First, go to the event’s Dashboard:

• by selecting the name of your event from the Select Other Organization drop down (which is located to the left of your Dashboard icon in the top right hand corner of your Dashboard)
• or by clicking on the name of your event in the left column of the table on the View Events & Reports page

Then, click My Account and then Edit Organization Profile and change the address shown there (it is set automatically as the parent organization’s address).

If there are multiple event sites, we recommend indicating in the description for each need the address of the applicable work site or drop off site.

A confirmation email is sent immediately. Reminders are sent at 21, 7, and 1 day prior to the Needed by: date. Recurring volunteer needs only receive a confirmation email (no reminders).

Once you create your event and categories, you can post needs for items of for volunteers at any location at any time (within those categories). Volunteer needs can include One-Time needs with only one shift. Or you can post Open-Ended needs which have no set date (i.e. needed anytime). You can also post Recurring needs which have multiple regular occurrences on either a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

For each need, you can also select a View Status of Public (makes the need available to be seen by the Meet the Need network), Semi Private (show it only on your web site), or Members Only (restrict it to only be seen by your Approved Members; e.g. background checked individuals).

Yes, from your event module on your Dashboard, click the grey Link button in the upper right corner of the box. Copy and attach the link to a button (you create) to display your events on your website or simply email the link to your database.

If your event currently has active needs posted within a category, you cannot delete the category or edit its name. However, if you make all needs within that category Inactive you can then edit or delete your category title as long as no commitments have been made for a need posted within that category.

• “Our Needs” or “Our Events” button on your website – If you currently have a “Our Needs” or “Our Events” button on your website with a MTN link attached showing all of your needs, your event will be displayed there automatically when you create the event
• Dedicated Event button on your website – Copy your event link from the Create Link button on View Events & Reports and attach the URL to a dedicated event button (that you create) on your website
• Email – MTN’s links are easy to imbed or hyperlink to text in your emails, newsletters, etc.
• Social Media – You can easily cut and post those links into your social media sites/postings

Note: New needs posted emails do not go out automatically to your entire MTN database, but only to “Approved Members” who you have assigned specifically to the event.

As people sign up to help at your event, you can see all of the information about their commitments on your dedicated Dashboard for the event. Access the event Dashboard by clicking on the name of the event on View Events & Reports button on your Dashboard. The first three sets of reports relate directly with the need (Open, Filled, and Expired Needs), which shows all data (which is fully exportable) about specific commitments made by individuals and groups along with their contact information. The last set of two reports relate directly with the individuals who have adopted needs (Pending and Completed Commitments).

Access the event Dashboard by either:

• Selecting the name of your event from the Select Other Organization drop down (which is located to the left of your Dashboard icon in the top right hand corner of your Dashboard)
• Clicking on the name of your event in the left column of the table on the View Events & Reports page

On your event Dashboard, you can post needs for your event or view reports showing all of the commitment activity for the needs you posted for that event.

There are two places where you can post needs

• Post Need Button on Event Summary page – Once you have created your event and set up your categories, click the View Events & Reports button on your Dashboard and click the Post Need button to the right of the name of event.
• On your Event Dashboard – Go to your event Dashboard by either:
  • Selecting the name of your event from the Select Other Organization drop down (which is located to the left of your Dashboard icon in the top right hand corner of your Dashboard). After you choose your event from the drop down, click the Post Need button on that event’s Dashboard.
  • Clicking on the name of your event in the left column of the table on the View Events & Reports page

View all of your events by clicking on View Events & Reports on your Dashboard. On that page, you can:

• See the name of contact details for each event’s Key Contact person (authorized to see the event Dashboard, reports and post needs for the event)
• Deactivate an event so that all of its needs will no longer appear on any web sites by clicking Active-Click to Deactivate
• Click the Edit button to the right of any event to edit the specifications for that event (e.g. name, description, logo, categories). All revisions will immediately be reflected on your organization’s web site and the web sites of all other local organizations that choose to display that event.
• Use the Reporting drop down to see Essential, summary level, data or Extended more complete information about your events. Selecting Extended data increases the load time of that page but shows more key metrics about commitments to meet your events’ needs. That same information is available in detail on the Event Dashboard.