Category Content: Internal

How do I as an Individual become a “member” of an organization?

Internal, Members

Typically, this occurs when signing up to meet a need for the first time (through a charity’s, company’s or church’s web site) through Meet The Need. You are asked to indicate whether you are associated with a local organization and provided with a drop down list of local charities, companies and churches that are part of Meet The Need.

You could also go to the Individual Registration link under the Quick Start/Advanced buttons on www.meettheneed.org and register there under the name of an organization (in Step 2).

What is a (Pending or Approved) “member”?

Internal, Members

Individuals appear as “Pending” or “Approved” “members” of your organization if they:

  • Registered under the name of your organization (because they are associated or want to have an association with your organization)
  • Opted in when signing up to meet one of your needs to receive email notifications when you post additional needs in the future

An individual may only have one church or company association but may request an association with as many charities as they would like.

Key Contacts for each organization have the right to Approve or Deny requests by individuals appearing on the Pending Members list to associate with your organization. Approving a request allows that individual to:

  • See your organization’s needs on their Personal Dashboards
  • Receive automated email notifications when you post new needs

Where can I find reports about my mission trip and missionary needs and commitments to meet those needs?

Internal, International Missions

You can see every need you have posted and can edit the details via the View Missions Needs/Reports button on your Dashboard. To view or edit information about your missionaries or to view the current needs of your missionaries, click Missionaries & Missions, then select the Details button to the right of that missionary. For all missions needs (mission trips and missionaries) use the Open/Partially Filled Needs reports, which will show you who has agreed to meet each of the needs you have posted. Click the Filled Needs, Expired Needs, Pending Commitments and Completed Commitments buttons to run historical reports showing commitment details and key statistical data across all of your mission projects. At any time, you can export the results of the reports you run to a CSV file

How can I set up a separate missions team for our missions leader to manage and communicate all of their needs?

Internal, International Missions

You can form teams (groups of individuals) under your organization who have an interest in your missions efforts and/or are properly credentialed to serve in a specialty overseas. Using Teams (under My Account) will allow you to communicate missions needs only to certain individuals (those who are assigned to that team). When the team leader posts needs for that role or skill set via the mission team’s dashboard, those pre-qualified individuals on that teams will receive automated email notifications. For needs posted as Private, team members will have to login to prove they are members of the team before seeing the needs. Team leaders will have a dedicated dashboard for their team to post/manage needs, organize team members, and see who has agreed to meet each need.

To set up a mission team, go to My Teams under My Account on your Dashboard and click Add a New Team.

To assign people to the missions team:

  1. Have them first register on this link under the name of your organization (in Step 2)
  2. Go to your Dashboard and click My Account and Approved Members under Member Status
  3. Check the box next to that individual’s name on the list and click the Assign __ Members to Teams button, select the missions team from the drop down list, and then click Assign
  4. Then, switch Dashboards to the team you created (via the drop down box in the top right corner of your Dashboard next to the house icon)
  5. Go the Pending Members page and approve each individual as a Regular Member or Key Contact

If you make someone a Key Contact on the team’s Dashboard (via the drop downs to the far right of the person’s name), the next time they login, that person will have access to the dedicated missions dashboard to post/manage missions needs and see who has agreed to meet each need

Can I give my missionaries in the field access to post their own needs for our volunteers or members to see?

Internal, International Missions


Yes, but first that missionary must have Key Contact (administrative) access to a Dashboard in order to post their own needs. We recommend setting up a missions team under your organization’s main Dashboard and making your missionaries Key Contacts for that team.

To set up a mission team, go to My Teams under My Account on your Dashboard and click Add a New Team.

To assign a missionary as a Key Contact for that team:

  1. Have them first register on this link under the name of your organization (in Step 2)
  2. Go to your Dashboard and click My Account and Approved Members under Member Status
  3. Check the box next to that individual’s name on the list and click the Assign __ Members to Teams button, select the missions team from the drop down list, and then click Assign
  4. Then, switch Dashboards to the team you created (via the drop down box in the top right corner of your Dashboard next to the house icon)
  5. Go the Pending Members page of the team, approve that individual and make him/her a Key Contact via the drop downs to the far right of the person’s name.

The next time they login, that missionary will have a dedicated missions dashboard to post/manage their needs and see who has agreed to meet each need.

How can I share our missions and missionary needs with others?

Internal, International Missions

How can I share our missions and missionary needs with others? (View Instructional Video)

How can I share our missions and missionary needs with others? (View Instructional Video)

  • Your Web Site – Show all needs for your missions efforts on one button or on separate buttons for each trip or country. Attach the link(s) to buttons on your web site for particular missions trips or for your missionaries for people “shop” those needs and sign up to help.
  • Facebook Page – Post and display the resources and skills needed for each missionary and mission trip on your Facebook page (click to read our Facebook Tab Set Up Instructions).
  • Partner Sites – Send the links to partner organizations who you want to see and share your missions needs with their constituents. They can send the link(s) out via email/newsletter or attach the link(s) to button on their web site.

There are three ways to get the link(s) to show your missionaries and missions trips needs on your web site or on your partner’s web sites:

  1. When you registered with Meet The Need, if you selected the International Missions module then you were emailed the link to show your missions needs.
  2. You can also retrieve that link now by clicking the grey Link button in the top right hand corner of the International Missions module on your main Dashboard.
  3. Retrieve your links and customize those them via the Link wizard under Settings and Create / Manage My Links on your Dashboard.

Where do I get a link to show my mission trip and missionary needs?

Internal, International Missions

There are three ways to get the link(s) to show your missionaries and missions trips needs on your web site or on your partner’s web sites:

  1. When you registered with Meet The Need, if you selected the International Missions module then you were emailed the link to show your missions needs.
  2. You can also retrieve that link now by clicking the grey Link button in the top right hand corner of the International Missions module on your main Dashboard.
  3. Retrieve your links and customize those them via the Link wizard under Settings and Create / Manage My Links on your Dashboard.

How do we load in a need for a mission trip?

Internal, International Missions

Click the Add Missions Opportunity button on your International Missions module box on your Dashboard. Using the drop downs on the box on the Search Offers and Post Needs page, select the types of skills or items needed, which correspond to the typical needs of missions projects and trips. Use the Help button on the Search Offers and Post Need page for instructions for how to complete the process of posting a need.

How do we load in a missionary and post their needs?

Internal, International Missions

To add a need for a missionary who is not already on your Dashboard:

  • Click Add Missionary on your Dashboard and complete the form.
  • Post the services or items needed by that missionary and family. Use the Help button on the Search Offers and Post Need page for instructions for how to complete the process of posting a need. You can post in any major city in any country in the world. You can also attach waivers, surveys or any other information within your postings. Meet The Need converts your links to documents into the words “Click Here” that is a hyperlink and will take users to your document.

To add a need for a missionary already in the system, to edit information about your missionaries, or to view the current needs of your missionaries:

  • Click View Missions Needs/Reports, and click Missionaries & Missions
  • Select the Details button to the right of that missionary, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Add Need  Use the Help button on the Search Offers and Post Need page for instructions for how to complete the process of posting a need.