Groups
Using the available group features in PocketPlatform, your group leaders and participants can engage, foster community, communicate, and dive deeper in their spiritual journey.
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Group Finder
When app users open the Groups page in PocketPlatform, they'll see either a list or map of the groups that you've made available via your Group Connect settings. (See Group Management below.) If you want to switch from grid view to map view or vice versa, contact Support. You can also contact Support if you want to show future groups or show full groups.
Users can filter which groups they see based on certain criteria, including what day the group meets, which congregation the group is part of, which ministry the group is associated with, which life stage the group is for, and what the group focus is. You can set these filter options in the navigation section of the App Manager.
Once someone finds a group, they can click it to see more information on the Group Detail screen.
Group Connect in PocketPlatform
PocketPlatform uses an in-app version of Group Connect, which delivers all the same features as desktop users!
- Authenticated users who are the Primary Contact or have a Group Role Type of Leader can:
- Add or remove participants.
- Schedule activities.
- Mark attendance or indicate that an activity was canceled.
- Respond to group sign-up requests.
- Send an email with attachments to the entire group or just selected participants.
- Send a text message to the entire group or just selected participants. Tip: Want to let group participants communicate with each other? We have an app for that! Check out Group Chat in PocketPlatform.
- Authenticated users who are active, current participants in the group can:
- View information about the group(s) they are in.
- View certain information about fellow group participants, but only if those participants allowed that information to be shared.
- Set their privacy options to share or hide their information with other participants.
- See the next upcoming activity for their group(s).
- RSVP to indicate which activities they plan to attend, might attend, or won't attend.
Check out this help section to learn about everything Group Connect has to offer.
Group Management
In order for a group to show up in PocketPlatform, make sure you've set it up correctly in the Platform.
- Confirm your group leaders are the primary contact or have a Group Role Type of Leader.
- On the appropriate Group Role record(s), set Manages Volunteers to Yes.
- Confirm leaders and primary contacts have a User record if they want to send messages, mark attendance, and so on.
- Confirm leaders and primary contacts don't share an email address with another user. Each must have a unique email address.
- Confirm the Group record has Available Online set to Yes, and it is not a volunteer group (that is, its Group Type has Volunteer Group set to No).Note: Groups that have a Group Type with Volunteer Group set to Yes will only show in Volunteer Connect.
- To display groups on the Groups and Groups Map screens in your PocketPlatform app, confirm the Group record is marked with a Group Type that has Show On Group Finder set to Yes. By default, the app only shows groups that have a Start Date in the past and either no End Date or an End Date in the future. If you'd like to show future groups, contact Support to enable this in your app.
See Get Started with Group Connect for more information.