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You’ll need: An email address
Start guidePost a volunteer opportunity
After: Create your first program
Start guideCheck people in on event day
After: Create an event and sell tickets
Start guideApprove hours and verify impact
After: Register or claim your nonprofit
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Sign up to volunteer
Open an eligible opportunity, review its dates and requirements, and complete the volunteer sign-up details.
Create a volunteer opportunity
Create a volunteer opportunity with a clear role, schedule, capacity and participation expectations.
Manage nonprofit volunteers
Use the nonprofit volunteer workspace to review participants, assignments, activity and follow-up.
Approve volunteer hours
Review pending volunteer hours against the related activity before approving or rejecting them.
Submit volunteer hours
Record volunteer hours against the correct opportunity or activity and submit only time that was actually completed.
Volunteer for an event
Use an event volunteer option when the organizer has enabled volunteer participation and follow the event instructions.
Check in volunteers and attendees
Use Volunteer & event check-in to locate the correct event and record arrival for registered participants.
Buy an event ticket
Select an available ticket, provide the required attendee information, and complete checkout to confirm a paid registration.
Cancel an event
Cancel an event only after reviewing its registrations, ticket commitments and attendee communication needs.
Choose an event date and time
Set the event date, start time and end time carefully, then review the displayed timezone before publishing.
Choose the right event host
Choose whether an event is hosted by an individual, organization, community or network before configuring it.
Create free registration
Use the event registration settings for a free event when attendees need to reserve a place.
Create paid tickets
Add ticket options and prices only after the event host has the required payment setup.
Create your first event
Create an event by choosing the right host, activity and event details before publishing.
Donate from an event page
When donations are enabled for an event, use the donation option provided on that event page and review the amount before payment.
Edit a published event
Update event details carefully and communicate material changes to registered attendees when appropriate.
Manage event registrations
Use the event management view to review registrations and attendee information for your event.
Publish an event
Review details, registration and payment readiness before making an event available to attendees.
Register for an event
Open the event page, select Register for a free registration flow, and complete the requested attendee details.
Set an event title and description
Use a clear title and a practical description so attendees understand the purpose, schedule and expectations.
Set event location or online details
Add an in-person location or the relevant online joining details according to the event format.
Set ticket capacity
Set a ticket quantity that reflects the real capacity and review it before attendees begin purchasing.
Set ticket sales dates
Use ticket sales dates to control when a ticket can be purchased and stop sales when needed.
Share an event
Use the event page share options or copy the public event link to invite supporters.
Troubleshoot event registration
Check whether registration is still open, whether the event is private, and whether the selected ticket is available.
Troubleshoot ticket checkout
Verify ticket availability and payment details, then retry once; contact the organizer or support if the issue continues.
Understand event confirmation
A completed registration or ticket checkout should result in a confirmation; keep it for event check-in and updates.
Understand private events
Private events are intended for a limited audience; use the organizer-provided invitation or access path.
Use event templates
Start from an available event template when it matches your format, then review every copied detail before publishing.
Choose the right GoodAction workspace
Use the workspace that owns the work: Social for personal impact, Nonprofit for organization operations, and Enterprise or Company Serve for company programs.
Manage notification preferences
Review notification settings for the signed-in profile and keep only the alerts that are useful to you.
Discover GoodAction communities
Use Discover to find public GoodAction communities, events and opportunities that match your interests.
Find people and organizations
Use Discover to explore people, organizations, communities, events and opportunities available to your profile.
Manage social connections
Use Connections to review relationship requests and maintain the people connected to your GoodAction social profile.
Save GoodAction content
Use the available save control to keep eligible content for later and review saved items from the social dashboard.
Understand badges and impact levels
Badges and impact levels summarize qualifying GoodAction participation; they should reflect recorded platform activity rather than self-entered claims alone.
Understand your Impact Identity
Impact Identity brings together the GoodAction activities and verified impact associated with your social profile.
Use GoodAction chats
Use Chats for platform conversations, respect participant privacy and use Support rather than social chat for account or payment issues.
Use GoodAction habits
Use Habits to set and review personal impact routines, then update habit settings when reminders or goals no longer fit.
Use hashtags
Open a hashtag to find related public content and use relevant hashtags when creating content.
Use the Social dashboard
The Social dashboard is the personal workspace for Good Identity, participation, communities, connections and personal impact.
Standalone CRM and the Nonprofit Suite
GoodAction CRM can be offered as a standalone product, while paid Nonprofit Suite subscriptions include the applicable Advanced CRM entitlement for the organization.
Understand GoodAction CRM options
GoodAction offers Nonprofit CRM inside an organization workspace and a separate full Advanced CRM experience for eligible paid subscriptions.