Group Officers: Best Practices
Recommended approaches for setting up and managing student leadership roles in your group
A group officer is a student leader, or staff member, who needs to manage one or more aspects of the group. A typical officer has a defined position such as President, Treasurer, etc.
Note: Already a group officer? Learn about re-registering your group Re-Registering a Group.
The features each officer can access depends on their permissions Managing Officer Permissions, and different officer notifications can also be configured.
When first launching a group, officers typically follow these steps:
- Verify or update basic information about your group in the Group Settings.
- Customize the Group Page Managing the Group Page, where users (including group members) land when they visit your group
- Ensure your officers have the correct permissions, and are set with the right notifications to help manage your group.
- Understand the various Methods of Communication in the platform.
We also recommend becoming familiar with our Image Sizing Guide, as you will likely be adding images to events, forms, etc.
Once your group is set up and ready to go, here are other tasks officers can perform (with the correct permissions):
- Add members to your group
- Stay in touch with group members via email and chat
- Create group events
- Ask questions via surveys and forms
- Gauge member success Group Badges via tracks, checklists, points, badges, and more
- Create a group website Group Badges
- Manage group budgets Group Badges
- Track group activity via reports Group Reports