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Navigate to Events > Manage Events. Click the Configure link next to your event. Click the Event Information and Settings link. On the Info and Settings form, check the Offer a Waitlist? box. Click Save.
APPROVING REGISTRANTS Many events are open to everyone, but there may be times when your organization invites only specific people to the event. For example, you could invite volunteers who have donated 100 or more volunteer hours to an appreciation dinner. T he people invited may talk about the event to their friends, and possibly forward the information. With CiviEvent, you can check who has registered and approve only the people invited. T o create an event that requires approval: Navigate to Events > Manage Events. Click the Configure link for your event. Click the Online Registration link. On the Online Registration form, check the Requires Participant Approval box. You can then customize the text for the Approval Message. You can also limit the amount of time participants have to complete their registration after approval by entering the time in hours in the Pending participant expiration field. For example, if you want to give participants 3 days to complete their registration, enter "7 2" in that field. 6. Click Save or Save and Done. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Now, when a person registers for the event, they will get a reply that says, "Your registration has been submitted. Once your registration has been reviewed, you will receive an email with a link to a web page where you can complete the registration process." T his reply can be customized to your organisation's needs.
MANAGING PARTICIPANTS After creating your event and providing the registration form to web site visitors, you can manage your participants through the CiviEvent administrative tools. In this section we will discuss how these administrative tools are used. CiviEvent lets you: register participants manually search through participants based on a variety of criteria export participant lists perform a number of other functions on your event records. T he Events dashboard brings all your events and participant information together in one place (see screenshot).
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