🤗 How to set up giving opportunities on Deed - Volunteer Events

Volunteer Events

Volunteer Events on Deed have a specific time and place. These events can be used to recruit events across all of Deed's partners or can be targeted to a specific partner company. 

Video Tutorial

A video tutorial can be found here. 

Creation

1. After logging into Deed navigate to the "Manage Deeds" tab on the left hand side of the platform

2. Click the button "Add Deeds" in the upper right hand corner and select volunteer event

3. Add information about your volunteer event including the location (can be virtual), volunteer roles and details

4. After adding all information publish the volunteer event by changing the publishing status to "Published" and press submit

If any details for the volunteer event need to be changed after creation, go to the "Manage Deeds" tab, find the project and then make the changes. Make sure to republish the event after the changes are made. 

More Information

• Invite volunteers to sign up

  After you create an Event, you can invite volunteers to sign up.

  In ‘Manage Deeds,’ click on an Event. In the bottom right-hand corner, select ‘Invite Attendees’ corner, and input their name and email address. This will send an invitation to sign up for your volunteer event.

• Contact volunteers through the Deed Nonprofit Platform

  Email all the volunteers who signed up with updates or reminders about your event.

  In ‘Manage Deeds,’ click on an Event. Select ‘Contact Attendees’ in the bottom right-hand corner.

• Check in volunteers

  You can manually check in volunteers to a Volunteer Event if the volunteer does not check in themselves. In ‘Manage Deeds,’ click on an Event. In the bottom left corner, select ‘Check-in’ next to the volunteer’s name.

• Waitlist

  When spots get filled for your Volunteer Event, employees are able to join the waitlist and will be notified if more spots open up.