calling when it receives the requested number of positive responses. It will then, should you choose, move those who said "yes" to the bottom of the list. So, the next time you let PhoneTree call, it contacts those who need to be involved first.

Benefits of the 2500:

- Send companion e-mails and text messages (to cell phones or any text-messaging device) along with your calls at the same time, giving your messages the best chance of getting through

- Full-featured multi-lingual capability allows you to send messages in different languages within one call session

- Choose which job is called first, in case of emergencies or other time-critical situations.

The PhoneTree 2500 is designed with larger organizations in mind, allowing simultaneous calling sessions, full network capability, and advanced multi-line capacity. When you need to send varying messages to large groups of people fast and in the most convenient manner possible, the PhoneTree 2500 is the solution.