Team Communication
There are several ways to communicate with your team.
When you join a team, you become a part of a group of volunteers who work together to support your church. Because communication with other volunteers and your team leader is very important, there are several options for you to connect with others on your team. However, posting of messages and photos must be turned on at the team level. If these are not allowed, team members can only read posts, but may not be able to respond to them or create new content.
The Newsfeed is like digital bulletin board where you can create posts and share pictures to other people in your team. All volunteers on the team can post, view other volunteer's posts and respond to the posts either with a comment or a like.
Teams also can connect through real-time chat. If you need to communicate something quickly with your team, you can leave a message in your team's chat.
In this section, you can:
View Your Team Newsfeed
Use your team Newsfeed to connect, communicate, and share posts and images with volunteers on your team.
- In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click Volunteering/Serving.
- Click the name of your team.
- To view the Newsfeed, click the News tab. Here you can create a new post or share images with volunteers on your team.
Post to Your Team Newsfeed for Volunteers
Communicate with your team by creating a newsfeed post as a volunteer.
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Communication settings must be turned on for team members to create posts, chat, or attach files or photos.
- In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click Volunteering/Serving.
- Click the name of your team, then click the News tab.
- To create your post, click the pencil icon.
- Enter your post's title and the message you want to share.
- To attach a file, click Attach files and add the file from your computer. If you add more than one file, they appear in reverse order of your selection with the last file at the top of the file list.
- To disable comments, turn Allow Comments off.
- Click Post.
Add a Photo to Your Team Newsfeed as a Volunteer
Share photos with with your team on the newsfeed as a volunteer.
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Communication settings must be turned on for team members to create posts, chat, or attach files or photos.
- In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click Volunteering/Serving.
- Click the name of your team, then click the News tab.
- To add a photo, click
.
- Select the photo you want to add from your computer.
- To create a gallery of images, click Add more photos.
- Above the photo, enter text about your image.
- To disable comments, turn Allow Comments off.
- Click Post.
Reply to a Post on Your Newsfeed
Read, reply to, and support posts on your team Newsfeed.
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Communication settings must be turned on for team members to create posts, chat, or attach files or photos.
- In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click Volunteering/Serving.
- Click the name of your team, then click the News tab.
- Click the name of the post on the Newsfeed.
- To reply to a post, click
.
- Enter your message, then click Reply.
Chat With Your Team for Volunteers
Participate in a team chat.
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Communication settings must be turned on for team members to create posts, chat, or attach files or photos.
- In the top-left corner, click your site name then Connect. Then click .
- In the Recent column, click the team's name to open the team's chat.
- Enter a message.
- To include a file, click
and select the file.
- To include an emoji, click the emoji icon.
- Click Send.