MiniVAN

NGP VAN

About this app

miniVAN is a mobile canvassing application that integrates with websites provided by NGP VAN. The miniVAN system allows users to export canvassing lists from VAN onto an iOS or Android device. Canvassers can then enter data into their device as they talk to people on their list. When the canvassers connect their device to the Internet over a wireless or cellular network, they can upload their data back to the VAN with the touch of a button.

Canvassing with miniVAN allows NGP VAN clients to spend more time and resources on actually contacting people instead of on data entry. What’s more, it virtually eliminates the lag time between collecting canvass results and putting that data to work.

MiniVAN Touch is developed and maintained by NGP VAN and is not affiliated with any government agency.

Ratings and reviews

This app could use an upgrade! It would be awesome if the lit drops you completed turned a bright color because when you are outdoors it is difficult to tell the difference between black and gray. It should sync automatically. The addresses should be organized in a more user friendly manner. Once you finish your list it should move into a finished file. Make it easier for volunteers to use.

I can't input someone into the app without it crashing and kicking me out. I have to uninstall and then reinstall it. I then lose all progress from my actual list. I'm in the process of losing my job simply because the app won't let me add someone's info into the app. It says that there's a bug. Wish I could attach the photo so you can read what it says when it kicks me out.

Why is Lit Drop on the list of reasons I couldn't contact this person? It makes no sense. After I enter that they're not home, it should tell me if I should leave literature or not, based on their history - I shouldn't have to check their history manually and then decide whether to leave the lit or not. Once you click on a name, their address doesn't show at the top. I had to spend a lot of time clicking back and forth between tabs. The order of addresses had me backtracking, which wasted time.

What’s new

Bug fixes and analytics tagging for improved notes feature.