BigTent Coach Corner

Welcome to the Coach Corner. My name is Jaine and I'm a BigTent Community Coach. My goal is to help you successfully launch your BigTent Group. Watch my welcome video, then select from one of the many resources below. I look forward to kicking off your journey on BigTent.

- Jaine
BigTent Community Coach


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Coach Calls

Set up
This call will be a guided tour of the "manage" area - walking admins through how to set up their membership forms, privacy settings, and customize the site to their specifications.

Admin and Moderator Training
This call will walk through the front-end steps necessary for day-to-day management of a group. It will cover how to invite and approve members, how to moderate your forums, set up news, and add events.

Member Tour
This call will give members a tour of the site, showing them how to use the forum area, find and rsvp for events, read news, and set up their profile pages and preferences.

Coach Videos

Coaching videos are divided into three different buckets. Pick the videos that are most relevant to your questions:

Before You Launch Your Group
Check out these videos to make sure your group is ready for prime time.

Group Customization
Learn how change your group colors and setup to match your specific needs

Questions of the Week
See answers to the most popular questions from BigTent group leaders.
Jaine's Picks Questions of the Week

Jaine's Picks

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but these help guides are still very valuable for helping you learn tips and tricks for managing your BigTent group:

  1. Leader Guide - Download this guide and learn how to moderate your forums, add events, invite members, and more.
  2. Subgroup Leader Guide - Check out this guide for instructions on creating and managing subgroups.
  3. Yahoo! Groups Migration Guide - Switching to BigTent from Yahoo! Groups? Get some tips for a seamless transition to BigTent.

Questions of the Week

  1. How do I load my avatar?
  2. How do I remove the "Continue Group Set Up" box?
  3. How do I create a guest membership?