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Participate in a Chat

Take part in a team chat. Chat is a real-time messaging feature that lets you exchange text, files, and emojis with your team in a shared conversation.

  • Communication settings must be turned on for members to create posts, chat, or attach files or photos.

A volunteer cannot initiate a new chat with a team, but can participate in an existing group chat started by a team leader.
  1. In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click Communications > Chat.
  2. In the Recent column, click the team's name to open the team's chat.
  3. Enter a message.
  4. To include a file, click the paper clip iconand select the file.
  5. To include an emoji, click the emoji icon. The emoji icon is a smiling face icon.
  6. Click Send.