Publish an event

Overview

Review details, registration and payment readiness before making an event available to attendees.

Where to find it

Social hosts open Events > Create New Event and choose Personal or Group. Organization hosts open Nonprofit workspace > Programs & Activities > Events > Create Event. Company Serve admins do not create nonprofit events here; they add a partner’s published event from Enterprise > Serve > Opportunities.

How it works

1. Open the event in the workspace belonging to its host.
2. Review event type, visibility, dates, registration status and the selected ticket or volunteer role.
3. Make the change described in the overview and resolve every visible validation message.
4. Preview or confirm once, then verify the event page or attendee confirmation reflects the result.

Important details

Organization event types are Basic Event, Donation Event, Volunteer Event and Volunteer + Donation. Tickets belong to the Basic event workflow. Donation-capable events require the host's payment setup; volunteer events require valid dates, shifts, capacity and at least one role. Registration must close no later than the event ends.

If something does not look right

1. Confirm the signed-in profile and current workspace shown in the page header.
2. Capture the page address, time and exact visible error.
3. Do not include passwords, API keys, bank details or full card data.
4. Ask GoodAction Support when the expected control remains unavailable or the saved result differs from this article.