❖ Heads up! This article is intended for Amplify and Center Site Managers. Sustain does not have Volunteer Impact Pages or the Community Impact area.
You can set goals for your organization that are then displayed in charts on your Volunteer Impact Pages (VIPs). These goals include volunteer matches and volunteer hours. Don't want to share them on a VIP? No problem! If you want to keep this data for your records, you can set up your Site Manager dashboard to display your Community Impact instead!
You can also establish Community Impact Areas. These are defined categories that highlight volunteer impact. For example, your organization could focus on providing volunteer opportunities within the Education sector. You could establish a Community Impact Area titled Education.
ℹ️ So you know: Some sites have language overrides in place. This means you might see Needs in place of Opportunities, Agencies in place of Programs, or Prerequisites in place of Qualifications.
Community Impact Goals Explained
Community Impact Goals are a great way to highlight how your organization's volunteers contribute to the community. You can share graphs of your Community Impact in Volunteer Impact Pages (VIPs) or display this information on your Site Manager dashboard. This is a great way to capture information to share when presenting at important board meetings, requesting funding, or just boasting about your awesome volunteer community!
Adding Community Impact Goals
Click Settings from the top menu bar and select Community Impact.
Specify your goals.
This includes Volunteer Matches and Volunteer Hours.
Volunteer Matches are the number of responses your Opportunities receive from volunteers.
Set a date range for your goals.
Click Update Goals to finish!
Volunteer Impact Pages
When you set up a VIP, you can opt to display your Community Impact Goals with your community. Click here for more information about setting up a VIP. Here's an example of what that might look like:
Site Manager Dashboard
If you don't want to share this information publicly but still want to capture the data for your records, you can add this chart to your Site Manager dashboard! Here's what that might look like:
✏️ Quick tip: You can add or edit items on your dashboard at any time. Just click the Edit button beside Dashboard to get started.
Adding Community Impact Goals to Site Manager Dashboard
You must be logged into your manager account to access this area.
Click the Edit button beside Dashboard.
Decide where you want it to appear on your dashboard—i.e., which row.
Click Add Content to Row.
Select Annual Impact Chart for the Content Type.
Click Submit Page to finish.
You can also click Preview Dashboard to see it before you publish your changes.
Don't like the way it looks? You can edit it, remove it, or add it to a different row on your dashboard.
Community Impact Areas
If you want to highlight the impact areas your volunteers are contributing to when they participate in your Needs/Opportunities, you can establish Community Impact Areas. If you add a Community Impact Area to your site, then:
Anyone creating a new Need/Opportunity must attribute an Impact Area to any new Needs/Opportunities that are added
Volunteers can filter Needs/Opportunities by impact area to find ones that align with their interests
Adding a Community Impact Area
Click Settings from the top menu bar and select Community Impact.
Type the Impact Area title in the field beside the Add Area button.
Click Add Area to finish.
Managing Community Impact Areas
You can edit, disable, enable, or delete Community Impact Areas at any time.
To edit the impact area, click the pencil icon under the Options column.
The page reloads with the impact area listed in the field where you add new areas.
Make any necessary edits as applicable and click Update Area to save your changes.
To disable an impact area, click the (-) under the Options column.
You can always enable the impact area again.
This removes it from the options when a manager creates a Need/Opportunity.
This also displays the enable (+) and delete (X) options for that impact area when clicked.
To enable an impact area, click the (+) under the Options column.
To delete an impact area, click the (X) under the Options column.
Attributing an Impact Area to an Opportunity
If you add Impact Areas on your site, then when someone creates a Need/Opportunity, they must select an Impact Area for it. The Impact Area field appears on the Create Need/Opportunity form right after the address and location fields.
