Creating Opportunities
Setting up your opportunities: the decisions to make first
Overview An opportunity is what people are approved to, so almost every visibility question in Vome traces back to how you built one. The shape you choose here is also the hardest thing to change later, because reversing it means moving each ...
How does "Auto-link future published opportunities" work for a form's Shift Calendar?
The Shift Calendar field in the form builder lets you display an interactive calendar on a form so users can reserve shifts directly through their submission. The Auto-link future published opportunities setting makes this calendar keep itself up to ...
How to Create an Event on Vome
How to Create an Event on Vome Creating an event on Vome allows you to recruit and manage volunteers efficiently. On Vome, an event is created as an “Opportunity”, and it must be assigned to a Category, which acts like a folder to help organize your ...
How do I remove a shift that I generated by accident?
To remove an individual shift: On the Create Shifts pop-up > On the right-hand side > Click "X" on the shift(s) that you would like to remove. To remove all shifts: On the Create Shifts pop-up > Click "X" to close the pop-up and it will not save the ...
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 ...
What is the difference between an On-Site and Remote opportunity?
When creating or editing an opportunity, you must choose a default location setting. 1. If the location is set to On-Site The check-in and check-out QR code and the on-site kiosk both apply. Attendees are expected to meet at a specified location for ...
What is the difference between a One-Time and Recurring commitment?
Overview Commitment answers the question What level of commitment are you looking for? on an opportunity, and you pick one of two types: One-time: there is no expected level of commitment. Recurring: there is an expected level of commitment. ...
Do I need to create a category if my opportunity is for a one-time event?
Overview Yes. Every opportunity must belong to a category, so there is no way to publish a one-time event without one. The real question is whether the event deserves a category of its own, and that depends on how many roles it has. 1. My event has ...
How do I create a new category?
Overview A category groups related opportunities together for marketing and reporting. It consists of a cover photo, a title and a description, and most organizations treat categories as their programs, events, locations or departments. There are two ...
What is the difference between a Category and an Opportunity?
Overview The short version: An opportunity is the thing people are approved for. Shifts, hours and communication all hang off it. A category groups related opportunities together, and gives you one place to see across all of them. People are assigned ...
What is Instant Book?
Overview Instant Book decides whether a shift someone reserves is confirmed straight away or has to be approved by an admin first. Instant Book on: the reservation is confirmed immediately and the shift appears in their schedule. Instant Book off: it ...
What is the Flexible Schedule option for shift reservations?
Overview With Flexible Schedule enabled, people approved for an opportunity can create their own shifts, choosing the date and time slot that suits them, instead of picking from a schedule you built. It is designed for opportunities with no ...
How do I add a new opportunity?
An opportunity is a container used to organize people, scheduling, hour tracking, and communication in Vome. Organizations commonly use opportunities to group people by role, placement, activity, assignment, event, committee, interview, training, ...