Click here to see Stuart explaining all things Assignments-related on the database; posting, matching, reposting, new support, volunteers not appearing etc.
To make it easier to dip into, here's a contents list of sorts and the associated time to jump to. Stuart has starred a few key ones:
1 min - we get started after my intro...
What do we mean by assignments?
5 mins 30 - creating assignments, what do the various options do?
7 mins - the importance of the assignment title
9 mins - note to self, turn off Slack notifications next time!Carl!
15 mins 50 - understanding why a volunteer might not come back in the list
17 mins 20 - controlling where the responses go
18 mins 20 - I don't want to post, I know who I'm assigning
20 mins - why are some volunteers 'pink' and what do all the icons mean?
27 mins - it tells me it hasn't sent to some people - why?
28 mins - what the post looks like
29 mins 30 - volunteer responses, where do they go and updating them manually (matching notes)
30 mins - live demo goes wrong!
32 mins - sorry Sarah, I'm sure you'd have been the first to help if it was for real!
32 mins - the icons that tell us whether volunteers are interested or not
32 mins 45 - all the posted requests and their responses in one place
34 mins 50 - updating the volunteer interest (or lack of) manually
36 mins - forgot to mention things going to junk, here is my take and some things you can encourage
41 mins - how to assign a volunteer that wasn't in the list to start with (don't create a new assignment)
44 mins 30 - how to close an assignment that's not going to happen any longer
45 mins - closing one volunteer's assignment without affecting another
45 mins 40 - repeating hostings the easy and quick way
47 mins - adding a link date, making sure the start date is still correct
49 mins - do you have hostings still marked as active that have either completed or won't happen?
49 mins 30 - seeing assignment activity from the volunteering perspective
49 mins 50 - are they reading or responding to emails?
50 mins - celebrating the volunteers impact
