Student Organizations Procedures Manual | Page 35

COUGAR CONNECT
Cougar Connect is your organization’ s online office! Cougar Connect offers a comprehensive tool that facilitates communication, advertising, and membership management. Cougar Connect allows each club to maintain a calendar of events and meetings, view and invite members, create to-do lists, organize contacts, create forms, and more!
Create a Sustainable Organization
• Create an organizational knowledge base to ease officer turnover.
• Store contact information to create lasting relationships with other organizations and partners.
• Archive an unlimited number of organizational files, forms, pictures, and videos.
• Create to-do lists for annual events that can be cloned for future years.
Manage Organization and Members
• Maintain a web-based portal to centralize organization data and member records.
• Delegate officer responsibilities and provide members with privilege-based access.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date member rosters and profile directories.
• Market your organization online to increase awareness and participation.
Plan and Schedule Events
• Publish event details and involvement opportunities on the organization calendar.
• Send invitations and track RSVPs to prepare for upcoming events.
• Track involvement hours and attendance for events and meetings.
Communicate with Members
• Streamline communication between officers, members, alumni, and committees.
• Send notifications for last-minute reminders or changes to events.
• Target information to members with messages, emails, and news posts.
• Survey members to collect feedback via polls and discussion boards.
--- Cougar Connect User Tutorials--- https:// vimeopro. com / campusgroups / user-and-officer-tutorials
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