Program healthSample
  • Volunteer scheduling9 days behind its weekly rhythmDrift
  • Summer intakeDue October 14, 4 of 6 doneOn track
  • Quarterly grant reportPast its end date at 60%Stalled
  • Family newsletterEvery other Friday, on scheduleOn track
Pulse read
Sample Cadence board. Volunteer scheduling shows drift, summer intake is on track, the quarterly grant report is stalled, and the family newsletter is on track. Two on track, one stalled, one in drift. One move: give volunteer scheduling a standing Monday slot.

Cadence, from Sonate

Every program's health, at a glance, before anyone asks.

Cadence is a program health dashboard for organizations running several at once, so slips surface while there is still time to act.

One program's week · Sample

One program's week, Monday to Friday

  1. The shifts go out on Mondays.

    That is volunteer scheduling's stated rhythm, and Cadence reads the program against it.

  2. Tuesday, and the shifts have not gone out.

    The beat is late for the second week running. Nobody has had to ask.

  3. Wednesday, the board reads drift.

    Volunteer scheduling is 9 days behind, and there is still time before Friday.

  4. Pulse names one move.

    A standing Monday slot for the schedule, with one person's name on it.

  5. Friday, the program is back on its beat.

    The shifts are out, and next Monday's slot already has an owner.

Before and after

What changes for your team.

  • TodayThe work lives in one person's head and inbox.

    Every program's status, visible to the whole team.

    Today The work lives in one person's head and inbox.

  • TodayA slip shows up when someone asks about it.

    You see what slipped while there is time to act.

    Today A slip shows up when someone asks about it.

  • TodayEvery week is full, so priorities blur together.

    Pulse names the one move with the most effect.

    Today Every week is full, so priorities blur together.

For the person doing the work

Each person sees their part, and checks it off.

Give a step an owner and it lands with them, including the pieces of a plan you bring in from a document. Filter a program to one name, and that person sees what is theirs and what is due today or this week.

Each check-off moves the program with it: its progress, its rhythm, and the health the coordinator reads before anyone asks.

Designed to give each person their own sign-in and a list of what is waiting on them, with check-offs that sync back to the project plan.

Owner: DanaSample
  • Confirm Saturday's shift leadsDone Monday
  • Send the shift reminderDue today
  • Call two new volunteersDue Thursday
Volunteer schedulingWeekly on Monday, on scheduleOn track
Sample view of one person's steps. Dana owns three volunteer scheduling steps: one done Monday, the shift reminder checked off today, and two calls due Thursday. The check-off rolls up into volunteer scheduling, which stays on its weekly Monday rhythm and on track.

How it works

Three steps, one rhythm.

  1. 01

    Capture what you already do.

    Notes, links, and documents become tasks, with no extra data entry.

  2. 02

    Cadence reads each program's health.

    On trackStaleStalledOverdueDrift

  3. 03

    Pulse points at the leverage.

    It reads the gap between your mission and your week, then names one move.

What you get

What you can count on.

Bring the programs you run. We will show you their rhythm.

Cadence is in concierge beta. Sonate sets it up with you.

Other products from Sonate

Cadence

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