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Notification preferences for each organization
Choose separate member and reviewer alerts for every organization you belong to.
- Control email and text channels for requests, volunteer decisions, issues, and onboarding work.
- Keep reviewer alerts separate from updates about your own schedule and requests.
- Choose quiet hours and daily or weekly schedule and coverage summaries.
- Organization-wide rules respect each person's communication preferences.
- In-app alerts remain available when external channels are turned off.
Team-wide shift confirmation message
Set one confirmation message for existing and new shifts without editing each shift.
- Add a team default in notification settings. Shift-specific messages override it; blank shift messages use the current default.
- Changes apply to future signup confirmations by email and text, including confirmations after approval.
Improved
A fuller volunteer board banner
Your team banner now fills the volunteer board header, with the team name and introduction over the image on a readable background.
- Use the Admin button to open General settings and update your banner or logo.
A more helpful welcome email
Get a branded welcome with a dashboard link and documentation to help you get started.
App version in the sidebar
See the current app version at the bottom of the sidebar to help identify which release you’re using.
Choose the tools your team uses
Turn Contact List, File Storage, Communications, and Volunteers on or off for your team.
- Checklists now appears under Team in the sidebar.
- Volunteer Requests appears when approvals, prerequisites, or unresolved requests need review.
Choose your volunteer experience
Give volunteers a simple shift-focused experience or the full workspace, with navigation that matches your signup settings.
- Existing organizations keep their current volunteer experience.
- Remove duplicate shift navigation and hide unnecessary request links while keeping pending requests accessible.
Clear notification choices
Choose optional email and text updates during onboarding with clearer descriptions.
- Returning users keep their saved notification preferences.
Clearer onboarding controls
Delete onboarding flows from use and pause their requirements by turning compliance onboarding off.
- Existing assignments and completion history are preserved when onboarding is paused.
- Understand how optional onboarding categories suggest flows without changing account permissions.
- Navigate between team and personal account pages without failed background requests.
Clearer schedule views
Find shifts more easily with clear list and calendar views and date filters.
- Filter the shift list to upcoming shifts, the next 7 or 30 days, or all dates.
- Change search, location, or position filters without losing your selected date period.
- Manage high priority in the shift editor while keeping priority badges visible in the list.
- Choose custom dates or calendar weeks, and filter by open assignments and draft or published shifts.
- Scan compact shifts grouped by day with clearer pagination, signup counts, and explanations for read-only shifts.
Clearer scheduling and approvals
Find your own shifts and requests more easily, with a separate approval inbox for coordinators.
- Navigation separates personal work, shared team tools, team management, and organization settings.
- Coordinators can review volunteer signups, waitlists, time off, coverage, shift changes, and onboarding in the categories they are permitted to manage.
- Shift links lead directly to signup reviews and attendance, and volunteer requests explain which approval is pending.
Clearer shift reminder guidance
Learn what reminders include when custom messages are blank and where to configure them.
- Scheduling guides explain reminder defaults and how they differ from signup confirmation messages.
Clearer team notification emails
Receive branded team updates with readable details and direct links to the work that needs your attention.
- Scheduling, issues, timesheets, onboarding reminders, and team messages include useful action buttons.
- Security emails provide clearer guidance, and contact requests use the same Teamcrest branding.
Clearer team type settings
The team type selector now lines up with other organization settings, with consistent spacing between its label, control, and description.
Clearer volunteer approval settings
Understand when volunteers need a one-time review to join your team and when each shift signup needs approval.
- Clearer labels explain that creating an account alone does not join a team and that turning approval off does not clear existing pending requests.
Clearer volunteer settings and custom board introductions
Customize your public volunteer board introduction and find compliance requirements in Onboarding setup.
- Remove duplicate prerequisite controls from volunteer settings.
- Clarify which cancellation rules apply to volunteer, mixed, and employee shifts.
Communications for organization management
Owners and admins can find team broadcasts under Manage team. Members continue receiving messages without access to the broadcast composer.
- Communications access and sending are restricted to organization owners and admins.
- Message notifications link to the organization home instead of the management page.
Delete grouped shifts
Delete all open shifts shown in a grouped schedule card with one confirmation.
- Assigned shifts and attendance history remain protected.
Easier volunteer signup and review
Continue your shift signup automatically after signing in and find volunteer approvals in one place.
- Admins can review new volunteers and shift requests from Volunteer Requests in the sidebar.
- Reviewers receive an in-app alert for pending requests, or for automatically confirmed signups when approval is turned off.
- Approval settings explain the difference between joining the team and signing up for a shift.
Edit volunteer prerequisites
Edit a volunteer prerequisite directly from volunteer settings to update its name or whether it is required for every shift.
Email notifications during onboarding
Email notifications are now checked by default during onboarding so you can receive shift confirmations and updates.
- You can uncheck email notifications before continuing. Existing opt-outs are preserved.
More comfortable dashboard spacing
Give the welcome panel more breathing room between its text and paper edges.
Shift instructions on signup confirmations
See your shift's confirmation instructions immediately after your volunteer signup is confirmed, as well as in your confirmation email.
- Shift instructions override the team default. Pending and waitlisted signups show instructions once confirmed.
Volunteer rules in one place
Manage volunteer signup approvals, cancellations, shift exchanges, hours, and public board details together.
- Employee shift change rules are available under Scheduling.
- Approval switches explain when another rule requires review, and shift change deadlines describe what they apply to.
- Verify individual volunteer prerequisites from Members.
Weekly digests by default
Schedule and coverage digests now default to weekly, with daily still available. Saved daily preferences and immediate shift alerts stay in place.
Fixed
Clearer notification settings
Organization and personal notification labels and switches now align in easy-to-scan rows.
Clearer notifications
Read notifications comfortably with properly spaced messages and timestamps.
- Long messages wrap in full, and notification rows stay separated while scrolling.
Clearer organization settings and reliable image uploads
Manage positions and locations in the first settings tab, and upload your team logo and volunteer-board banner from General.
- Team admins can save a logo without uploads incorrectly reporting success when the image was not linked to the team.
- Image updates verify that the account record was saved before showing success.
Clearer volunteer onboarding controls
Turning off Compliance Onboarding now pauses all volunteer prerequisites, including those on existing shifts.
- Eligible pending requests resume without bypassing coordinator approval or filling an occupied shift.
- Signup messages explain required prerequisites and errors more clearly.
Clearer volunteer signup details
See the correct location and local shift time when creating an account to volunteer.
- Signup pages have more breathing room around headings and shift details.
Clearer volunteer signup settings
Understand what holds a volunteer signup pending and how volunteer hours are recorded.
- Signup results distinguish missing prerequisites from approval, and settings explain each hours option.
- Account menus open personal and Super Admin pages on the main domain without cross-domain fetch errors.
Correct volunteer signup review requirements
Restore eligible historical signups when volunteer approvals are off and stop review emails when no approval is needed.
- Keep genuine review requirements and check current request state before sending queued review emails.
Direct access to volunteer reviews
Open the volunteer approval queue directly from the schedule and navigate reliably between team and account pages.
Keep shift eligibility and notifications accurate
Enforce volunteer prerequisites when creating assigned shifts and avoid cancellation alerts for restored assignments.
More reliable images and shift summaries
See published shifts on Home and keep your account image intact when a save response fails.
- Home uses the same upcoming assignments as My Schedule and avoids guessing shift times when organization settings are unavailable.
- The setup checklist opens the organization image editor directly.
- Shift controls have consistent visible and accessible labels.
More reliable shift notifications
Receive useful alerts without missed texts or repeated announcements for the same group of shifts.
- Retry text alerts when a temporary check fails before sending.
- Announce available seats together and notify members when a shift reopens.
- Stop queued alerts for shifts and coverage opportunities that are no longer available.
Reliable Setup Center branding tasks
Setup Center shows each task once and takes you to General organization settings to add your banner.
- Banner completion reflects the image saved in organization settings.
- Finished setup no longer recommends an already completed task.
Restored logo uploader and reliable account navigation
Use the familiar team logo uploader and switch between team and personal accounts without navigation errors.
- The circular team logo uploader is back in organization settings, alongside the banner editor.
- Personal Home navigation from a team workspace uses a full page navigation to avoid cross-domain fetch errors.
Scrollable dashboard cards
Scroll inside dashboard cards to reach all their content, even when cards are small.
Simpler volunteer boards without approval requests
When both volunteer signup approval settings are off, the public board shows shifts directly without Available shifts or My Requests tabs.