Lori Murphy, Program Coordinator for Anchor Link Courtney Salters, Director of Student Organizations & Governance Clayton Arrington, Senior Director of Student Programs & Organizations
Registering & tracking attendance at ALL on campus Greek events & all programs used for Standards ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Philanthropy benefits Community service events Educational programs Fraternity parties Brotherhood/sisterhood events
Completing Greek Standards Forms
Tracking member community service hours
◦ The Community Service Chair/Chapter Officers will log hours from events planned or coordinated by the chapter through your chapter’s Anchor Link group
Advertising Greek Events & Programs to Campus
Posting News Articles to promote the positive work of the Greek Community or your chapter
◦ Recap of a educational program or philanthropy event ◦ Announcement of the chapter or members winning awards
Managing Chapter Meetings & Internal Programs
◦ Sending out agendas ◦ Tracking members attendance at meetings (chapter, exec, recruitment, etc.) ◦ Posting meeting minutes ◦ Creating forms for chapter business (ex. volunteer signs ups, chapter agenda submissions)
Registering off-campus 3rd party vendor events with alcohol (ex. Date Parties or Formals) ◦ These functions should be registered using the “Greek Off-Campus Social Event Notification Form” available in the Office of Greek Life
Communication with Potential New Members inconsistent with Panhellenic policies
Organization Homepage Customizable Banner
Social Media Integration
Contact Information
Facebook Feed
Twitter Feed
Customize Organization Styles
Chapters can upload custom header images to appear at the top of their profile pages to look more like a website. Multiple headers can be uploaded to create a rotating banner.
Customize Organization Styles
Chapters can customize the fonts and colors used for toolbars and headings of their profile
Profile Page
Complete the profile section of your organization with information about your chapter: history, mission, values, etc.
News Feature Use the News feature to stories about your chapter to show up on your chapter’s page and the Anchor Link home page
The News section can be used to post articles, press releases, or blog posts with the option for users to provide comments
Events Calendar
Institutional Memory: Anchor Link will store past events from previous years including attendance records
Detailed Event Page NOTE: Events put into Anchor Link are not autoapproved but they have to be confirmed by a system administrator. Events are reviewed for approval on a daily basis during the work week. Invite people in your organizations or by e-mail addresses Track attendance with card readers or by recording e-mails Export to Google Calendar or iCal
Manage Invitations You can input a list of email addresses of people you would like to invite—
ex. past event attendees who swiped into your event
You can invite anyone who is a member of an organization you are a part of through Anchor Link to your events.
Track Attendance
Click this button when using card readers to swipe attendance
You can export your attendance list to Excel which will include timestamp, names, & emails of attendees
Membership Roster Greek rosters & officers are automatically populated for you
Click “Mange Positions” under Roster to add more officers or change members access levels
It is recommended that you encourage your members and officers to upload profile photos
Roster Messaging Feature
Utilize the “Messaging” feature to send e-mails or text messages to all members or subsets of members on your roster
Roster Messaging Feature
Customize texts or e-mails to be sent to all members or only certain positions Make sure to provide your cell phone number under “Notifications” if you want to take advantage of this feature
User Notification Settings
Entering your cell phone number allows groups that you are a part of to send you text messages
Document Storage
Organizations can upload and store documents of various types (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.)
Organizations can designate whether documents should be visible to the public, campus only, members only, or specific positions
Embedded Forms
Organizations can create forms for internal use or for public access with approve or deny functionality
Elections & Polls
You can conduct leadership elections or poll members (ex. catering for chapter) using the Elections feature
Book your space (if not at your chapter house) Go to your chapter’s page, click “Events” then click “Create Events”
◦ Note: You must be assigned an officer position with access to this feature to create events or be able to track attendance
Start with Anchor Link for advertising
◦ Automatic feed to the University Calendar ◦ Easily exported to Google Calendar by clicking the export button on an event
Greek Event Registration ALL on campus Greek Events need to be registered through Anchor Link including: • Philanthropy Events • Educational Programs • Brotherhood/sister hood events • Service projects • Fraternity Parties
Events can be created through the Events tab on a chapter’s profile
TYPE: ◦ Select “Organization Only” for chapterspecific events ◦ Select “Campus Only” or “Public” for events you want to appear on the cork board
RSVP Option: ◦ Select “Open” RSVP feature so students can RSVP to keep track of the event
Category: ◦ Always select “Sorority” or “Fraternity”+ anything that describes your event
Event Flyer: ◦ Upload a flyer/logo to appear on the Cork Board
Upload a Document if Relevant
Ex. Meeting Agenda
Greek Event Registration
Check all applicable boxes & complete corresponding forms
*If you have Special Event needs (Plant Ops, Police, Traffic & Parking, etc.) you may need to attend a Special Event Registration Meeting through the Office of Reservations & Events before your event is approved
Greek Event Registration
Greek Event Registration
1. Logging Hours Done with your Chapter in ANCHOR LINK
2. Capturing Hours Done with Other Organizations through the Method of your Choice
“With your Chapter” means: community service activities planned or coordinated by your chapter ◦ *Attending or planning a benefit or philanthropy event
does not count
The Community Service Chair is responsible for recording these hours in ANCHOR LINK through the chapter’s page This includes all hours from the entire year considered for standards (March 2012 -February 2013)
Community Service Chair enters the name and hours for each service project participant here
You will receive an excel spreadsheet of these hours prior to standards
These hours can be recorded through the method of your choice
◦ Ex. Excel spreadsheet, Google doc, note cards, etc.
The Community Service Chair is responsible for reviewing these hours and removing anything that is not considered service You will combine these hours with chapter hours from ANCHOR LINK in a 3 tabbed spreadsheet for standards
Review the Excel printout of your chapter’s current service hours that have been recorded in ANCHOR LINK ◦ *If you don’t have a printout, your chapter has not
recorded any hours!
If your chapter has input/approved service hours in ANCHOR LINK that were not done with your chapter, contact me at
[email protected]
Chapter Presidents
Board of Trust Room
New Member Education - IFCSarratt 331 New Member Education - PC Sarratt 325/327 Finance Officers/Treasurers Sarratt 189 Programming Chairs/Risk Lower Level Meeting Managers Room1&2 Service Learning/Community Lower Level Meeting Room Service Chairs 3 Alumni Rand 308 (Next to the Relations/Communications Anchor) Chairs
