Events
You can set up events for your community and sell tickets that go straight to your Collective budget.
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You can set up events for your community and sell tickets that go straight to your Collective budget.
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This functionality is still in it's experimental phase.
Log in to your Collective and scroll down to the Events section. Click on the Create Event button.
Name of the event
Short Description: purpose, schedule, etc. Use something short (less than 255 characters). You'll be able to set a longer description directly on the event page after its creation.
Start date & time
End date & time
URL: the online address your event will have - very important so you don't get a 404 error.
Location: the address will load a map
Private instructions: These instructions will be provided by email to the participants.
You'll need to host your image somewhere and link to it with markdown syntax. Use this Markdown cheatsheet if you're not sure how. The basic format is:
The size of the image should be 750 px wide max.
To access your event settings - click on the settings button on the right side of the page.
Edit the basic event information of your event
Name of the event
Short Description: purpose, schedule, etc. Use something short (less than 255 characters). You'll be able to set a longer description directly on the event page after its creation.
Start date & time
End date & time
URL: the online address your event will have - very important so you don't get a 404 error.
Location: the address will load a map
Private instructions: These instructions will be provided by email to the participants.
Drag and drop to reorder sections on your event page. Toggle on and off visibility with the visibility setting dropdown.
Add a custom message to be included in the email sent to financial contributors/
attendees of your Event
Export your contributors data in CSV or JSON format
Events inherit the admins/team of the Collective.
To add tickets to your event click on the Create Ticket button on the Event Page or
Click on the add another ticket button within the event settings
Ticket - allow multiple tickets per order
Name of the Ticket (eg, gold sponsor, free ticket, donation, etc)
What the ticket includes or who it's for
Fixed amount lets your define the fixed ticket amount (price)
Flexible amount lets you define two suggested amounts, a default amount and a minimum amount
Define how many tickets are available. Leave empty for unlimited.
Set a custom button text
Define the amount you aim to raise
Create a standalone page for this tier. It's like a mini-crowdfunding campaign page that you can add a detailed description and video too, and link to directly.
You can add more tickets with the "add another ticket" button.
Click on the remove ticket text in the top right hand corner
Tiers can be utilised within the financial contribution section of your event. This is for people that want to give donations to your event, not purchase tickets.
You can choose to turn on Flexible Contributions, Crypto Contributions or Create your own tiers
A default tier that enables freely customisable contributions, so people can set their own amount and frequency without limitations. You cannot change the settings or description of this tier, but you can disable it.
Enabling this will enable support for donations with Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum collectives_events_fixedamount_2022-09-13
Choose between Generic tier, Membership (recurring), Service (e.g. Support), Product (e.g. T-shirt) or Donation (Gift)
Name of the Tier
purpose, schedule, etc. Use something short (less than 255 characters). You'll be able to set a longer description directly on the event page after its creation.
Choose between one-time, monthly, yearly or flexible
Choose the amount
Select the available quantity, leave empty for unlimited
Select your custom button text
Indicate an amount you wish to raise
Create a standalone page for this tier. It's like a mini-crowdfunding campaign page that you can add a detailed description and video too, and link to directly
You can use Webhooks to build custom integrations with Open Collective. Slack and Discord webhooks are natively supported. You can also integrate them with tools like Zapier, IFTTT or Huginn.
Shows the activity that has happened on the event
Empty your Event balance - Transfer the remaining balance to the collective. The Event balance must be zero to archive the Event.
Archive this Event - Archiving this Event means it will visually appear inactive and no new activity will be allowed
Delete this Event - This Event will be deleted, along with all related data.
You'll be able to set a longer description from your profile page. Scroll down to the about section, and either click on "Add a description" or the edit icon if one is already set.
If you want to email your event's attendees, you can do so by using the "Updates" feature:
If not done already, go to your Settings and enable Updates under Profile Page
Go back to your profile and click on "Create update"
