Mastering the Vome fundamentals: category, opportunity & shifts

We know it can be difficult to start using a new platform. You need to become familiar with the platform's language and features and figure out how to best structure your portal. That's why we decided to define the words below, which are some of the core pillars of Vome: 

Category > Opportunity > Shift

Category: 

A category is a way to group multiple volunteer opportunities (ex. program, event, location). A category consists of a title, description and cover photo. Volunteers can browse categories on your profile or learn more about them when reading the details of an opportunity.

Opportunity: 

Opportunities are generally used to group your volunteers by an activity, role, position or task. Volunteers who are approved for your opportunity can begin reserving spots to shifts.

You will explore more about how opportunities work when going through the Add Opportunity process. But if you want to dig a bit deeper, you can read: How do Opportunities work on Vome?

Shift:

A shift consists of a date and time slot on your calendar, which must be associated with a specific opportunity. You can create shifts in bulk for recurring schedules (i.e. every Tuesday at 1-3pm) and control for the maximum number of spots available. If you decide to invite your volunteers to claim their profiles on Vome, they will be able to reserve spots to shifts but only associated with opportunities for which they are approved.

You will explore more about how to customize your schedule during the Add Opportunity process. But feel free to check out this article: How does Scheduling work on Vome? 

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• What is the difference between a Category and an Opportunity?

  Category: A category typically has the title and description of a program, event or location. It contains one or more volunteer opportunities. Opportunity: An opportunity contains all the details about an activity, position, role or task. Volunteers ...

• Do I need to create a category if my opportunity is for a one-time event?

  Yes, every opportunity must be associated with a category! We suggest that you create a category and title it according to the name of the one-time event. For example, the title of the category would be "Marathon Fundraiser". The opportunity titles ...

• How do Opportunities work on Vome?

  Opportunities are used to group your volunteers by an activity or position. For example, imagine you had a Driver opportunity at your organization. It is likely that not every volunteer is eligible to reserve spots to shifts for the Driver ...

• How do I add more shifts for an opportunity?

  1. Go to Opportunities  2. Click on an opportunity 3. Go to the Schedule tab 4. Click on Create Shifts ​ You can also achieve this by going to the global Schedule view > on the top left, click on Create Shifts > Select an opportunity > Generate ...

• How do I create shifts when creating an opportunity?

  In Add Opportunity, on step 4/6 > Click Create Shifts 1. Add a single date or indicate a date range If date range is selected: select the start date and end date, then select the days of the week as to when the shifts will occur  2. Select the start ...