What is the difference between Public, Private and Secret Unlisted Opportunities?

This guide explains the key differences between Public, Private, and Secret Unlisted Opportunities, helping you choose the right visibility settings for your event.

Public Events:

A public event means that anyone who is on POINT or has the link to the event has the ability to sign up and help out. Public events are a great way to recruit new faces to your organization since they are shown to everyone in your city on POINT.

Examples:

  • Volunteers coming to a beach clean up
  • Volunteer info session 

Where volunteers can see Public event:

  • On the POINT app or web platform events feed
  • Your POINT organization page (only public events show up on your POINT page)
  • Your website (if you use the embed code)
  • The event link, wherever you share it (email, social media, etc.) 

Private Events: 

A private event means that only certain volunteers will have access to it. Usually, this would be your Claimed contacts with the private access level or a specific group like a corporate partner. When you select the privacy when creating the event, you can choose who can sign up. Only those selected for that specific privacy will be shown the event in their POINT feed. However, if someone is sent the link for that event outside of the private group, they will be able to see the event title but not sign up for it. 


Private for your organization: all claimed contacts with the private access level will be able to see the event.

Private for a group: claimed contacts within the group you selected will be able to see the event. 

Private plus a link: When you create a private event, POINT will ask you if you want to create a link for the event. If you create a link for your private event, any volunteer who meets the criteria you selected will see the event, as well as anyone who has the event link. 

 

Example of a private event: 

A soup kitchen creates a group for their “Certified Food Handlers” and then creates a private event called “Serving hot meals to our neighbors in the community”. Only the volunteers who have been added to the “Certified Food Handlers” group will be able to see and sign up for the event. 

Example of a private event with a link:
You have a church group that comes often to help out in the food pantry. You make the event private for the group “Community Church”. You want the volunteers in that group to see the event on their app when they log in, but you also want to send the link to the pastor at the church so they can invite more members of their church to sign up and help. 

 

Where volunteers can see a Private event:

    • On the POINT app or web platform (only if they meet the criteria to sign up for the event)
    • The event link wherever you share it
    • Your website iframe
    • Note: if volunteers click on your private event from the iframe and they are not logged in, the event will show “Private Event” and block all of the information.
    • If a volunteer is logged in and they click on your private event, and they meet the criteria for seeing the event, they will be able to see and sign up for the event. 

     

    Secret Unlisted Events:

    *Note: Secret link events are solely meant for people who have the link. You can’t add these events to your website, and volunteers won’t be able to see them from their app unless you send them the link. 

    If you send a volunteer the link and they open the link on their phone, the link will open in their POINT app. But, once they close out of their app, the event will no longer be available on their app. They will need to find the link again and use that to open the event. 

    Example: A group of high school students are coming to help with a food drive. You only want the select group of students to see the event and not other volunteers checking for events on POINT. 

    Where volunteers can see a Secret Link event:

    • In the POINT app or web platform when they click the event link sent out by an admin

     

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