👋 Welcome to Mobilize
We're so glad you're here. We've put together this onboarding guide to help you mobilize as quickly as possible.
📝 Table of contents
🏁 Getting started with volunteer hosting
Don’t have a ton of time? Check out our short guide to what you need to know to successfully get started as a volunteer host.
Help center articles
💬 Mobilize Messaging
Volunteer Hosts have a new superpower on Mobilize. Using Mobilize Messaging, Hosts can choose to announce their new Event to past attendees of their previous Events. (This email is only sent to past attendees of Events you personally hosted, not all supporters of the organization.)
When:
Event Hosts are prompted after creating an event
Emails are sent once an Event is approved if made by a Volunteer Host, or when the Event is created, if made by an Organizer
Can this be turned off? The event host can choose not to send the announcement
Customization:
The Event Host can include a custom message with the email
Volunteer Hosts can decide whether to send the email to their past Event attendees across all dashboards (Organizers do not have this option)
Event hosts also have the option to email all of their past attendees. We’ve found that Hosts with a tight community of attendees like to do this after a series of Events, for example, a Volunteer Host who hosted weekly phone banks for an electoral campaign may want to send a thank you email to everyone on election day. (This email is only sent to past attendees of events you personally hosted, not all supporters of the organization.)
When: Whenever the Event Host wants to send it
Can this be turned off? The Event Host can choose not to send it
Customization:
The Event Host can include a custom message with the email
Volunteer Hosts can decide whether to send the email to their past Event attendees across all dashboards (Organizers do not have this option)
💡 Other resources
Useful links to help you familiarize yourself with Mobilize.
🙋🏾 Questions?
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact our support team at [email protected] or use the chat bubble in the lower right corner of your screen.
🏆 Acknowledgments
Shoutout to Susan Labandibar, co-coordinator of Swing Left Greater Boston, for this incredible Mobilize Host Guide document!