Group Events: Best Practices

Creating and managing events is a multi-step, often collaborative process. 

Before getting started with events, first manage your group Managing Your Group, Group Dashboard. Then we recommend following these basic steps:

1. Assign the correct events permissions Managing Officer Permissions to group officers. There are separate permissions for creating events and managing events.
   
   
2. Set relevant officer notifications Managing Officer Notifications related to events. There are notifications for new event creation, event registration and registration cancellation, promotion to the school’s event list, event reminders, and events submitted by non-members Allowing Non-Officers to Submit Events.
   
   
3. Create your event Creating an Event. Depending on your platform admin settings, events may require approval Event Approval Process.
   
   
4. Create an event to-do list Creating an Event To-Do List (optional).
   
   
5. Invite users to the event Inviting Users to Your Event.
   
   
6. Track and manage attendees Check-In and Attendance Tracking who register for the event.
   
   
7. Configure the check-in options Check-In and Attendance Tracking that will be used during the event, and track attendance.
   
   
8. Manage post-event followup Requesting and Tracking Event Feedback.

Note: Group officers can also create Event Hubs Creating and Managing an Event Hub. While this isn’t a feature often used by student officers, Event Hubs are often created by non-admin staff members who run groups or departments.