To post volunteer Opportunities on your site, you must create at least one Program. So, what's your Program style? Well, that depends on how you wish to use programming on your site. For example, you can set up Programs to be location-specific, task-specific, department-specific, etc. Maybe you want to have different Advanced Program Managers or Program Facilitators to help oversee them.
These are only examples to help inspire your programming configuration. You can set these up however best fits your workflows and needs.
Location-Specific
Let's say you plan to host volunteer Opportunities at multiple locations. For example, maybe you want to run soup kitchens in three neighboring cities—you could create a Program for each one so they can post their own Opportunities for those locations.
In this example, we name the Program after the city:
Task-Specific
You can also set up Programs to be task-specific. For example, maybe you have one Program that is dedicated to back-to-school efforts, like backpack stuffers, and another focused on tutoring services.
You can create a variety of Programs on your site and assign multiple Advanced Program Managers or Program Facilitators to help oversee them.
Program Facilitators can't manage a Program, but they can review hours, Opportunities, schedules, etc. They're your middleman—helping you and your Advanced Program Managers with reporting and acting as the point of contact for volunteers responding to Opportunities within those Programs.