Name: NGP VAN
Rating: 8.3 (9 reviews)
Author: Bonterra

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

No-Code Development

Development

Admissions and Enrollment

School Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Enterprise Content Management

Manufacturing Execution

PDF Editors

Privacy Policy Generators

Statistical Analysis

Visitor Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employee Referral

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Access Gateways

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Application Performance Management (APM)

Cloud Storage

Complex Event Processing

Composable Infrastructure

Configuration Management Databases

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet Performance Monitoring

Log Management

Network Operating Systems

Network Performance Monitoring

SIP Trunking

SOA Application Gateways

Telecom Expense Management (TEM)

Unified Communications Monitoring

Vendor Risk Management

WiFi Hotspot

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Blogging

Channel Management

Content Management

Email Deliverability

Email Marketing

Employee Advocacy

Marketing Automation

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Writing and Proofreading Tools

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Social Commerce

Sales

Chargeback Management

Clinical Data Management

Construction Management

Fleet Management

Membership Management

Municipal

Online Fax

Restaurant POS

Roofing

Simulation

Text Analysis

Travel Agency

Warranty Management

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A suite of organizing, fundraising, and digital tools used by labor unions, nonprofits, political parties, presidential campaigns, and state and local campaigns. NGP VAN is a Bonterra business unit.

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Online software to help nonprofits raise funds online

Nonprofit Fundraising

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Usability

In-Person Training

Bonterra Corporate Social Responsibility is for companies and foundations looking to unify and scale their CSR initiatives, build and inspire a culture of purpose and belonging, and maximize social impact.<br><br><div>These solutions allow organizations to use:</div><ul><li>Unite CSR initiatives into one system.</li><li>Drive deeper engagement with employees and build a culture of purpose and belonging.</li><li>Give with the confidence that compliance requirements are being met.</li><li>Create and share compelling, data-driven stories of social impact.</li></ul>

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NGP VAN is the life blood of our campaign efforts. Whether on the ground, phone banking or data keeping. We simply could not function at this level without it. 

We have employed NGP VAN for the last 17 years. 

Every so often we have small teething problems and are able to get support from the help desk. We realise it is election season in the US so at times we have to wait a little bit longer than usual to get things sorted.

Retain data
Ease of printing walking lists
Constantly upgrading MiniVAN
Fairly quick support

Geo tag outside of USA on MiniVAN
Convert counts into Pie or Bar charts
Synch MiniVAN canvassed with phone bank canvassed

We could not put a dollar figure on what the NGP VAN brings us
Worth every dollar plus more

We are able to target voters who might be interested in the candidates or issues that we are promoting. We can plan our phone calls and canvassing such that we know approximately how much time will be involved in each effort.

Identify voter demographics
Map out turfs
Quick look up

Non-descriptive labeling of functions
Name look up
Phone numbers

I have been helping others with votebuilder
I can generally create a list within 15 minutes

I work for the Democratic Party. We use this as our database for everything. I have been using it since 2008. This solves the search for people of a certain demographic in a certain area, certain groups of people—like your volunteers—and certain subsets of volunteers—like volunteers who like parades. You can make phone banks and walk packs to your heart's content for the demographics you choose. Basic training is fast. It is impossible to lose information, and it never deletes any data you delete. You can always undo it. 

In-depth training will take longer. I am still learning tricks after all these years. 

Overall, I am very happy with NGP VAN, I have some suggestions for tweaking it but as someone who uses it daily. I can't complain and easily can walk through someone to find something or do something over the phone.

Detailed searches
Storing data
Creating walk packets
Creating functional, easy to use phone banks

Dark Mode (volunteers have requested it)
Volunteer Management to automatically come up first. It is no longer training to come to come up first
Being able to enlarge the screen without losing the stuff on the screen especially in the VPB
Intergrate Turbo VPB or similar autodialing platform
Voice Command features
NGP VAN app . We organizers are on the go and not always on our computers

I’ve used NGP VAN since 2015, to generate walk/mailing/phone lists for my campaigns and for others’ campaigns. It makes targeting voters much easier than using municipal voter lists. I especially appreciate the ability to lay turfs for walk lists. The miniVAN has been a super improvement since I campaigned in my own races because one no longer has to tangle with clipboards, paper, and pen. My county Democratic Party will be using NGP VAN this summer to list locations for installing large signs and to turf convenient routes. Plus the usual uses.

Lets user design and map out efficient walking/driving route
Users can use filters to designate the exact voters needed
MiniVAN makes canvassing so much easier

Accurate data depends upon people updating in a timely manner.
Sometimes I’ve had trouble putting lists into miniVAN, maybe a training need
In the past, had issues getting right permissions from state Dems to access NGP VAN

NGP VAN helped my county turn the county board blue this year.
Access to NGP VAN has encouraged progressives to join the Democratic party
MiniVAN has reduced the need for data entry volunteers.

Filtering voter lists
Making canvassing lists and cutting turfs
Seeing canvassing and calling results

Starting to use if to track locations for big political signs for 2024 election. Database was previously in excel, but we Jerry-rigged a way to add it to NGP VAN.

Choosing print variables. Have to redo every time.
Wish we could reorder drop down menus

I used NGP VAN to collect Democrat names for petition signing, then later for canvassing in the district I cover. It's great in that you can see ages, phone #s, party, etc.- very helpful. It's also great that you update the NGP VAN information for next time, and write down any problems that manifested.

gives current addresses
gives phone numbers
comments regarding issues
voters by districts
lists other party voters

takes some thinking to figure out how to excerpt info
need to learn how to send to fellow canvassers
takes time to understand NGP VAN more clearly

helped with campaign
saved records for the following year
assisted all involved with campaigns

NGP VAN

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What is NGP VAN?