February 2025
February 2025
February 2025
Published on February 4, 2025
Enhancements and Updates
Exciting Update: More Flexibility for Causes, Interests, and Skills!
We’ve made an important update to Causes & Interests and Skills—you no longer need to follow an interval of 4! This means you can now add as many as you’d like and name them however you choose.
Even better, you no longer have to reach out to our team to adjust the number of Causes, Interests, or Skills. You can now manage them directly in your Settings > Causes or Settings > Interests or Skills section at any time.
This update gives you greater flexibility and control, making it easier than ever to personalize your profile.
Let us know what you think—we’re always working to improve your experience!
Spring 2025
Spring 2025
March - April 2025
Enhancements and Updates
Exciting News! We've launched the new Check-in Kiosk!
The new Check-in Kiosk helps streamline the volunteer check-in and check-out experience for you and your volunteers. It also displays Needs or Opportunities for the day it's launched, removing confusion about current volunteer opportunities and mitigating any potential scheduling mishaps!
Location Location! We've moved the Hours Settings!
We aim to give you an easy and intuitive experience when using our software. This includes improving the look and feel of your site's settings, which is why we've relocated the hours approval and settings options to Settings > Hours on your Site Manager dashboard!
Update: Clickwrap-waivers! No more guesswork!
We know you're already busy trying to keep up with enough documentation and files, etc. So, we've updated clickwrap-waivers to one simplified file type requirement: .pdfs! Now, when you or anyone wants to upload a clickwrap-waiver to a volunteer Need or Opportunity, it must be a .pdf only—saving you and your organization time and guesswork when sifting through files!
June 2025
June 2025
June 2, 2025
Site settings just got an upgrade!
To help streamline your experience, we’ve reorganized and refined the settings to make the site more intuitive to use. The Main Settings page now features updated fields that better reflect the purpose and function of each section.
Primary Cause
*For Amplify and Sustain Site clients only
This is the Cause that most aligns with your organization's main objective. You can create a custom Core Cause for this field.
Nonprofit Category
*For Amplify and Sustain Site clients only
This is the Nonprofit Category that best describes what type of organization you manage.
Site Logo
We moved Site Logos to the main Site Information area under Settings > Main Settings > Site Information.
Who We Are & What We Do
*For Amplify and Sustain Site clients only
We've added two new fields to the Site Information area for Amplify and Sustain clients.
Who We Are: Share your organization's history and mission statement here. This is a great place to include important information about your organization to help inform the volunteers visiting your site.
What We Do: Share your goals, contributions in the community, and types of volunteer work available. Use this field to inform volunteers about what they can expect to do and how it impacts the community!
Corporate Project Contact Name
*For Center Site clients only
The name provided here identifies the point of contact for organizations using Volunteer Link. If you opt to promote your volunteer Needs through Volunteer Link, then the contact information provided here helps inform where to send project requests.
Corporate Project Contact Email
*For Center Site clients only
The email provided here is where project requests will be sent if you opt to promote your volunteer Needs through Volunteer Link. When you connect with Volunteer Link, you help your organization build a stronger community and expand your reach. Companies and organizations using Volunteer Link can then send project requests to your Corporate Project Contact to coordinate those efforts.
Responses
We have moved a few settings to the Responses tab, including:
Require Emails for Team Registrations
Show Pop-up After Action
Hours & Kiosk
You can now find your site's hours settings under the Settings > Hours > Hours & Kiosk area. This includes:
Hours Settings
Hours Approval
Check-in Kiosk
Available settings on your site may vary from those in the example since all sites are set up differently.
Promotions
We've added a Promotions tab found under Settings > Promotions. Here, you can opt to share your volunteer Needs or Opportunities with companies or organizations using Volunteer Link. This lets you build community and expand your reach.
Connect to Volunteer Link: Toggle this on if you'd like the option to share volunteer Needs or Opportunities with companies and organizations using Volunteer Link.
Automatically promote my opportunities on Volunteer Link by default: Toggle this on if you want your Needs or Opportunities to be automatically shared with companies and organizations in your area using Volunteer Link.
For Center Site clients only: If you choose to share your Needs through Volunteer Link, please note, companies and organizations using Volunteer Link may reach out with project requests.
Direct Site Connections
If you'd like to learn about more ways to connect with organizations in your community, please contact us through the chat widget to discuss those options.
Additional Updates and Changes
Need/Opportunity forms
We've updated the layout of the Create or Edit Need/Opportunity forms! These changes include:
Need/Opportunity Cover Image
You can now personalize your Need or Opportunity with a cover image! Click Choose File beside the Cover Image field on the Create or Update Need/Opportunity form and upload your image to get started.
Promotions and Sharing
There is a new section on the Create Need/Opportunity form or Update Need/Opportunity form called Promotions and Sharing. Site Managers, Program Managers, and Agency Managers can select promotion and sharing options here, as applicable.
Privacy: Choose the privacy for this Need or Opportunity.
Public: Users can see the Need or Opportunity and respond to it.
Private: The Need or Opportunity is not visible to the public and must be shared via a link, User Group assignment, etc.
Initiative: Select the Initiative this Need or Opportunity is associated with. This won't be available on all sites, only sites with Initiatives.
Promote this opportunity on: Use these fields if you wish to share this Need or Opportunity with companies and organizations using Volunteer Link.
Available settings under the Promotions and Sharing section vary. You may only see the Privacy setting here, depending on your site.
Additional Options
The rest of the Need/Opportunity options, like whether or not the opportunity occurs outside, any additional important attributes you wish to share, or where you upload a clickwrap waiver, are found under this section. Just click it to expand the menu options, make your selections, and be sure to click the Create or Update button to save those changes.
