You've probably used our site to sign up for an for an event or even to create sign ups and organize your group. But have you used it to simplify all of your group organizing activities? At SignUpGenius, we see all sorts of ways that people use our site to simplify event, volunteer and group management. Just to keep you in the loop, we wanted to share the top five sign ups you should consider creating in the future.
If you are organizing a meal sign up, be sure to require a comment and specify that participants need to enter the meal they plan to bring in that field. This way, everyone can see the dishes that are being delivered and can avoid too many of the same meal.
Plus, our site will send automatic reminders to participants. You can set the number of days in advance for when you want reminder emails to go to each participant. With our hide past dates feature, you can automatically hide meal sign up times that occurred already to keep current listings at the top.
Enter the dates and times of appointments or use our tool to generate recurring dates or times and voila — you are ready to book appointments. Participants can select appointment openings and sign up at their convenience.
Worried about people canceling their appointment at the last minute without notifying you? No problem. With our sign up locking feature, automatically lock appointments in advance to prevent last-minute deletions. Plus, the locking feature can also prevent last-minute sign ups.
Best of all, with our calendar sync feature, you can sync appointments to your personal calendar. When someone signs up, the appointment will automatically be added to your personal calendar.
Share the sign up on social media, post it on a website or email the link to spread the word about your volunteer needs and boost recruitment. With a sign up, there's no need to call, text or email specific people in search of volunteers. Simply broadcast the sign up.
Here are some of our product features that make volunteer management easier:
Sign ups are also helpful for collecting needed supplies for a mission trip or donations for a group gift. Not only can you use a sign up to collect donations, but you can also recruit volunteers to help organize or deliver supplies to further help your cause.
If you are planning a fundraising event, it's easy to organize with an online sign up. Simply create volunteer shifts or roles and select the maximum number of volunteers needed for each role. If you need volunteers to work shifts at varying times, add time slots and assign those to the shifts. You can also collect money directly on the sign up, with SignUpGenius payments, for those wanting to make financial contributions online.
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Our site is widely used as an event registration tool. You can create a single registration slot or multiple registration slots to specify types of registration. For example, you may want to offer half-day versus full-day event registrations. In this scenario, you would create a distinct slot for each type of registration. You can even collect money and offer discounts or early bird specials to those who register in advance.
Like most registrations, you're going to need some additional information. With our Custom Question feature, you can create custom question fields for participants to complete as a part of the registration process.
See? There are all sorts of useful ways that online sign ups make it easy to coordinate groups and events, beyond what you might normally do. With our flexible tool and advanced features, you can stay organized and have more time to connect with your group.
