What are User Submitted Opportunities?

Turn on the User Submitted Opportunities Feature and allow anyone to suggest needs your Volunteer Hub.

Activate "Suggest a Need"

With this feature we have dramatically changed the way that VOMO works! Traditionally we have had all Opportunities created by Admins or Organizers, while Volunteers can just participate by signing up for an opportunity. With User Submitted Opportunities, Volunteers can now submit needs that they would like to be published on their Organization's Hub. We are moving normal users from consumers of Opportunities to producers of Opportunities!

1. Turn on User Submitted Opportunities:

Start by heading to your Org settings under the settings menu in the navigation bar. Scroll to the bottom and Show Advanced Options. Then, scroll down until you see User Submitted Opportunities. Yes will need to be selected in order for Suggested Opportunities to be an option to be created.

When this feature is on, you will see a Submit Needs button added to your Hub:

2. Encourage your people to Submit their Needs:

When a needs is submitted, the Admins of your Organization will get an email that looks like this:

3. Review Suggested Needs and Publish them as Opportunities:

You'll head to the suggested Opportunities under the Opportunities heading in the navigation menu. From there, you'll select the suggested opportunity that you want to review. If you decide that you want to use it, you can convert the need to a draft opportunity. From there, you'll be given the opportunity to edit the need before publishing.

4. Follow Up Communication

When a Need is published as an opportunity, the person who submitted the Need will get and email that their need was reviewed and published. There will be a link to the VOMO Opportunity Page in that email so that they can signup and share the opportunity with their network.