Want to reserve spots for your group volunteers? It's an easy way to make sure your team is set for upcoming events. Here's how to do it.
How to reserve spots for groups (see video below):
Note: Admins can reserve spots for entire groups of volunteers at once. Even if you're unsure who will attend, you can reserve spots at the event or shift level for the group. This lets you continue registering volunteers outside the group for other spots without needing to create a separate event.
Step 1: Create a group (here’s how to do that). Once the group is set up, you can start reserving spots—even if there are no contacts in the group yet.
Step 2: Click the "Opportunities" tab in the left menu and select "Manage events".
Step 3: Find the event you want to reserve spots for and hit the "Volunteers" tab.
Step 4. Hit the orange “Actions” button in the upper right hand corner, then “Reserve Spots” and select the group you want under "Reserve for Groups”.
Step 5. You can reserve all or a few of the spots available for that event or shift.
How to reserve spots for groups:
Once you have reserved the spots for that group the group reservation will be shown on the Event volunteers list. If the Group you reserved spots for had members in it, POINT will ask those members to claim the spots reserved.
As members of that group show up to volunteer, you can assign the reserved spots to those contacts. You can either create managed contacts to assign or invite those users to create POINT accounts and then assign them.
Questions? Email us at support@pointapp.org.