Community Partner Resources & Tips

This page contains resources for our community partners who post volunteer opportunities on the site. Further Questions? Email us at connect2community@umich.edu.

Why post your opportunities on Connect2Community?

The University of Michigan Ginsberg Center’s Connect2Community has thousands of visitors a month - and the numbers are only increasing! Nonprofits or community organizations can post volunteer and in-kind opportunities of all sorts, and students, staff, and faculty can search for opportunities by interest, keyword, agency and more. Volunteers can sign-up through the site (and an email is generated to you), or they can reach out to you directly via phone or email address that you provide. (You can also link to your own volunteer sign-up form if you have one online.) Even better, when you input an opportunity into UM’s Connect2Community portal, all of your information will automatically be shared with Eastern Michigan University’s volunteer portal for their students as well! 

New to the site? Follow these steps to create a profile.

1. Visit our Community Partner Sign-Up page and fill out the basic info
2. We will then review your account and approve it, which will generate an email to you. When you login, navigate to your Community Partner dashboard by clicking on the "My Community Partner" tab at the very top right of the screen in the black bar section.
3. Edit/add any important details on your Community Partner Profile
4. Post volunteer or in-kind opportunities by clicking on the Volunteer Opportunities tab and choosing "Add New Volunteer Opportunity”. 
5. Go to the next section for help filling out your organization's profile and adding opportunities!

Been awhile since you've logged in? Follow these guides to add/update your organization's information. (the first three resources are currently being updated - please check back)

1. How-to: Visual One-Pager on Updating your Profile
2. How-to: Visual One-Pager on Updating/Adding Volunteer Opportunities
3. Want to make sure you don't miss a step? Here's our complete checklist for updating your organization's account.
4. Forgot your password? Head to the partner login page here, then click "Forgot your password?" in the tiny letters under the login button. If you're not sure which email was used to create the account, reach out to us at connect2community@umich.edu.

Want some tips & tricks to help your volunteer opportunities stand out? Check out the below resources.

1. Writing an Engaging Opportunity Description
2. Tips for Hosting Virtual Volunteers
3. 10 Tips for Posting on Connect2Community

Need help connecting to resources beyond volunteers?

Check out how the Ginsberg Center Partners with Community, and reach out to us at community-engagement@umich.edu.